Manfred Polak wrote:
>>"Vampyr" is considered one of the greatest, uncanniest vampire films.
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>It is. But the ugly Image Entertainment DVD is a shame. So I hope the
>forthcoming British DVD will show the restored version.
I never saw that disc. Sorry to hear about that; Image transfers
usually please me.
Speaking of vampires, I was watching Coppola's "Dracula" last night, &
I notice the homage to Boorman in the opening scenes of savage battle
between the Romanians & the Turks. Coppola stylizes the warfare
exactly the way Boorman does in parts of "Excalibur": warriors in
beast-shaped helmets photographed in silhouette, against deep-color
backdrops; impalements on pikes & use of poleaxes & warhammers to chop
off opponents' limbs, &c. It's as if you were watching a shadow play
of mediaeval battle.
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What an obnoxious bunch.
-- Beethoven to Razumovsky on the aristocrats at the Palais, 1814 |