Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Arthur Lipscomb Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: World Dracula Day Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 17:52:36 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 97 Message-ID: References: <784230795.738410383.969226.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <244864867.738526426.294995.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <1435952930.738578916.450844.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 02:52:39 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b44fab25f8bef72fa2ce069e2ad3653b"; logging-data="885252"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+cOmL9ocyAvj0NQxz2hKC8l0JWD42flxo=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:KjK0TQ44CHHZNcMmu3yc14nuWTI= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 5702 On 5/28/2024 7:30 AM, shawn wrote: > On Tue, 28 May 2024 06:54:16 -0700, Arthur Lipscomb > wrote: > >> On 5/28/2024 2:13 AM, anim8rfsk wrote: >>> moviePig wrote: >>>> On 5/27/2024 3:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote: >>>>> moviePig wrote: >>>>>> On 5/26/2024 6:04 AM, anim8rfsk wrote: >>>>>>> May 26, in honor of the publication of the original novel. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What will you watch to celebrate? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I’ve got the Dan Curtis/Jack Palance version going right now with music >>>>>>> from dark shadows. It’s a pretty good and a pretty faithful adaptation. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Available on the Peacock, it’s a good copy in 16:9 with the ads front >>>>>>> loaded so it runs uninterrupted. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Next up, I found the excellent 1977 Louis Jourdon version on the gray. >>>>>> >>>>>> The key scene in any telling of the original story is the first vision >>>>>> of transformed Lucy. Notably, Coppola rather blew it (along with the >>>>>> ending). My vote for that one scene (and I've seen them all multiple >>>>>> times) goes to John Badham's 1979 version... >>>>> >>>>> One of the (many) problems with the 1979 version is that it’s based on the >>>>> play where they randomly switch characters names for God knows why. So I >>>>> assume you’re actually talking about Mina? Kate Nelligan as Lucy makes it >>>>> all the way through to the end. >>>>> >>>>> I have no idea what advancing the storyline to 1913 accomplished except >>>>> that they got to rent some old cars. >>>>> >>>>> I first saw it in the theater in the wrong aspect ratio. The moon comes up >>>>> and it’s twice as tall as it is wide! I went back and complained to the guy >>>>> selling popcorn and got an explanation I hadn’t heard before. They were 12 >>>>> screens in the theater and only one projectionist and he would fix it (and >>>>> eventually did) when he got back to this screen in his rotation. >>>>> >>>>> My date bailed early when they clawed the guys throat on the Demeter but >>>>> insisted her roommate and I stay while she sat in the lobby smoking for the >>>>> next 90 minutes. >>>>> >>>>> Langella was great. I hate the newer desaturated transfers. >>>>> >>>>> In the Louis Jourdan version, both girls start growing fangs from the >>>>> minute they are first bit. They do very little in the way of makeup on them >>>>> to turn them into vampires, but Lucy in particular is wonderfully >>>>> animalistic. And it has some of the best fog effects I’ve ever seen. >>>> >>>> (Mina... Lucy... Moosey?) >>>> >>>> Yeah, Langella is always great, though his take on the Dracula character >>>> (which earned him raves on Broadway) was that "He's just a man..." >>>> While that has much to recommend it in a drama, I want something a tad >>>> more feral. (I pick Christopher Lee in 1958.) >>> >>> Palance is pretty feral, as you’d expect. >>> >>> I saw Martin Landau on stage in the title role in the roadshow Gorey >>> production. He was great. :-) >>> >>> >>>> The Louis Jourdan version blew me away at first. But when I saw it >>>> again a few years ago, I was put off by the really crappy (today) >>>> "surreal" electronic dreamy sequences, or do I misremember... >>>> > > Those sequences are definitely a bit trippy. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY1CFCKrMV4 > >>> Unfortunately, you remember correctly. It’s very much a product of its time >>> with cheesy solarized video insert effects that weren’t needed now or then. >>> >>> But there’s a lot of good stuff in it. It’s the only time I’ve ever seen >>> Dracula climbing down the castle walls, face down, and it was the only >>> version I watched yesterday, that had most of the memorable quotes like >>> listen to them the children of the night what music they make. >>> >>> It’s long enough to be leisurely when it needs to be. Hey, one of the three >>> brides is Sarah Douglas from Superman! >> >> Now that got my attention! I checked but Xfinity doesn't have it >> available to stream anywhere. It doesn't even acknowledge this movie >> exists. :-/ >> >> Amazon doesn't have it to stream either. >> >> > > May I point you to this: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u36VjXirmlY > > It's not the best copy but it is available for free. Thanks!