Nosferatu, buried in Venice during the plague of the eighteenth century, is brought to life by a noble aristocratic ( direct descendant of an old love of the vampire) through a seance. Now every ounce of energy, thus began the search for the sacrifice of a young virgin from the bowels of a foggy city dead. The result of all Italian Nosferatu, The Prince of the Night Werner Herzog film is a multi-faceted just like the eccentric actor. A cast of fine actors (Klaus Kinski , Donald Pleasence, Christopher Plummer , Yorgo Voyagis) and a nice, cool, romantic Venice photograph depicting a bitter and dark, friend / enemy of the now helpless vampire. In short, the film is the latest masterpiece of Italian Gothic worthy of note. Fog, castles, virgins and vampires are the cornerstones of the film, supported by a series of bad sequences (the shadow of Nosferatu, his awakening in the basement of the castle or the flight to Venice). Persuasive and invasive music and treated at the right special effects.
Unfortunately there is not satisfactory to record a Mounting also due to the swirl of directors that have followed ( Mario Caiano , Augusto Caminito, the same Kinski and Luigi Cozzi) , second-tier players out part ( Barbara De Rossi all).
E 'should be mentioned that the film has had a somewhat troubled production. Upstream In fact, for the few who were not aware, there are the tantrums dell'indemoniato Kinski, never so histrionic and got from delusions of leadership. Upon arriving on the set threw an angry against the mirror stage director Mario Caiano . But this was only the beginning of a series of "follies" implemented by the actor. To better understand the psychology of the last named behaviors must see a statement:
" not understand it, are Aguirre, Nosferatu, Fitzcarraldo, Woyzeck. Check it out every time. I have within me the souls of millions of people, things, animals. I am nothing, but through me pass a force that goes to others. I believe in reincarnation. In life, first of all. But the film is even more evident. Even people unconsciously know this, and go to the cinema expecting the reincarnation of Nosferatu. After Woyzeck I could not get rid of character, and I wonder what would happen to me, if I had not been able to experience all the vicissitudes of my characters. Because we are all potential murderers or victims. This work, which people call the cinema, I call this approach the mystery of the universe .
Just this assertion comes from his wonderful documentary "My Best Friend " by Werner Herzog , to synthesize the spirit and soul of Nosferatu in Venice and how he intended to do ( and be) cinema.
Klaus was going to play for the second time one of the characters that gave him fame and success, in its decadent phase of his career came in the cold winter of his life. He had everything. Women and money. Could safely follow the directives of Mario Caiano , do homework, brush up on the movements and gestures that made him famous and be subject to the usual make-up sessions that made the fortunes of Werner Herzog's masterpiece . Would not change anything. No. He could not go that road easily navigable and obvious.
Litigation and rants on the set of mirrors scene fired directors, the braiding relations with any actress (Venice will be the scene of his last love, Debora Caprioglio ), Deciding which sequences to turn and what not, everything was perfectly orchestrated ad hoc interpreter to give Opera a soul decay, dirty, corrupt and miserable but at the same time very friendly, just like the character that was bringing in fiction (fiction that clearly was not). He had always acted in this obsessive manner, every character is his (temporary) state of mind.
A characterization conceived pale, tired and decadent but for this to be perfect that her last piece, the decline of his life in a beautiful symbiosis between reality and fiction that sums up a world made of controversial fights, disappointment, unrequited love alternating successes and excesses. And a lot of sensitivity.
it will die three years later after his retirement in Lagunitas, California, in his villa, a hermit. Just as the last melancholy sequences we see the decadent Nosferatu hermit finally find peace. Genius.
Review Salvatore Mennea
Originally published on www.splattercontainer.com
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