There are three scenes that impressed me the most. In the first scene, Thomas Hart found out that the Earl was planning to escape the castle, but found that all exits had been closed. Hart, trapped in the film, ran around the blocked castle on all sides without clues. The children in the courtyard were playing the violin. The strange and broken melody and the rapid pace echoing in the castle created a kind of absurdity and tension. environment of.
The next one is the plague and plague enveloping the whole city. People have given up resistance before death, carnival in the square, livestock strolling in the street, nobles feasting outdoors, rats scurrying around at their feet...this end-of-life scene It is the most symbolic scene of the movie, and it is also the most Herzog-style scene. This absurdity and madness reveals the paranoia and despair of human nature. From the end of the movie, it is pure and firm. Na sacrificed herself; Dr. Van Helsing, who assassinated the devil, was convicted by his own deadly law; the citizens in the movie believed in the law and morality, but in the face of disasters, they waited for slaughter like a lamb; Hart, who was infected by the earl, deceived the innocent. Survive, continue the Earl’s career, spread the darkness to a wider place. In the final scene, Hart gallops and disappears into the boundless wilderness. This ending has surpassed the scope of a horror film.
There is also a passage where Nosferatu breaks into Mina's bedroom and tastes the blood donated by the pure woman. Here, the director handed over the leadership to the actors. The camera stays in the middle shot. Nosferatu wanders between light and dark, staring at his prey wildly, but trying to suppress his desires. He is like Count Dracula with a multiplying hunger, sick. He mutation has changed his figure, swaying from side to side in hunger, thirst and emptiness.
I’ve thought about Klaus Kinsky’s performance for a long time. I don’t know how to look at it. His very hard performance is exaggerated and unquestionably charming. His thoughts on the role are unreservedly displayed on the twisted and manic body. It’s often difficult to distinguish whether it comes from the actor or the role. It is undeniable that it is the crazy breath of him that makes him the protagonist of Herzog movies most suitable.
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