There are vampires all over the place.
For someone who was terrified of even switching the channel to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" in her younger years, had nightmares after hearing a small plot summary of "Interview with the Vampire" and did not like goign to attic because of some vampire story.... this could be a problem. Except! Vampires now are sexy, sweet and not really that ... terrifying anymore!
So, finding the balance: How do we get back to the sensual attractive yet mortally scary and macabre vampire figure back? How do we keep the allure and charm without going "American highschoolish"?
(yes, these are the great questions of existence that come to mind while writing 3 essays in a week...)
A role model must be found. An actual being we can just stare at and have some sort of adoration for. I propose we go back to the 80's. not my favourite decade, for sure. But I must admit... there was Peter Murphy. Probably the sexy yet macabre figure my imagination needs right now.
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I love listening to Bauhaus. I know.. I know... they were sort of the beggining of the Goth scene and all that. No contradiction: still love them. And specially Peter Murphy. The sort of epic tone, the whole body-language and dramatism... And he is the embodiment of the vampire figure: the light eyes, the elegantly thin face and the slender floating posture. But nothing sweet about him, nothing boyish, nothing particularly tamed. He had that wild energy, and the perfectly calm face, that surprise element about him.
So, just because we are talking about vampires I will take the opportunity to leave a small note. Two movies everyone that goes to see those new vampire stories in the cinmea should see beforehand. Just helps judging what is going on. By this I do not mean the comtemporary stuff is totally a waste of time. What I believe, is that one must see it in perspective and contextualise. Then the actual beauty and message of such comtemporary releases might actually be properly appreciated. So, besides reading "Romeo and Juliet" again and some assorted ultra-romantic 19th century European literature, people should look this up.
1. Nosferatu : YEs, the 1920's version. First vampire movie ever. Important, amazing. Probably the 1979 Werner Herzog version is as good (haven't had a chance to see it). But ntohing beats the 20's when it comes to special effects and terror movies.
2. The Hunger. Tony Scott directing Susan Sarandon, Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie in the 1980's. It's perfect. Every little scene of it. And it starts with Bauhaus performing "Bela Lugosi's dead". In my opinion, probably the best vampire movie ever.
For someone who was terrified of even switching the channel to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" in her younger years, had nightmares after hearing a small plot summary of "Interview with the Vampire" and did not like goign to attic because of some vampire story.... this could be a problem. Except! Vampires now are sexy, sweet and not really that ... terrifying anymore!
So, finding the balance: How do we get back to the sensual attractive yet mortally scary and macabre vampire figure back? How do we keep the allure and charm without going "American highschoolish"?
(yes, these are the great questions of existence that come to mind while writing 3 essays in a week...)
A role model must be found. An actual being we can just stare at and have some sort of adoration for. I propose we go back to the 80's. not my favourite decade, for sure. But I must admit... there was Peter Murphy. Probably the sexy yet macabre figure my imagination needs right now.
´
I love listening to Bauhaus. I know.. I know... they were sort of the beggining of the Goth scene and all that. No contradiction: still love them. And specially Peter Murphy. The sort of epic tone, the whole body-language and dramatism... And he is the embodiment of the vampire figure: the light eyes, the elegantly thin face and the slender floating posture. But nothing sweet about him, nothing boyish, nothing particularly tamed. He had that wild energy, and the perfectly calm face, that surprise element about him.
So, just because we are talking about vampires I will take the opportunity to leave a small note. Two movies everyone that goes to see those new vampire stories in the cinmea should see beforehand. Just helps judging what is going on. By this I do not mean the comtemporary stuff is totally a waste of time. What I believe, is that one must see it in perspective and contextualise. Then the actual beauty and message of such comtemporary releases might actually be properly appreciated. So, besides reading "Romeo and Juliet" again and some assorted ultra-romantic 19th century European literature, people should look this up.
1. Nosferatu : YEs, the 1920's version. First vampire movie ever. Important, amazing. Probably the 1979 Werner Herzog version is as good (haven't had a chance to see it). But ntohing beats the 20's when it comes to special effects and terror movies.
2. The Hunger. Tony Scott directing Susan Sarandon, Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie in the 1980's. It's perfect. Every little scene of it. And it starts with Bauhaus performing "Bela Lugosi's dead". In my opinion, probably the best vampire movie ever.
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