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- 2003
- Not Rated
- Zeitgeist Films
- 1 h 13 m
- 2003
- Not Rated
- Zeitgeist Films
- 1 h 13 m
Summary Beautifully transposing the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's interpretation of Bram Stoker's classic vampire yarn from stage to screen, Guy Maddin has forged a sumptuous, erotically charged feast of dance, drama and shadow. (Zeitgeist Films)
Directed By: Guy Maddin
Written By: Bram Stoker, Mark Godden
- 2003
- Not Rated
- Zeitgeist Films
- 1 h 13 m
- 2003
- Not Rated
- Zeitgeist Films
- 1 h 13 m
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
4.7
Summary Beautifully transposing the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's interpretation of Bram Stoker's classic vampire yarn from stage to screen, Guy Maddin has forged a sumptuous, erotically charged feast of dance, drama and shadow. (Zeitgeist Films)
Directed By: Guy Maddin
Written By: Bram Stoker, Mark Godden
Top Cast
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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95% Positive
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5% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
84
95% Positive
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
5% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Guy Maddin is a scholar, poet, prankster, and ferociously devoted classicist who likes to resurrect dead cinemas and deader directors and make them vital all over again.
Maddin takes on his first commissioned feature--an adaptation of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's production of Dracula--and succeeds brilliantly, making it his own while offering what may be the most faithful screen version to date of Bram Stoker's novel.
An inspired, original, and gracefully integrated collaboration of theater and cinema that complements not only both forms, but also the seductive, dreamlike qualities of the source material.
This arty approach may dismay hard-core horror fans, but it captures the dark grace of the original with wit and style.
Though it sounds like an offbeat idea even for horror fans, the tech work is so well done that it could disarm unwary buffs attracted by the campy title.
A 75-minute tour de force that's often fascinating, sometimes frustrating, but ultimately rewarding. So be patient -- the payoff will come.
Maddin chops it up into a feature-length antique-bloodsucker video, and the result takes hold neither as dance nor as silent horror dream.
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Based on 7 User Ratings
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Production Company
Vonnie Von Helmolt Film,
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC),
Dracula Productions Inc.,
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Release Date May 14, 2003
Duration 1 h 13 m
Rating Not Rated
Awards
Blizzard Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
International Emmy Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
