Review of Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002) by Art S — 15 Apr 2012
If you wanted to film a staged ballet, this is the way to do it: Hire Guy Maddin! The Canadian filmmaker rips apart the footage (Super 8 and other formats) and edits it back together in a delirious montage, processing it to one inch from death (or beyond -- this is the story of Dracula, after all) so that it looks like a silent film with faux tinting in phantastic colors with blurry edges and stark contrast.
A few sustained dances creep in but this is largely an exercise in assemblage. The well-known story is given a few tweaks and it doesn't hurt that it takes place in the Victorian era, a Maddin specialty.
This review of Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002) was written by Art S on 15 Apr 2012.
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary has generally received positive reviews.
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