VAMPYR Redux 1932 / 2008

Four-minute video using footage from Carl Theodor Dreyer's VAMPYR (1932). The vampiric crone Marguerite Chopin (played by Henriette Gérard) is defeated in Dreyer's original version; but here we see her return to unlife and unleash her supernatural scourge on the village of Courtempierre. Miniature humanoid skeletons, animated skulls, darkening skies, and a constant sense of foreboding are all components of her sinister spell, drawn from the striking imagery of Dreyer's film. The text painted in French on the coffin at the beginning warns: "From dust you came, to dust you shall return"... while at the conclusion, Marguerite Chopin appears to have control even over the soundtrack of the film, which has no choice but to obey her steely cry of "Ruhe!" ("Quiet!").

Channel: Film & Animation
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: ax00ax

Length: 04:02
Rating: 5.00
Views: 1720

Tags: 1932  dreyer  goth  poison  skeleton  supernatural  vampire  vampiress  vampyr  

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