{"id":60323,"date":"2020-09-04T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-quarantine-stream-bram-stokers-dracula-is-a-bloody-gothic-delight\/"},"modified":"2020-09-04T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T14:00:00","slug":"the-quarantine-stream-bram-stokers-dracula-is-a-bloody-gothic-delight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-quarantine-stream-bram-stokers-dracula-is-a-bloody-gothic-delight\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Quarantine Stream: \u2018Bram Stoker\u2019s Dracula\u2019 is a Bloody, Gothic Delight"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#The Quarantine Stream: \u2018Bram Stoker\u2019s Dracula\u2019 is a Bloody, Gothic Delight<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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(Welcome to\u00a0The Quarantine Stream<\/strong>, a new series<\/a> where the \/Film team shares what they\u2019ve been watching while social<\/a> distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Movie:<\/strong>\u00a0Bram Stoker\u2019s Dracula<\/em><\/p>\n

Where You Can Stream It:<\/strong>\u00a0Shudder<\/p>\n

The Pitch:\u00a0<\/strong>Francis Ford Coppola takes\u00a0Dracula<\/em> \u2013 a story told on screen countless times \u2013 and manages to do something fresh with it! It\u2019s the story you know but with a lot more gothic romance, torrents of blood, and amazing in-camera effects.<\/p>\n

Why It\u2019s Essential Quarantine Viewing:\u00a0<\/strong>As I\u2019ve said multiple times in this here Quarantine Stream column, it\u2019s basically Halloween season. And I\u2019m ready to embrace spooky time with all my heart and soul by revisiting one of my favorite adaptations of\u00a0Dracula<\/em>, Francis Ford Coppola\u2019s gonzo, over-the-top, gorgeous film that blends sex, horror, and romance in one big blockbuster package.<\/p>\n

We all know the basic story of\u00a0Dracula<\/em>: a vampire comes from Transylvania to the U.K. and starts sucking neck. It\u2019s been adapted to the screen over, and over, and over again. So how do you even begin to make\u00a0Dracula<\/em> seem \u201cnew\u201d? If your Francis Ford Coppola<\/strong>, you go back to the novel. With a script<\/a> from\u00a0James V. Hart<\/strong>,\u00a0Bram Stoker\u2019s Dracula<\/em><\/strong> is one of the most faithful takes on Stoker\u2019s text, restoring characters and plot points that most adaptations leave out.<\/p>\n

At the same time, Coppola\u2019s film\u00a0also<\/em> veers wildly away from that material. Here\u2019s the thing: you know how in all the movies about Dracula he\u2019s portrayed as kind of a sexy figure, luring beautiful women to their doom? Well\u2026that\u2019s not in the book. Yes, Drac preys on beautiful young ladies. But he\u2019s by no means attractive. Stoker portrays the count as a hideous, evil monster. He starts off as a decrepit old man, and even when he grows younger later in the story, he\u2019s still pure evil. There\u2019s no romance in Stoker\u2019s text.<\/p>\n

Well, Coppola and Hart said \u201cFuck that!\u201d, and made their Dracula a full-blown tragic romantic figure. Yes, he\u2019s still kind of evil, and yes, he still murders people. But he has a sad backstory \u2013 his bride killed herself back in the 1400s \u2013 and when he comes to England, he finds himself with genuine romantic feelings for the reincarnation of said bride, played by Winona Ryder.<\/p>\n

The same basic set-up is there: Jonathan Harker (Keanu Reeves<\/strong>, using a questionable accent) travel<\/a>s to Transylvania to sell some property to Count Dracula (Gary Oldman<\/strong>). But Dracula traps Harker in his castle and heads off to the U.K. to drink some blood. Along the way, he grows younger and more handsome, and once in jolly old England, he sets about seducing Harker\u2019s fiance Mina (Ryder).<\/p>\n

Soon, Jonathan escapes, and Mina finds herself torn: should she remain true to her beloved Jonathan, or dump his ass for handsome Dracula? Along the way, crazy old vampire hunter Van Helsing (a wonderfully hammy Anthony Hopkins<\/strong>) shows up, and Harker, Van Helsing, and other vampire hunters (including\u00a0Richard E. Grant<\/strong> as a drug-addicted doctor,\u00a0Cary Elwes<\/strong> as an aristocrat, and\u00a0Billy Campbell<\/strong> as a cowboy) are out to drive a stake through the vampire\u2019s heart \u2013 much to Mina\u2019s torment. And oh yeah, Tom Waits<\/strong> shows up, too, and eats some bugs.<\/p>\n

Coppola directs the hell out of this thing, loading the movie with stunning visual effects, all of which were achieved in-camera \u2013 something that would\u00a0never<\/em> happen today. Featuring gorgeous, stylized costumes by\u00a0Eiko Ishioka and one of the best movie scores of all time, courtesy of\u00a0 Wojciech Kilar,\u00a0Bram Stoker\u2019s Dracula<\/em> is a cinematic feast worth sinking your fangs into.<\/p>\n

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