LL200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Terence Fisher, Carpathian Mountains, Tod Browning
9 Oct 2014
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Oct 2, 2012: bram stoker publishes dracula in 1897, 1888- jack the ripper was responsible for popularity of vampires/serial killers, nosferatu (1922- f. w. Murnau: nosferatu- vampire, early german expressionist film, different versions, dracula (1931- tod browning)- bela lugosi, dracula (1958- terence fisher)- christopher lee, dracula (1992- francis ford copolla)- gary oldman. Major themes: foreign invaders, sex and violence. Setting: the carpathian mountains of transylvania (now romania) and london, england. German pamphlets from the 15th and 16th centuries. Russian pamphlets from the 15th and 16th centuries. Both russian and german accounts of dracula portrayed him as a monster, killer. Oral accounts passed on in romania from generation to generation: meaning of the name, dracul, dracula from latin, draco- dragon. Means devil in romanian son of dracul: also called vlad the impaler, historical dracula from wallachia, 1408: the order of the dragon (ordo dracul) founded to protect the holy roman.
