Viewed in
2001
Formats
Movie theater
Premise
John Malkovich stars as director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, who shoots his masterpiece, Nosferatu by hiring a real vampire, played by Willem Dafoe.
Loved
Dafoe's performance.
Liked
The hilarious premise.
Thoughts
The details are hazy, but I found this extremely funny, thanks to the concept of a real vampire on set eating the crew, and Dafoe as the vampire. Words cannot do justice how hilariously cool and magnetic his performance was. From the first moment he appeared onscreen, I was glued to his presence, much like the characters in the film were to Schreck. I also recall the last act seemed to lose steam.
What I would change
Not sure.
