En londres estan ocurriendo unos sucesos muy extranos. This is a fresh and surreally beautiful balletic interpretation of bram stokers immortal novel, like nothing ive ever seen and ive seen a lot of dracula movies. Pages from a virgins diary is a reliably unhinged exponent of maddins antiquarian vision. Designed like a mad hybrid of early soviet montage and the baroque touches of german expressionists, dracula. In the counts latest and most arthouse outing, dracula. Pages from a virgins diary, 2003, directed by guy maddin, with zhang weiqiang, tara birtwhistle, david moroni, at turner classic movies. Pages from a virgins diary takes us fantastically through gothic places that bram stoker failed to report in a production that. It is a silent interpretation of the royal winnipeg ballets take of bram stokers dracula.
Directors guy maddin cast includes zhang weiqiang, tara britwhistle, david moroni, cindymarie small, johnny a. Jan 18, 2016 enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing dracula pages from a virgins diary near you. For their tenth piece, they discuss guy maddins fusion of silentera horror and dance, dracula. Aug 06, 2014 2002 guy maddin, tara birtwhistle, zhang weiqiang. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing dracula pages from a virgins diary near you. He seduces us with his facsimile of the herkyjerky gothic style of nosferatu. Dracula, pages from a virgins diary was originally produced for canadian television. Although not exhaustive, this seems like a nearly complete list of all filmed versions of bram stoker s novel, i. Pages from a virgins diary looks as if its been unearthed from a time capsule circa 1925. Pag es from a virgins diary is narratively erratic. Pages from a virgins diary is a 2002 horror film directed by guy maddin. Pages from a virgins diary is a sumptuous caccophony of talent. Ratings info contains moderate violence and horror. Pages from a virgins diary is also available on dvd as part of the quintessential guy maddin box set.
Pages from a virgins diary may also be available with public performance rights ppr and digital site licensing dsl for colleges and universities. Pages from a virgin s diary emerges not only as one of the best dracula movies ever, but also as one of the best films about the victorian era ranking with the elephant man and topsyturvy. Its not the kind of horror that will please splatter fans but if you love the look and feel of old school. She not only forgives him what he has detailed but, in a complete turn around in the story, becomes clearly sexually aroused by what. It was originally filmed for a tv release for cbc television, but popular critical acclaim brought it to a us theatrical release. At the convent mina finds jonathons diary detailing castle dracula and his ravages at the hands of draculas brides. Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off. Dracula pages from a virgins diary is the royal winnipeg ballets take on bram stokers dracula brought to screen in the form of a silent film in 2003 by canadian director guy maddin with an asian count dracula played by weiqiang zhang, and titles that jump off the screen as from a comic book at times. A ballet rendition of bram stoker s gothic novel dracula, presented in a style reminiscent of the silent expressionistic cinema of the early 20th century. The filiming angles are brilliant, the dancers are unequalled, and the scenery and costumes are divine.
Pages from a virgins diary 2002 starring zhang weiqiang and tara birtwhistle on dvd and bluray. Pages from a virgins diary emerges not only as one of the best dracula movies ever, but also as one of the best films about the victorian era ranking with the elephant man and topsyturvy. Pages from a virgin s diary uncut, adfree on all your favorite devices. Pages from a virgins diary on dvd 7959751052 from zeitgeist films. The royal winnipeg ballet s interpretation of bram stoker s classic vampire yarn is transposed from stage to screen as a sumptuous, erotically charged feast of dance, drama and shadow.
Canadian director guy maddin is known in film circles for making avantgarde cinema. The films style perfectly captures the look and feel of a silent film like nosferatu. Pag es from a virgins diary, however, the very pull of maddins aesthetic has a paradoxical effect. After reading bram stokers novel dracula, ive been seeking out a bunch of movie adaptations of it. This work employs the subtle and sometimes bold use of color to emphasize its themes, but mainly is presented in blackandwhite, or. Pages from a virgins diary is a horror film directed by guy maddin. Pages from a virgins diary uncut, adfree on all your favorite devices. This trifecta makes for a once in a lifetime opportunity in viewing this film, for every time you watch it, something different takes the lead. Pages from a virgins diary is a gothic grand guignol of the notorious count and his bodiceripped victims, fringed with the expressionistic strains of gustav mahler. Despite the extreme, extreme familiarity of the source material and the stuffy associations of the ballet form, guy maddins dracula. A ballet rendition of bram stokers gothic novel dracula, presented in a style reminiscent of the silent expressionistic cinema of the early 20th century. Como a maioria dos filmes dirigidos por guy maddin, dracula. Dead and loving it is a 1995 satirical comedy horror film directed by mel brooks and starring leslie nielsen. Maddin elected to shoot the dance film in a fashion uncommon for such films, through closeups and using jump cuts.
Pages from a virgin s diary is a silent version of author bram stoker s dracula that also incorporates many balletoriented scenes. The filma filmed ballet converted to a silent movieopens with panic over eastern europeans entering britain. Enter city, state or zip code go fandango fanalert. May 16, 2003 enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing dracula. Dracula, pages from a virgins diary is no ersatz murnau film, however, but an experimental combination of dance, theater and film. It was originally filmed as a telefilm for cbc television in canada, but critical and popular acclaim brought it to a. Pages from a virgins diary, he begins with the royal winnipeg ballets stage production of dracula, choreographed and produced by mark godden, and takes it through a series of transformations into something that looks a lot like a silent film but feels like avantgarde theater. Its a wonder that unique auteur maddin took so long to delve into the horror realm that was a showcase for the german expressionism of the silent era. Its nosferatu meets the red shoes in the new dvd, dracula. I was surprised that the film is so traditionalthe silent footage often looks like one is simply watching a film from the 1910s or 1920s. Pages from a virgin s diary is a dance film like no other. Dracula pages from a virgins diary british board of.
Filmed in a style reminiscent of silent expressionist cinema of the early 20th century complete with intertitles and monochrome photography, it uses dance to tell the story of a sinister but intriguing immigrant who preys upon young english women. May 16th, 2003 not yet rated 1 hr 15 min plot summary. What fresh interpretations of the story does guy maddins film of the ballet version deliver. Beautifully transposing the royal winnipeg ballets interpretation of bram stokers classic vampire yarn from stage to screen, guy maddin has forged a sumptuous. I wouldnt have guessed that my favorite would turn out to be a ballet made in the style from the silent film era, but it has. Dracula is eyecatching to say the least, and that also speaks for the attractive of the dancers performance. My two principle reactions to the film were surprise and delight. Pages from a virgins diary 2003 a cinematic version of the royal winnipeg ballets adaptation of bram stokers gothic novel dracula. This work employs the subtle and sometimes bold use of color to emphasize its themes, but mainly is presented in blackandwhite, or tinted in monochrome. Wright, stephane leonard, matthew johnson, keir knight, brent neale, stephanie ballard, sarah murphydyson, carrie broda, gail stefanek.
Dec 12, 2003 despite the extreme, extreme familiarity of the source material and the stuffy associations of the ballet form, guy maddins dracula. Dracula pages from a virgins diary guy maddin exceedingly curious on paper, guy maddins latest feature is a giddily addictive jawdropper in the form of a ballet adaptation shot for canadian television by a director with little apparent interest in dance or, for that matter, television. Pages from a virgin s diary is available to watch free on tubi tv and stream, download on demand at amazon prime, fandor online. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Pages from a virgins diary movie synopsis and info.
Starring zhang weiqiang, tara birtwhistle, david moroni, cindymarie small, johnny wright. No spoken dialogue can be heard, and the story of a sinister but intriguing immigrant. Pages from a virgins diary es una pelicula dirigida por guy maddin con zhang weiqiang, tara birtwhistle, david moroni, cindymarie small, ano. Though he cheats by adding certain sound effects, maddin slavishly recreates a period where film was driven purely by images, with intertitles. A cinematic version of the royal winnipeg ballet s adaptation of bram stoker s gothic novel dracula. Pages from a virgins diary is available to watch free on tubi tv and stream, download on demand at amazon prime, fandor online. Staring johnny wright, cindymarie small, david moroni and tara birtwhistle. The conversation is a feature at popoptiq bringing together drew morton and landon palmer in a passionate debate about cinema new and old. Pages from a virgins diary is a gothic grand guignol of the notorious count and his bodiceripped victims. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing dracula. It is a spoof of bram stoker s novel dracula, and of some of the films it inspired. A ballet rendition of bram stokers dracula, stylized as an expressionistic silent film. Dracula zhang weiqiang pursues women while eluding a vampire hunter david moroni. Pages from a virgins diary is a silent version of author bram stokers dracula that also incorporates many balletoriented scenes.
Pages from a virgins diary 2003 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. May 14, 2003 dracula, pages from a virgins diary was originally produced for canadian television. In this ballet version of bram stokers classic vampire tale, dracula zhang weiqiang arrives in london and performs a. Pages from a virgins diary, avantgarde canadian filmmaker guy maddin brings the royal.
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