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Dracula, Pages From a Virgin's Diary

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Dracula, Pages From a Virgin's Diary
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NR,1hr 15min
Released:
May 14, 2003
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Zeitgeist Film
Synopsis: Idiosyncratic Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin resurrects the style and visual grammar of the silent cinema in this ambitious screen adaptation of the Royal Winnepeg Ballet's acclaimed dance production, which incorporates elements of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula and F.W. Murnau's film Nosferatu. In 1897, a strange and mysterious visitor from the East, Dracula (Zhang Wei-Qiang), arrives in London, and soon puts the wealthy and pleasure-loving Lucy (Tora Birtwhistle) under his spell. Dracula next sets ... Full Synopsis
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Guy Maddin is a scholar, poet, prankster, and ferociously devoted classicist who likes to resurrect dead cinemas and deader directors and make them vital all over again. Full Review
Metascore
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84
Universal Acclaim
out of 100
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