Nosferatu Analysis

Shadow of the Vampire portrays the adaptation of Nosferatu especially the intentions dedication of the director, Murnau. Murnau requires acting methods that are extreme and sometimes deadly in order to achieve an immortal film, one that will be remembered and live forever. The physical film and camera are symbols of immortality that will kill the characters, like a vampire. The beginning of the film, Shadow of the Vampire, is the portrayal of the creation of the famous horror movie, Nosferatu, based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula. During this scene, the actress who plays the role of Mina Murray in Nosferatu expresses to the director that “an audience gives [her] life, while [the camera] merely takes it from [her].” The actress playing Mina immediately exposes and foreshadows the outcomes as well as the capabilities of the film. She implies that the camera has no life to it and that even though she is a part of the film, she feels as though she is dead as a result from it because of the lack of liveliness. Murnau director then …show more content…
The actor who plays the role of the Count, Schreck, offers an immortal aspect in the film. The scene in which he has physical contact with his director, Murnau, is a scene that reveals that he is has spoken truly when he said to Murnau “tell me how you would harm me, when I don’t know how I could harm myself.” Then Murnau attempts to harm him by strangling him and this proves that he is incapable of being be harmed by mortal hands. Murnau realizes that he represents the immortality of the film, which he believes is artistic and that Schreck is the sublime character that will make a great movie. Shadow of the Vampire benefits from the character as Schreck as a movie as well. Unlike the other famous recreations of Dracula, such as Nosferatu and Dracula 1931, Shadow of the Vampire offers suspense with the spontaneous appearance and interpretation of the Count as