The Shadow of the Vampire is a film based off of the filming of the Nosferatu film, and was directed by E. Elias Merhige. The film was released in the year of 2000 as a drama genre. The opening scene in Shadow of the Vampire is a character playing with the cat, which signifies the difficulties characters have with dealing with animals. Shadow of the Vampire allows the viewers to recognize the efforts needed from the entire cast to make Nosferatu a successful enjoyable film. Elements such as vampirism and immortality along with the characters sexuality are presented throughout the film to contribute to the shadow motif throughout the film. In Shadow of the Vampire, a gothic atmosphere is created by the use of shadows, moonlights, castles and
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The women figured within the shadow of the vampire are shown topless and bottomless and dancing around which may represent their vulnerability to the male characters in the film. For example, when Max Schreck, who plays Count Orlock in the film, sees a small picture of Mina Harker, who is played by Catherine McCormack, says that she has "a beautiful bosom", which allows the viewers to recognize the intentions and personality traits that the male figured occupy and how they view or treat the women. The males, specifically Count Orlock, also engage in psychical activities and have a tendency to want to touch the women's breasts whether they are clothed or not. Henrick Galeen and Albin Grau, Galeen being the screenwriter and Grau was the producer, refer to seeing Mina Harker naked as the most wondrous thing they had ever seen. Count Orlock feeds on Mina's neck to suck the blood out of her while he simultaneously touches her breasts and she expresses through sound that she enjoys what is occurring and what Orlock is doing to her. This represents the sexual feelings that the characters develop for each other making the plot of the film more intense. The men engage in activities such as lifting woman's skirts up to see their buttocks and even the women engage in physical activity amongst themselves by kissing each other and dancing vulgarly
The women figured within the shadow of the vampire are shown topless and bottomless and dancing around which may represent their vulnerability to the male characters in the film. For example, when Max Schreck, who plays Count Orlock in the film, sees a small picture of Mina Harker, who is played by Catherine McCormack, says that she has "a beautiful bosom", which allows the viewers to recognize the intentions and personality traits that the male figured occupy and how they view or treat the women. The males, specifically Count Orlock, also engage in psychical activities and have a tendency to want to touch the women's breasts whether they are clothed or not. Henrick Galeen and Albin Grau, Galeen being the screenwriter and Grau was the producer, refer to seeing Mina Harker naked as the most wondrous thing they had ever seen. Count Orlock feeds on Mina's neck to suck the blood out of her while he simultaneously touches her breasts and she expresses through sound that she enjoys what is occurring and what Orlock is doing to her. This represents the sexual feelings that the characters develop for each other making the plot of the film more intense. The men engage in activities such as lifting woman's skirts up to see their buttocks and even the women engage in physical activity amongst themselves by kissing each other and dancing vulgarly