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Friday, March 31, 2006

Count Orlok

As portrayed by Max Schreck in F.W. Murnau's 1922 classic Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens. This was the first film of the production company Prana-Film GmbH; it was also the last as they declared bankruptcy after Bram Stoker's estate—acting for his widow, Florence Stoker—sued for copyright infringement and won. The court ordered all existing prints of Nosferatu destroyed, but thankfully a number of copies of the film had already been distributed around the world and survived.

4 Comments:

Blogger Zanajune said...

Oooooo, way cool. Looks kinda ethereal. Sehr gut!

8:34 PM  
Blogger Keith said...

Simply awesome! Love the style and bleak look, man!

4:54 PM  
Blogger Phill Weber said...

Ahh yes, my favorite of yours thus far. First of all, the subject is amongst my personal favorites. Secondly, your rendering really brings out the hideousness of the character. It's like he's clawing at you from the darkness of your own mind. Also, there's a nice luminiscent quality about him. It reminds me a little bit of El Greco.

12:23 PM  
Blogger scottra said...

Thanks you guys!

8:48 PM  

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