Starring zhang weiqiang, tara birtwhistle, david moroni, cindymarie small, johnny wright. The canadian filmmaker rips apart the footage super 8 and other formats and edits it back together. Pages from a virgins diary 2002 starring zhang weiqiang and tara birtwhistle on dvd and bluray. Como a maioria dos filmes dirigidos por guy maddin, dracula. Commissioned by canadian television to adapt the royal winnipeg ballets interpretation of bram stokers dracula, maddin instead came up with this. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing dracula. Designed like a mad hybrid of early soviet montage and the baroque touches of german expressionists, dracula. In fact, pages from a virgins diary is a ballet in two acts one set entirely in lucys bedroom where she is preyed upon in a clever move, her bed comes apart to become her funeral bier without a single scene change, and a second act set around the graveyard and castle where dracula seduces mina.
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. A highly theatrical, silentfilm version of the old vampire tale, guy maddins dracula is a registration of the royal winnipeg ballets dracula ballet with 95% of the ballet cut out and lots of other things such as intertitles inserted in its place. Pages from a virgins diary critics consensus guy maddins film is a richly sensuous and dreamy interpretation of dracula that reinvigorates the genre. Pages from a virgins diary is a 2002 horror film directed by guy maddin. No offense, but the universal studios bela lugosi version. Pages from a virgin s diary production manager 2002 known for category 7. 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.
The boys give lucy a blood transfusion in guy maddins dracula. May 14, 2003 dracula, pages from a virgins diary was originally produced for canadian television. Though he cheats by adding certain sound effects, maddin slavishly recreates a period where film was driven purely by images, with intertitles. Pages from a virgins diary 2003 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability.
The character of count dracula from the 1897 novel dracula by bram stoker, has remained popular over the years, and many films have used the count as a villain, while others have named him in their titles, such as dracula s daughter, the brides of dracula, and dracula s dog. Pages from a virgins diary is a horror film directed by guy maddin. Pages from a virgins diary looks as if its been unearthed from a time capsule circa 1925. En londres estan ocurriendo unos sucesos muy extranos. May 16th, 2003 not yet rated 1 hr 15 min plot summary. Pages from a virgins diary movie information and showtimes in edmonton.
Pages from a virgins diary is available to watch free on tubi tv and stream, download on demand at amazon prime, fandor online. It is a silent interpretation of the royal winnipeg ballets take of bram stokers dracula. It was originally filmed as a telefilm for cbc television in canada, but critical and popular acclaim brought it to a. 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.
Pages from a virgins diary is a reliably unhinged exponent of maddins antiquarian vision. Dracula, pages from a virgins diary is cult director guy maddins first feature film in six years, and his latest outing since the heart of the world, his justly celebrated short from 2000. In this ballet version of bram stokers classic vampire tale, dracula zhang weiqiang arrives in london and performs a. Dracula pages from a virgin s 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. It was originally filmed for a tv release for cbc television, but popular critical acclaim brought it to a us theatrical release. Canadian director guy maddin is known in film circles for making avantgarde cinema. A cinematic version of the royal winnipeg ballet s adaptation of bram stoker s gothic novel dracula. The filma filmed ballet converted to a silent movieopens with panic over eastern europeans entering britain. Beautifully transposing the royal winnipeg ballets interpretation of bram stokers classic vampire yarn from stage to screen, guy maddin has forged a sumptuous. After reading bram stokers novel dracula, ive been seeking out a bunch of movie adaptations of it. A ballet rendition of bram stokers dracula, stylized as an expressionistic silent film. Pages from a virgins diary on dvd 7959751052 from zeitgeist films. The film is poetic and erotic, creepy and melodramatic, overwrought and sometimes mocking, as if f.
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. Pages from a virgins diary is a gothic grand guignol of the notorious count and his bodiceripped victims. Dracula, pages from a virgins diary is no ersatz murnau film, however, but an experimental combination of dance, theater and film. What fresh interpretations of the story does guy maddins film of the ballet version deliver. Dracula pages from a virgins diary by zeitgeist films. Pages from a virgins diary is a sumptuous caccophony of talent. 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 virgins diary 2003 ive managed to avoid citing any official adaptations of stokers novel until now. Staring johnny wright, cindymarie small, david moroni and tara birtwhistle. At the convent mina finds jonathons diary detailing castle dracula and his ravages at the hands of draculas brides.
Pages from a virgins diary is a silent version of author bram stokers dracula that also incorporates many balletoriented scenes. With weiqiang zhang, tara birtwhistle, david moroni, cindymarie small. She not only forgives him what he has detailed but, in a complete turn around in the story, becomes clearly sexually aroused by what. 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. Pages from a virgins diary is based on bram stokers nod to vlad the impaler, but its more immediate source is mark goddens dracula as adapted and choreographed for the royal. Pages from a virgins diary won an international emmy award and was released theatrically to great acclaim. Dracula is an 1897 novel by irish author bram stoker. Screening in 35mm as part of the series guy maddin. Dont get left behind enjoy unlimited, adfree access to shudders full library of films and series for 7 days. In 2002 maddin filmed the royal winnipeg ballets performance of mark goddens ballet dracula for canadian tv and the resulting film, dracula. 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. Into the past guy maddins ravishingly stylized dracula.
Aug 06, 2014 2002 guy maddin, tara birtwhistle, zhang weiqiang. Pages from a virgin s diary is a silent version of author bram stoker s dracula that also incorporates many balletoriented scenes. Dracula, pages from a virgins diary motion picture pages from a virgins diary. Pages from a virgins diary falls into the latter category. A highly theatrical, silentfilm version of the old vampire tale, guy maddin s dracula is a registration of the royal winnipeg ballet s dracula ballet with 95% of the ballet cut out and lots of other things such as intertitles inserted in its place. Dec 12, 2003 despite the extreme, extreme familiarity of the source material and the stuffy associations of the ballet form, guy maddins dracula. Despite the extreme, extreme familiarity of the source material and the stuffy associations of the ballet form, guy maddins dracula. Jan 18, 2016 enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing dracula pages from a virgins diary near you. May, 2003 pages from a virgins diary is based on bram stokers nod to vlad the impaler, but its more immediate source is mark goddens dracula as adapted and choreographed for the royal. Pag es from a virgins diary, however, the very pull of maddins aesthetic has a paradoxical effect. Pages from a virgins diary is truly a unique version of dracula as it combines silent film with an avantgarde aesthetic and ballet dance. Dracula zhang weiqiang pursues women while eluding a vampire hunter david moroni.
If you wanted to film a staged ballet, this is the way to do it. Pages from a virgins diary cast starring matthew johnson, brent neale, chalnessa eames, vanessa lawson, sarah murphydyson. Guy maddins brilliant adaptation of the royal winnipeg ballets interpretation of bram stokers classic vampire tale earned the canadian cult auteur a following amongst horror fans. Pages from a virgin s diary is a dance film like no other.
This film is a must for fans of dracula, guy maddin, ballet, silent film and the avantgarde. My two principle reactions to the film were surprise and delight. The films style perfectly captures the look and feel of a silent film like nosferatu. Pag es from a virgins diary is narratively erratic. Pages from a virgins diary uncut, adfree on all your favorite devices.
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. Dracula, pages from a virgins diary by guy maddin guy. He seduces us with his facsimile of the herkyjerky gothic style of nosferatu. Dracula has been assigned to many literary genres including vampire literature.
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