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Bram Stoker’s Dracula : the 25th-anniversary retrospective
6 December 2017 · The Digital Bits
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Michael Coate interviews film historian Bruce Scivally for the 25th anniversary of Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Scivally explains why a film he initially disliked came to seem an inventive and influential adaptation. He discusses James V. Hart’s screenplay, the romantic treatment of Mina and Dracula, Eiko Ishioka’s costumes, Wojciech Kilar’s music and the use of traditional visual effects. He also compares Gary Oldman with earlier screen Counts, praises Winona Ryder and criticises Keanu Reeves’s performance. The interview considers how Coppola’s operatic approach changed vampire cinema. Claims about the film’s influence and its literary themes are Scivally’s interpretations rather than established facts about Stoker’s intentions.
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