gravy and i have been watching the dvd versions of the classic german expressionist movies known as Nosferatu. one was a werner herzog film made in the early 70's. the other earlier, gravy and i smoke a lot of the goddess, i loose the flow but i did notice the incredible tribute in the later version towards the original. hertzog is a man who loves film, he's paying homage to his teachers.
the soundtrack to the first one must have been dubbed over many years after it was made, it's very electronic and expressionistic, berlin 76, the stuff bowie made popular through low, lots of loops and ambient noise, in one scene there's a telephone ring used as a texture. the movie was weirder than the hertzog one but they were very similar in tone and energy, herzog threw in some clever shots, like the scene when harker is in the pub and he makes his announcement as everyone focuses on him. the same shot in herzog and the camera stays on that fixed group stare longer than is comfortable. its brilliant stuff.
anyway im looking forward to the next film gravy brings around, its about a doctors cabinet.