I grew up in Metro Detroit in the 70's and left there in late 80's. This film kind of gave me chills with it's really dark depiction of the undead living in the ruins of a dead city.
My understanding is that it's turning around now. But it all but died. that's why it's so compelling in the film. Adam is living in the ghost of a city.
She was also weirdly compelling in Maps to the Stars where she played the kind of weirdo who ends up in LA where asking them questions either lead to things you wish you didn’t know or things that just lead to even more questions.
As I binge-watch these videos it occurs to me that the modern vampire can also be a metaphor for introvertism and extrovertism. As an introvert I can relate to how there are times when you don't want to leave the *safety* of your home environment until you have to (Dang. The fridge is empty.) and to not necessarily be in touch with the outside world.
That totally makes sense. But it's also I think a depiction of an artist's two sides. The appreciator can live peacefully in the stories and artworks of others. But the creator is never satisfied, always in a painful cycle of ebb and flow, inspiration and its lack.
This is the sort of film many would call plotless, but it's what screenplay guru Robert McKee calls a "mini-plot." All the elements are there, but they're very subtle, and often internal. Plot made up the of the story events transforming the protagonist. Here we see a character struggling to find a reason keep going when existence feels meaningless, and through the events of the film, he finds that reason. But it hits all the points of any other movie. It has an inciting incident, a dramatic need for its protagonist, Adam, and a conflict with Eve, who like all great romance stories is both lover and antagonist. The conflict occurs in their ongoing debate over whether existence has sufficient meaning to make continuing worthwhile. And though the plot twists are understated, and the characters take it stoically, it really is a struggle of life or death, just as much as with any action movie hero. I find this film deeply moving. It's clearly the work of an older, world-weary artist trying to find enough inspiration to keep making movies, which is apparently exhausting, back-breaking and heartbreaking work.
I just watched this film on your recommendation and absolutely loved it. The way Adam and Eve interact is so mature and nuanced, and I was so enraptured by their bond. I could see myself watching the film again. Thank you for bringing this film to my attention.
I liked this film. The immortality of vampires is a subject that is rarely explored in cinema even though it's such a rich topic to mine. "The Hunger" explored similar themes.
Another really great thing about this movie, to me at least, was the soundtrack. In fact, after I'd seen it, I immediately bought it on iTunes. It's been maybe a year since I've seen it and the imagery and music still comes back to me unbidden at times. It was a very good review of it too!
This comment contains spoilers. Fair warning. Because of the extreme lengths they had to go through to get clean blood or the "good stuff" as it was called, the idea they would come up short in an emergency isn't so unrealistic. You can only plan for about 99% of anything and it's sometimes that 1% that gets you in the end. I just wondered what Eve and Adam were planning to do about two new vampires who were also going to need clean blood sooner or later.
Nathanielle Crawford my impression is that they killed the couple at the end? Didn’t Eve say, “we’re just going to turn them right?” And Adam was like naw don’t be naive
I suppose they were going to eventually be able to get more of their “supply”. As every addict knows, there are going to be dry times when you are really screwed and become desperate...but eventually you find something, a new connection or whatever. Until then, they would just have to do things like a “normal” vampire would.
MAVEN! If you want to see more Mia W in action, I highly suggest the film Crimson Peak by Guillermo Del Toro, which Mia stars in. Despite the vampiric name, this is not a vampire film but a gothic romance that just so happens to include a few ghosts on the side. Tom Hiddleston is also in this film along with a terrifying performance by Jessica Chastain and it's a spectacular movie that you MUST watch!
I had only found out about this because the rental place in my small town has odd titles. Of course I bought it after watching it. The first thing, and most importantly to me, was the intelligence of the characters. They are both immensely educated and naturally refined; something you don't see in more "classic" Hollywood vampire films. They sleep in beds, not coffins. Though Adam does make that trope into a joke. One thing I find a bit spooky about this film though, is the reference to the current water crisis.
Even though that idiotic Shakespeare conspiracy gets brought up here it doesn't bother me. The vampire Marlowe worked through Shakespeare, and the vampire Adam worked through Tesla. That's just part of the mythology here. Unlike a certain other movie that just spouts the bullshit conspiracy, along with a load of other conspiracies that don't make sense either, and insists that they're fact.
What annoys me about the whole "Marlowe is Shakespeare" thing is that it is like future historians finding prints of "Close Encounters" and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and concluding they were by the same director.
Ugh. I've been wanting to say this for years, as someone who used to like listening to Coast to Coast on the radio in the late night. But trying "to be nice" about it, yes. To all those post 2001 "fans", thanks for ruining conspiracy theories for the rest of us.
"idiotic Shakespeare conspiracy" is not a conspiracy at all but fact, if you do some de-coding and some digging you discover that the real writer of those plays and sonnets etc. was in fact the 17th Earl of Oxford, Sir Edward de Vere 1550-1604, and Kit Marlowe, Sir Francis Bacon,, Ben Johnson and many others knew it too. William Shakspere , his real name, could barely write his own name let alone a fucking sonnet.
i like that this movie is a contemplation of the passage of time itself, without being bogged down with actually depicting countless eras and historical events and so on. it was more about just time itself, kind of personified by the 2 leads.
Jim Jarmuch is a smart filmmaker, he is one of the quintessential ideas of an independent filmmaker who does things his way. His other film "Dead man" is also a good watch.
This movie is a very good Vampire flick. The themes and direction in this film is very different but very good when compared to most recent Vampire films. Definitely a “must see” for any fan of Vampires. I agree with your critique of this film-you are always right on!
SPOILERS it was a bit of a weird ending, but at the same time I really liked it I saw it as them seeing themselves in this young couple and i think they figured that if they were going to turn someone they might as well turn a couple who could live happily and in love like they have for so many years i agree that it was a little cop-out-ish about how they didnt have any other solutions to their problem but its possible that Eve had just depended on Marlo the entire time she'd lived there and never searched for herself to find a source since she already had one but idk, i hadnt actually thought about it very hard and you actually make some really good point I really like your review videos, I havent watched a lot of vampire movies, which all your reviews are about lol, but of the ones ive watched and you've reviewed, i like your videos!
I'm not a major vampire fan, but I really enjoyed your review/analysis of this movie, which I did also love btw. I'd really enjoy seeing you do more in depth reviews of other movies (non vampire). Have you seen other Jarmusch films like "Dead Man" and "Broken Flowers"? I think you'd enjoy them. They are similar in style, depth, symbolism. You have a great delivery and nice voice. I enjoy your pauses and slower delivery...No umms, buts etc.. Keep up the good work. I feel like you are talking & connecting with me (the viewer) and not reciting some standard review pitch. I've re-watched this 3 times now. Totally agree with your take on the ending.
This is and probably always will be my favourite vampire film, if not one of my all time favs in movie and keep coming back to it as a masterclass of subtle understatement, breaking every "rule" of movie making and still delivering on every level. It's interesting coming back [yes i've seen this review before] to this and still share your hope of seeing something on this level again but as yet have struggled to find it and your hope in the last few moments of this video six years on makes me a little sad we are still recovering from the decade of superheroes and YA relegation of the vampire movie. If you've seen anything to hold a candle to this movie i'd love to hear about it! As always good hunting Maven.
great review! this is a yearly October watch since the year I found it. The ending was the perfect balance for the vampyre characters lost throughout the film as far as "spooky at a distance" Law goes...Eva will no doubt suffer her demise from music industry blood & Marlowe has just passed...turning a couple is the cosmic balance. Any thoughts on Ian's other customer at the bar???(not wearing sunglasses and had exposed hands) Lycan?? quite loving of Eve to buy a beautiful instrument out of the same wood as the bullet- the binomial nomenclature references were authentic, knowing they were prolly around when everything was named by each scientist...nice touch
It had a lot of talking. Of course it did. It's a Jim Jarmusch film. There's always lots of talking and long stretches of meaningful silence in those. This actually sounds pretty good, though. I may have to check it out.
Recently got to watch the movie for the first time. Couldn't finish it. Between Anton Yelchin and John Hurt dying in ways that could be considered similar to their real life deaths, it definitely was a bit too true to life without knowing it.
My favorite vampire movie of all time. Not to be missed. If you believe that Halloween is an evening to light candles, tell scary stories and wear all black and not dress up in a Spiderman or Mr. Potato-Head costumes, this is going to be an instant favorite. If you think Halloween is a night to go to parties dressed up as Malibu Barbie, skip this movie, you won't get it.
I absolutely love this movie. But I love most of Jarmush's movie, as well as vampires, so.. yeah. Did you know Adam's music was recorded by Jarmush and his band?
Your love of this movie was infectious in your review, very well done! Must have seen this movie 7/8 times and I watch with fresh, anticipating eyes each time, it is that good. A rare gem of a film.
I played a game called soulreaver a vampire game point being it was mentioned that immortals that have endless time how do you you have the energy and will to go on when you have seen empires rise and fall and exspirence almost what the world has to offer would one want to continue or end one's existence
I did not know what the movie was about when I watched it first, I only had seen Tilda and Tom were in it and they are both actors I really liked the performances of... and then at some point i was like: "Wait! Are they supposed to be VAMPIRES?!" I wasnt sure at first and thought... maybe it's just an artsy metaphor but then yeah... they were actual vampires
Miriam Quintana Yeah, that’s the one thing about Jarmusch that never sat well with me. Anti-Stratfordianism is needlessly contrarian or obliviously condescend at best, and down-right classist or ignorant at its worst.
The lore of vampires that always intrigued me the most, and that has been widely ignored, is their longevity. If you're immortal and have endured longer than a human span, existence would be very different from we mortals. What would you do to fill your hours? Would you spend your time learning? Sitting on a couch day in day out? Would time be a burden or a gift? That would be the most consuming thing that would distinguish vampires from mortals; their perspective and whether they're utterly burnt out or have transcended this...grind. Instead, every depiction of a vampire from every storytelling viewpoint is an unhealthy fixation of drinking blood. Yes, it's what you do, yes, it keeps you going, but Jesus, you only need to feed a limited number of times a week. It's like a story of a normal human person unable to think of anything but food. Such a petty take on vampires. I would imagine they would be interesting, if encountered, and their immortality would be the part that sets us apart, not their diet. This particular movie wasn't bad. It was slow but addressed the idea of immortality and how it can be a joy and a prison sentence. It was innovative for the genre and I applaud the effort but it still seemed very...human in its scope. Maybe we are incapable of imagining eternal life and can only humanize the experience in a way we can relate to it. I'm 50 and in my relatively short life, I've changed so much over the decades. The things that brought me joy or compelled me at 20 in no way speak to me now. Imagine how I'd feel about 2022 in a hundred years. That's the thing is that vampires in movies seem so incapable of growth. They never reinvent themselves or discover new ideas that consume them or even better themselves or heal their traumas. A vampire at 500 years is usually no different than a vampire at 20 years, when in our mortal lives, a regular human at 20 v. 80 is entirely different.
I would love to see a comparison between this and Kiss of the Damned. When I started looking up great modern vampire films that were unusual this popped up as well as Kiss of the Damned. I also saw Midnight Son, Byzantium. I finally got a hold of A Girl Walks Home at Night. I hope it's good. I keep debating whether or not I want to see What We Do in the Shadows because I don't usually go for comedies.
I adored this movie, can’t think of one bad thing to say about it. I don’t care for “emo” vampires, and wouldn’t compare Adam at all to Louis or Lestat or any of the characters in the Twilight silliness. I didn’t even think he was emo. His concerns about the world were valid...and I don’t really think the film dwelled too much on the modern vampire issues, like immortality. Adam did not have your typical vampire concerns. He was an artist as well as a vampire. He didn’t care about his hair. He was perfect. I like both “human” vampire stories - like this one, and The Hunger, or Byzantium...and though I loved the first two Ann Rice novels, I did not care for the films, I thought they were very miscast. I also love the other types of vampire movies, Salem’s Lot (creepiest vampires), 30 Days of Night and the NightStalker pilot from the early 70’s (scariest vampires)...and then, one of the best, Dracula with Frank Langella (sexiest vampire)...and of course there is Carmilla (lesbian vampires). All good.
Thanks for a great review, I ended up buying the movie a while back and enjoyed it immensely because of your recommendation, so many thanks for that too! Characters were great, visual design was interesting, and bringing up reference to 2008 recession and water crisis in Detroit helps to give some historical critique to a film that you're expecting to do the opposite (mostly through bringing up past events that may or may not be relevant to the issue of human existence in the present). I can slightly agree that the ending did come off as weird, but my mind felt satisfied with the overall answer.
some say vampires share dislike of silver with were wolves but is this true.. do vampires hate silver or is this the case of kinds of vampires do an other kinds dont??
In the original lore, vampires can be defeated by silver. When vampires became more mainstream, most of the writers for books, movies, and/or tv shows dropped this aspect. Other ways to stop vampires were dropped as well. For example, they can't cross running water, the Eucharist can work the same way as holy water, a brick shoved in the mouth to stop it from feeding, and a net over the coffin can stop them.
Also, the counting. Usually in Asian portrayals, vampires have OCD and must count everything they come across, meaning you could get away throwing down a large bag of rice as they'll have to stop and count every grain.
Awesome review. It's a crime that I haven't watched this movie yet. Out of curiosity, have you read the comics or seen the show PREACHER? I'd be interested in your thoughts on the character Cassidy. Very unique vampire character, reminiscent of Spike in a lot of ways, though still his own one-of-a-kind creation.
That Yin Yang diagram at roughly 6:30 is totally WRONG. Yin (female, passive, cold, etc.) is the WHITE side, while Yang (male, active, hot, etc.) is BLACK. Most people from the west are so used to their own colour symbolism that they get these backwards a LOT. Also, it's Yin. No g in the end. [/smartass]
I didnt knew about this movie but fuck! some one already write the premise of a vampire being the influencer behind science, music and lots of arts, damn it :/ time to rewrite the premise of my book lol thou the movie dosnt focus on that as my book but i feel ppl would think i was riping off this movie :/
I feel like the ending might've taken Eve more into consideration than Adam, though he's not excluded. She would've had to introduce those young vampires to their new lives, wouldn't she? No better vampire to do that. They seem to replace Marlo (?) and Eva, who were more important to Eve than Adam.
Detroit at night is empty off the main roads. People are afraid of car jacking , crime and with so many abandoned buildings over 100,000 there are vast stretches of nothing to drive to.
I think that simplifying the narrative for the viewer makes movies less appealing. On the other hand you have to look at what the target audience is for a movie. In the case of Twilight and Vampire Academy it is obviously not aimed at adults.
great review....much better delivery. ..I watch these videos interested in what you are saying but irritated by the ham way you often say it...I know it's kinda the point but it grates nonetheless. Enjoyed listening to your natural speech patterns this time☺
If you want to see another good vampire movie from 2014, I wholeheartedly recommend th-cam.com/video/QWk4YtK-iHY/w-d-xo.html Those 2 are probably 2 of the best vampire movies ever.
Honestly it wasn´t the pace that bothered me (in fact, I thought it was soothing), so much as the pretenciousness of the screenwriting, filled with one liners like "Oh, well I should have met him before doing Hamlet" or "Yeah, I told Tesla to publish it, but he didn´t listened" and of the sort. A film that also involves mashing characters with historical events and figures (SPOILER ALERT!!!) is "The Man from Earth" and, though there are are some pretentious lines here and there, it's not all over the place like in this movie. The other thing that goes badly portrayed is the music industry. Everything is so cliché, so well suited to the image the general public has about music. Trust me, I'm from the music industry, and if a guy can compose a string quartet for Schubert, he won´t be into emo underground grunge a century later, just because both events have depressed friend circles and after midnight gatherings involved. I believe such a character would be more of a snob like-sort-of Hannibal Lecter. It's like those scripts where the author wants to look philosophical so he makes the actors quote great philosophers, and it all sounds fake, like "we know you've only read some selected texts at high school and googled the rest!!". And this happened in TV shows I respect, like Dr. House, Lost or Hannibal.
This is the sort of film many would call plotless, but it's what screenplay guru Robert McKee calls a "mini-plot." All the elements are there, but they're very subtle, and often internal. Plot made up the of the story events transforming the protagonist. Here we see a character struggling to find a reason keep going when existence feels meaningless, and through the events of the film, he finds that reason. But it hits all the points of any other movie. It has an inciting incident, a dramatic need for its protagonist, Adam, and a conflict with Eve, who like all great romance stories is both lover and antagonist. The conflict occurs in their ongoing debate over whether existence has sufficient meaning to make continuing worthwhile. And though the plot twists are understated, and the characters take it stoically, it really is a struggle of life or death, just as much as with any action movie hero. I find this film deeply moving. It's clearly the work of an older, world-weary artist trying to find enough inspiration to keep making movies, which is apparently exhausting, back-breaking and heartbreaking work.
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The reason it has slow parts is JJ wanted you to feel how long they’ve lived. How boring it might get. How lonely. It’s a beautiful film. I agree
as a detroiter, driving around in the middle of the night in Detroit and seeing no other cars is TOTALLY realistic
Nike of Samothrace Yeah, when they say that the automotive industry turned its back on Detroit, they aren’t kidding around.
I agree I live on the east side and it's a barren wasteland.
I grew up in Metro Detroit in the 70's and left there in late 80's. This film kind of gave me chills with it's really dark depiction of the undead living in the ruins of a dead city.
My understanding is that it's turning around now. But it all but died. that's why it's so compelling in the film. Adam is living in the ghost of a city.
Captain Striker: "It was worse than... oh. ... *beat*
What a pisser."
Wasikowska is also lovely in Crimson Peak, another Halloweeny film featuring Tom Hiddleston as a sad, sad boy.
And she's amazing in Stoker, which is a flat out amazing film as well.
She was also weirdly compelling in Maps to the Stars where she played the kind of weirdo who ends up in LA where asking them questions either lead to things you wish you didn’t know or things that just lead to even more questions.
That one is amizing too
As I binge-watch these videos it occurs to me that the modern vampire can also be a metaphor for introvertism and extrovertism. As an introvert I can relate to how there are times when you don't want to leave the *safety* of your home environment until you have to (Dang. The fridge is empty.) and to not necessarily be in touch with the outside world.
That totally makes sense. But it's also I think a depiction of an artist's two sides. The appreciator can live peacefully in the stories and artworks of others. But the creator is never satisfied, always in a painful cycle of ebb and flow, inspiration and its lack.
6 years after seeing this and It just dawned on me the characters are "Adam and Eve" . Symbolism anyone? lol
"Confetti grenade filled with fangirl catnip"
This line lives in my head rent-free ❤
This is the sort of film many would call plotless, but it's what screenplay guru Robert McKee calls a "mini-plot." All the elements are there, but they're very subtle, and often internal. Plot made up the of the story events transforming the protagonist. Here we see a character struggling to find a reason keep going when existence feels meaningless, and through the events of the film, he finds that reason. But it hits all the points of any other movie. It has an inciting incident, a dramatic need for its protagonist, Adam, and a conflict with Eve, who like all great romance stories is both lover and antagonist. The conflict occurs in their ongoing debate over whether existence has sufficient meaning to make continuing worthwhile. And though the plot twists are understated, and the characters take it stoically, it really is a struggle of life or death, just as much as with any action movie hero. I find this film deeply moving. It's clearly the work of an older, world-weary artist trying to find enough inspiration to keep making movies, which is apparently exhausting, back-breaking and heartbreaking work.
I just watched this film on your recommendation and absolutely loved it. The way Adam and Eve interact is so mature and nuanced, and I was so enraptured by their bond. I could see myself watching the film again. Thank you for bringing this film to my attention.
I liked this film. The immortality of vampires is a subject that is rarely explored in cinema even though it's such a rich topic to mine. "The Hunger" explored similar themes.
**swoon** Looks like a fantastic usage of Hiddleston and of the always divine Tilda.
Another really great thing about this movie, to me at least, was the soundtrack. In fact, after I'd seen it, I immediately bought it on iTunes. It's been maybe a year since I've seen it and the imagery and music still comes back to me unbidden at times. It was a very good review of it too!
This comment contains spoilers. Fair warning.
Because of the extreme lengths they had to go through to get clean blood or the "good stuff" as it was called, the idea they would come up short in an emergency isn't so unrealistic. You can only plan for about 99% of anything and it's sometimes that 1% that gets you in the end.
I just wondered what Eve and Adam were planning to do about two new vampires who were also going to need clean blood sooner or later.
Nathanielle Crawford my impression is that they killed the couple at the end? Didn’t Eve say, “we’re just going to turn them right?” And Adam was like naw don’t be naive
Arexis Renoldi I though Adam said “how romantic of you” when she said they were going to turn them.
I suppose they were going to eventually be able to get more of their “supply”. As every addict knows, there are going to be dry times when you are really screwed and become desperate...but eventually you find something, a new connection or whatever. Until then, they would just have to do things like a “normal” vampire would.
MAVEN! If you want to see more Mia W in action, I highly suggest the film Crimson Peak by Guillermo Del Toro, which Mia stars in. Despite the vampiric name, this is not a vampire film but a gothic romance that just so happens to include a few ghosts on the side. Tom Hiddleston is also in this film along with a terrifying performance by Jessica Chastain and it's a spectacular movie that you MUST watch!
She also played Jane Eyre.
I remember the first time I saw Tom in Avengers and thought that he would make a good live action cast as Alucard from Helsing.
I had only found out about this because the rental place in my small town has odd titles. Of course I bought it after watching it.
The first thing, and most importantly to me, was the intelligence of the characters. They are both immensely educated and naturally refined; something you don't see in more "classic" Hollywood vampire films. They sleep in beds, not coffins. Though Adam does make that trope into a joke.
One thing I find a bit spooky about this film though, is the reference to the current water crisis.
This is my favorite vampire film. 🧛♀️
Detroit is a ghost town at night. Totally realistic.
"...like a confetti grenade filled with FanGirl Catnip..."🤣
Awesome.
I loved this movie!
The quintessential vampire flick.
And so rewatchable.
I've seen it so many times now.
Even though that idiotic Shakespeare conspiracy gets brought up here it doesn't bother me. The vampire Marlowe worked through Shakespeare, and the vampire Adam worked through Tesla. That's just part of the mythology here. Unlike a certain other movie that just spouts the bullshit conspiracy, along with a load of other conspiracies that don't make sense either, and insists that they're fact.
What annoys me about the whole "Marlowe is Shakespeare" thing is that it is like future historians finding prints of "Close Encounters" and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and concluding they were by the same director.
Ugh. I've been wanting to say this for years, as someone who used to like listening to Coast to Coast on the radio in the late night. But trying "to be nice" about it, yes.
To all those post 2001 "fans", thanks for ruining conspiracy theories for the rest of us.
"idiotic Shakespeare conspiracy" is not a conspiracy at all but fact, if you do some de-coding and some digging you discover that the real writer of those plays and sonnets etc. was in fact the 17th Earl of Oxford, Sir Edward de Vere 1550-1604, and Kit Marlowe, Sir Francis Bacon,, Ben Johnson and many others knew it too. William Shakspere , his real name, could barely write his own name let alone a fucking sonnet.
@@permaveg Oh look! A wild conspiracy theorist appears!
@@1987MartinT Better to called a conspiracy theorist than a truth denier.
i like that this movie is a contemplation of the passage of time itself, without being bogged down with actually depicting countless eras and historical events and so on. it was more about just time itself, kind of personified by the 2 leads.
"The casket wasn't the only thing you took from Transylvania, was it?"
Underrated comment.
Jim Jarmuch is a smart filmmaker, he is one of the quintessential ideas of an independent filmmaker who does things his way. His other film "Dead man" is also a good watch.
This movie is a very good Vampire flick. The themes and direction in this film is very different but very good when compared to most recent Vampire films. Definitely a “must see” for any fan of Vampires.
I agree with your critique of this film-you are always right on!
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it was a bit of a weird ending, but at the same time
I really liked it
I saw it as them seeing themselves in this young couple and i think they figured that if they were going to turn someone they might as well turn a couple who could live happily and in love like they have for so many years
i agree that it was a little cop-out-ish about how they didnt have any other solutions to their problem
but its possible that Eve had just depended on Marlo the entire time she'd lived there and never searched for herself to find a source since she already had one
but idk, i hadnt actually thought about it very hard and you actually make some really good point
I really like your review videos, I havent watched a lot of vampire movies, which all your reviews are about lol, but of the ones ive watched and you've reviewed, i like your videos!
I think it was also a nod to the fact that, they were, also, at their core, predators. No matter how old, educated, or refined
I'm not a major vampire fan, but I really enjoyed your review/analysis of this movie, which I did also love btw. I'd really enjoy seeing you do more in depth reviews of other movies (non vampire). Have you seen other Jarmusch films like "Dead Man" and "Broken Flowers"? I think you'd enjoy them. They are similar in style, depth, symbolism.
You have a great delivery and nice voice. I enjoy your pauses and slower delivery...No umms, buts etc.. Keep up the good work. I feel like you are talking & connecting with me (the viewer) and not reciting some standard review pitch. I've re-watched this 3 times now. Totally agree with your take on the ending.
This is and probably always will be my favourite vampire film, if not one of my all time favs in movie and keep coming back to it as a masterclass of subtle understatement, breaking every "rule" of movie making and still delivering on every level. It's interesting coming back [yes i've seen this review before] to this and still share your hope of seeing something on this level again but as yet have struggled to find it and your hope in the last few moments of this video six years on makes me a little sad we are still recovering from the decade of superheroes and YA relegation of the vampire movie. If you've seen anything to hold a candle to this movie i'd love to hear about it! As always good hunting Maven.
What is also awesome is the The War Doctor is Christopher Marlowe (the late brilliant John Hurt)!!
great review! this is a yearly October watch since the year I found it.
The ending was the perfect balance for the vampyre characters lost throughout the film as far as "spooky at a distance" Law goes...Eva will no doubt suffer her demise from music industry blood & Marlowe has just passed...turning a couple is the cosmic balance.
Any thoughts on Ian's other customer at the bar???(not wearing sunglasses and had exposed hands) Lycan??
quite loving of Eve to buy a beautiful instrument out of the same wood as the bullet- the binomial nomenclature references were authentic, knowing they were prolly around when everything was named by each scientist...nice touch
It had a lot of talking. Of course it did. It's a Jim Jarmusch film. There's always lots of talking and long stretches of meaningful silence in those. This actually sounds pretty good, though. I may have to check it out.
I like the vampire academy books
I may disagree in a few years, but right now I stand by it
one of the greatest vampire movies ever made and one of my faves too! really a work of art in my opinion!!
Recently got to watch the movie for the first time. Couldn't finish it. Between Anton Yelchin and John Hurt dying in ways that could be considered similar to their real life deaths, it definitely was a bit too true to life without knowing it.
My favorite vampire movie of all time. Not to be missed.
If you believe that Halloween is an evening to light candles, tell scary stories and wear all black and not dress up in a Spiderman or Mr. Potato-Head costumes, this is going to be an instant favorite. If you think Halloween is a night to go to parties dressed up as Malibu Barbie, skip this movie, you won't get it.
The music in this film is amazing!
Just saw this movie. The funniest part is the artistic director's choice to depict vampires as never combing their hair.
Soundtrack by Squrl was amazing, amizing 🎉
You made me want to watch a movie I originally had no interest in seeing. I'm going to look up this movie later.
This is becoming one of my favourite films. As a vampire fan myself it's nice to see a film do them right :)
The two ways of being a successful Toreador, and the two ways of being an unsuccessful Toreador.
I❤This Movie! RIP Anton!
I absolutely love this movie. But I love most of Jarmush's movie, as well as vampires, so.. yeah. Did you know Adam's music was recorded by Jarmush and his band?
A glowing review. This is the only review of this movie I’ve seen, and based on it - I want to see it
Your love of this movie was infectious in your review, very well done! Must have seen this movie 7/8 times and I watch with fresh, anticipating eyes each time, it is that good. A rare gem of a film.
I loved it! It was beautiful and I really enjoyed the soundtrack! Ty for turning me on to it! Its brilliant!
There's a local park I like to wander alone at night. I sometimes come upon Mephitis mephitis like Eve did. So of course I love this film.
I played a game called soulreaver a vampire game point being it was mentioned that immortals that have endless time how do you you have the energy and will to go on when you have seen empires rise and fall and exspirence almost what the world has to offer would one want to continue or end one's existence
A new apprication of thisbfilm since lockdown
I love you, Maven!!!
Not as much as me!
They seem to follow I think it is the Toreador group from The white Wolf role playing game.Just throwin that out there.
Amazing film. One of my favs. Was a pleasant surprise how good it is. The actors are all amazing.
I did not know what the movie was about when I watched it first, I only had seen Tilda and Tom were in it and they are both actors I really liked the performances of... and then at some point i was like: "Wait! Are they supposed to be VAMPIRES?!" I wasnt sure at first and thought... maybe it's just an artsy metaphor but then yeah... they were actual vampires
You should do a review for Mona the Vampire
Finally was able to watch this. Loved it
Loki and the ancient one along with the War Doctor
It’s probably good they spend so much time apart, I mean after centuries being with someone all the time they would probably piss you off
I also watched this film just yesterday and the first thing I thought about after seeing it was watching this review.
So this is what Kyle from Brows Held High was talking about re: Marlow being a vampire in Anonymous!
Miriam Quintana Yeah, that’s the one thing about Jarmusch that never sat well with me. Anti-Stratfordianism is needlessly contrarian or obliviously condescend at best, and down-right classist or ignorant at its worst.
U should branch out and do some vampire games, that would be awesome!
The lore of vampires that always intrigued me the most, and that has been widely ignored, is their longevity. If you're immortal and have endured longer than a human span, existence would be very different from we mortals. What would you do to fill your hours? Would you spend your time learning? Sitting on a couch day in day out? Would time be a burden or a gift? That would be the most consuming thing that would distinguish vampires from mortals; their perspective and whether they're utterly burnt out or have transcended this...grind. Instead, every depiction of a vampire from every storytelling viewpoint is an unhealthy fixation of drinking blood. Yes, it's what you do, yes, it keeps you going, but Jesus, you only need to feed a limited number of times a week. It's like a story of a normal human person unable to think of anything but food. Such a petty take on vampires. I would imagine they would be interesting, if encountered, and their immortality would be the part that sets us apart, not their diet. This particular movie wasn't bad. It was slow but addressed the idea of immortality and how it can be a joy and a prison sentence. It was innovative for the genre and I applaud the effort but it still seemed very...human in its scope. Maybe we are incapable of imagining eternal life and can only humanize the experience in a way we can relate to it. I'm 50 and in my relatively short life, I've changed so much over the decades. The things that brought me joy or compelled me at 20 in no way speak to me now. Imagine how I'd feel about 2022 in a hundred years. That's the thing is that vampires in movies seem so incapable of growth. They never reinvent themselves or discover new ideas that consume them or even better themselves or heal their traumas. A vampire at 500 years is usually no different than a vampire at 20 years, when in our mortal lives, a regular human at 20 v. 80 is entirely different.
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I would love to see a comparison between this and Kiss of the Damned. When I started looking up great modern vampire films that were unusual this popped up as well as Kiss of the Damned. I also saw Midnight Son, Byzantium.
I finally got a hold of A Girl Walks Home at Night. I hope it's good.
I keep debating whether or not I want to see What We Do in the Shadows because I don't usually go for comedies.
I'd just sit in front of the computer and play games and watch youtube all day. No need to get depressed!
I adored this movie, can’t think of one bad thing to say about it. I don’t care for “emo” vampires, and wouldn’t compare Adam at all to Louis or Lestat or any of the characters in the Twilight silliness. I didn’t even think he was emo. His concerns about the world were valid...and I don’t really think the film dwelled too much on the modern vampire issues, like immortality. Adam did not have your typical vampire concerns. He was an artist as well as a vampire. He didn’t care about his hair. He was perfect. I like both “human” vampire stories - like this one, and The Hunger, or Byzantium...and though I loved the first two Ann Rice novels, I did not care for the films, I thought they were very miscast. I also love the other types of vampire movies, Salem’s Lot (creepiest vampires), 30 Days of Night and the NightStalker pilot from the early 70’s (scariest vampires)...and then, one of the best, Dracula with Frank Langella (sexiest vampire)...and of course there is Carmilla (lesbian vampires). All good.
Great review of a terrific genre film.
"Here's to the future of vampire movies!" :)
Please review graphic novel American Vampire!!! I know it's not a movie (its going to be a TV show soon) but please!
I started watching this ages ago and didn't like it but your review has persuaded me to give it another shot.
Thanks for a great review, I ended up buying the movie a while back and enjoyed it immensely because of your recommendation, so many thanks for that too! Characters were great, visual design was interesting, and bringing up reference to 2008 recession and water crisis in Detroit helps to give some historical critique to a film that you're expecting to do the opposite (mostly through bringing up past events that may or may not be relevant to the issue of human existence in the present).
I can slightly agree that the ending did come off as weird, but my mind felt satisfied with the overall answer.
some say vampires share dislike of silver with were wolves but is this true.. do vampires hate silver or is this the case of kinds of vampires do an other kinds dont??
In the original lore, vampires can be defeated by silver. When vampires became more mainstream, most of the writers for books, movies, and/or tv shows dropped this aspect. Other ways to stop vampires were dropped as well. For example, they can't cross running water, the Eucharist can work the same way as holy water, a brick shoved in the mouth to stop it from feeding, and a net over the coffin can stop them.
Also, the counting. Usually in Asian portrayals, vampires have OCD and must count everything they come across, meaning you could get away throwing down a large bag of rice as they'll have to stop and count every grain.
I didn’t know you have a video on this! It’s my favorite film 🖤
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PS: How many times have you watched it since uploading this video?
Tom Hiddleston is the new Gary Oldman.
Do a review on Under Her Skin!!! she's not authentically a vampire, but lots of symbolism that fits w her being a vampire.
I've had no idea this existed but I know what I'm watching tonight!
Awesome review. It's a crime that I haven't watched this movie yet.
Out of curiosity, have you read the comics or seen the show PREACHER? I'd be interested in your thoughts on the character Cassidy. Very unique vampire character, reminiscent of Spike in a lot of ways, though still his own one-of-a-kind creation.
Ohhh...and how about “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night”?
It was refreshing to see that this movie affected you so much. Getting a glimpse of your real self, was very voyeuristic.
Love your videos, Maven!
That Yin Yang diagram at roughly 6:30 is totally WRONG. Yin (female, passive, cold, etc.) is the WHITE side, while Yang (male, active, hot, etc.) is BLACK. Most people from the west are so used to their own colour symbolism that they get these backwards a LOT. Also, it's Yin. No g in the end. [/smartass]
I didnt knew about this movie but fuck! some one already write the premise of a vampire being the influencer behind science, music and lots of arts, damn it :/ time to rewrite the premise of my book lol thou the movie dosnt focus on that as my book but i feel ppl would think i was riping off this movie :/
I get that the doctor did know but didn't care
u made this look so güüd
You got this movie 💯🤘
I love this movie so much..
The band White Hills is also a real band
Awesome review. But you missed the HUGE human condition theme of this film.
I feel like the ending might've taken Eve more into consideration than Adam, though he's not excluded. She would've had to introduce those young vampires to their new lives, wouldn't she? No better vampire to do that. They seem to replace Marlo (?) and Eva, who were more important to Eve than Adam.
Detroit at night is empty off the main roads. People are afraid of car jacking , crime and with so many abandoned buildings over 100,000 there are vast stretches of nothing to drive to.
I honestly thought they were the original Adam and Eve.
How many type different vampires are there?
Friend of the Eventide
Ultimate goth film!
I think that simplifying the narrative for the viewer makes movies less appealing. On the other hand you have to look at what the target audience is for a movie. In the case of Twilight and Vampire Academy it is obviously not aimed at adults.
great review....much better delivery. ..I watch these videos interested in what you are saying but irritated by the ham way you often say it...I know it's kinda the point but it grates nonetheless. Enjoyed listening to your natural speech patterns this time☺
If you want to see another good vampire movie from 2014, I wholeheartedly recommend th-cam.com/video/QWk4YtK-iHY/w-d-xo.html
Those 2 are probably 2 of the best vampire movies ever.
What do you think maven?
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Honestly it wasn´t the pace that bothered me (in fact, I thought it was soothing), so much as the pretenciousness of the screenwriting, filled with one liners like "Oh, well I should have met him before doing Hamlet" or "Yeah, I told Tesla to publish it, but he didn´t listened" and of the sort. A film that also involves mashing characters with historical events and figures (SPOILER ALERT!!!) is "The Man from Earth" and, though there are are some pretentious lines here and there, it's not all over the place like in this movie.
The other thing that goes badly portrayed is the music industry. Everything is so cliché, so well suited to the image the general public has about music. Trust me, I'm from the music industry, and if a guy can compose a string quartet for Schubert, he won´t be into emo underground grunge a century later, just because both events have depressed friend circles and after midnight gatherings involved. I believe such a character would be more of a snob like-sort-of Hannibal Lecter.
It's like those scripts where the author wants to look philosophical so he makes the actors quote great philosophers, and it all sounds fake, like "we know you've only read some selected texts at high school and googled the rest!!". And this happened in TV shows I respect, like Dr. House, Lost or Hannibal.
Your voice is very shrill, you sound like a nervous maid on her first day in the big house...
This is the sort of film many would call plotless, but it's what screenplay guru Robert McKee calls a "mini-plot." All the elements are there, but they're very subtle, and often internal. Plot made up the of the story events transforming the protagonist. Here we see a character struggling to find a reason keep going when existence feels meaningless, and through the events of the film, he finds that reason. But it hits all the points of any other movie. It has an inciting incident, a dramatic need for its protagonist, Adam, and a conflict with Eve, who like all great romance stories is both lover and antagonist. The conflict occurs in their ongoing debate over whether existence has sufficient meaning to make continuing worthwhile. And though the plot twists are understated, and the characters take it stoically, it really is a struggle of life or death, just as much as with any action movie hero. I find this film deeply moving. It's clearly the work of an older, world-weary artist trying to find enough inspiration to keep making movies, which is apparently exhausting, back-breaking and heartbreaking work.