When I was about five (1967), I walked into the living room as my mom was watching NOSFERATU, and it was at the moment when Count Orlok was entering Hutter's bedroom. Scared the heck out of me, and I'd hide under my blankets at night thereafter.
In all honesty, the first time I ever seen/heard of Nosferatu was on an "Are You Afraid of the Dark" episode during the 90s, in my childhood...I remember me and my brothers would turn off all the lights and close the doors to watch the show every Saturday evening, but I distinctly remember how scary this episode was...As an adult, I never forgot about Nosferatu and decided to watch the original film, as I was intrigued...To no surprise, I found Murnau's creation to be a stuning Masterpiece
"Should we not spend a little time together, my very dear friend? Sunrise is far away and during the day I have to sleep, my friend, I will be in a very deep sleep indeed.. completely dead to the world.."
OMG, you came! I'm fan-girling out, here! Thanks for watching, my man! And yeah, I'm not surprised you were already familiar with Grau. This is the first time I've heard anything about him other than his name. Also the first time I'd seen most of his artwork. And the pieces of his I had seen, I just figured were modern. I had no idea they were hand-made by the producer of Nosferatu a hundred years ago! Blew my mind.
It would be interesting if we could discover how many prints were originally struck. Also I recall that in the 1980's MOMA had a vhs edition of the film available at my local video store. It had a short prologue showing a hand taking a large book down from a shelf, "The Diary of Dr. Cavallus" or some such. We also see the hand opening the book and turning the pages; something I haven't seen in any other edition.
Rest in peace, David J. Skal. 😞
When I was about five (1967), I walked into the living room as my mom was watching NOSFERATU, and it was at the moment when Count Orlok was entering Hutter's bedroom. Scared the heck out of me, and I'd hide under my blankets at night thereafter.
Yaaassss! That's now my favorite story of how someone discovered Nosferatu. :)
In all honesty, the first time I ever seen/heard of Nosferatu was on an "Are You Afraid of the Dark" episode during the 90s, in my childhood...I remember me and my brothers would turn off all the lights and close the doors to watch the show every Saturday evening, but I distinctly remember how scary this episode was...As an adult, I never forgot about Nosferatu and decided to watch the original film, as I was intrigued...To no surprise, I found Murnau's creation to be a stuning Masterpiece
Excellent origin story. I agree 100% with your findings. :)
"Should we not spend a little time together, my very dear friend?
Sunrise is far away and during the day I have to sleep, my friend, I will be in a very deep sleep indeed.. completely dead to the world.."
Excellent, David. Excellent.
This Masterpiece IS one of My favorite Vampire movie ❤
Me too, Izabella. You clearly have good taste. :)
RIP David 🖤🥀🦇
Watching this in preparation of seeing Robert Eggers’s Nosferatu this Christmas.
Excellent. Looking forward to seeing it, myself!
Awesome interview! I just today realized you had this TH-cam channel; very cool! Nice to see Grau getting his due
OMG, you came! I'm fan-girling out, here! Thanks for watching, my man! And yeah, I'm not surprised you were already familiar with Grau. This is the first time I've heard anything about him other than his name. Also the first time I'd seen most of his artwork. And the pieces of his I had seen, I just figured were modern. I had no idea they were hand-made by the producer of Nosferatu a hundred years ago! Blew my mind.
Young Max Schreck was a very Handsome man .❤My favorite Nosferatu 🦇🍷🖤
Cheers to that!
It would be interesting if we could discover how many prints were originally struck. Also I recall that in the 1980's MOMA had a vhs edition of the film available at my local video store. It had a short prologue showing a hand taking a large book down from a shelf, "The Diary of Dr. Cavallus" or some such. We also see the hand opening the book and turning the pages; something I haven't seen in any other edition.
Oh reeeeally? I don't remember reading that anywhere, and yet, it kinda rings a bell...
Very interesting, James. Thank you.
wow this is fascinating, how cool is it to be someone known for writing books about vampires lol
thank you
Right?!
A really terrific interview! Please release that extra interview material soon! :)
You got it, Dan! Thanks!
One hundred is nothing, considering that it is undead. Great tubecast! Skal is the best.
Thanks! Yeah, he's quite the gentleman scholar, isn't he?
Please release the 1930 version!!!! Let's everybody mail Cinémathèque Française asking for a "Die zwölfte Stunde, Eine Nacht des Grauens" release
Sweet.
Herra Ylppö ( he's a Finnish musician ) could play Nosferatu 🦇🍷
Can your next video be about possible weaponry upgrade besides using stakes and hammer, holy gun, garlic, etc.?
Oooo...that's not a bad idea.
nosferatu is in spongebob squarepants :D
That's right!
We should have showed up 666.view. oh yeah!
Ha!