Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Directed by Guy Maddin
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Zeitgeist)
Maddin interprets the Dracula story through his usual silent movie visual style, but also incorporates a ballet performance. Unfortunately, the mixture doesn't really work. The ballet elements interfere in the telling of the story, which frequently gets bogged down in romantic melodramatics. Maddin's visual flare turns out to be more of a distraction, he too frequently uses bold, computer generated colors, as the story needs a more somber, toned-down approach. The dancers seemed to get lost in the midst of it all, not to mention Dracula himself. Made for Canadian TV.
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