E. ELIAS MERHIGE’S Shadow of the Vampire revisits the set of director F. W. Murnau’s 1922 horror classic Nosferatu to tell an imagined story of Murnau (John Malkovich) and his obscure star Max Schreck (played brilliantly by Willem Dafoe). Murnau, in order to maximize the film’s realism, casts an actual vampire, offering–in exchange for Schreck’s […]
Caveh Zahedi
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Is Takeshi Beat?
Kitano’s Latest Is An Unwelcome Step Backward
KIKUJIRO IS WORLD-RENOWNED Japanese actor/filmmaker “Beat” Takeshi Kitano’s attempt to try his hand at something other than his usual fare of violent gangster pictures, films whose popularity and undeniable artistry have won him tremendous international prestige and a growing following in this country. Following 1997’s surprise art-house hit Fireworks–undoubtedly his most assured blend of the […]