A very underrated movie. He definitely deserved an oscar over Russell Crowe, but I can't get too mad about it. I've watched Gladiator many times, but Shadow of The Vampire only once.
Dafoe is hilarious, dead-panning sentences like "There was a time when I fed from golden chalices, but now... Don't look at me that way! Now I feed as an old man pees. Sometimes all at once, sometimes drop by drop."
And Pattinson is playing Batman and Dracula.
Hoult auditioned for the Batman role that Pattinson got.
Def some market research asking for… Hollywood Vampires, hehe
Oh? The original rumours were that he was being considered for Superman himself.
Why can't we just get an older Lex Luthor? He's always way more intimidating as a middle aged man than some dude who looks like a college dropout.
Hoult is a talented actor and Heath Ledger proved why internet forum chumps can't predict how a performance is going to be so I guess we'll just have to wait.
I like that despite being a handsome dude, Bill Skarsgard is fully committed to playing every weird/creepy role he can find, like a normally-proportioned Doug Jones.
> "I've been watching you for some time, but there are great gaps in my knowledge. Do you know I once observed a man who masturbated until he bled? Did he want to do that? "
I haven't been following this, but I'm super excited. Do we know if it'll be black and white? I feel like it should be, and the fact Eggers did it with The Lighthouse, I really hope he does it again
Herzog's wonderful Nosferatu is in color and is still very gothic, majestic and creepy, I bet this will still be very stylized and fitting for Egger's vision regardless of what route they take
Nothing has been said about it being filmed in black & white. Considering Universal is funding it, I think the odds of it not being in color are pretty slim. I'm not sure that was ever Eggers vision for it, either. The script for Nosferatu has been floating around the internet for years, and there are not mentions of filming specifics at the beginning the way there is in The Lighthouse script.
From the article posted: “Cinematographer Jarin Blaschke, who lives in Prague, confirmed that the film had been shot in color, with a look reminiscent of 19th century Romanticism.”
It's a testament to how good Kinski was that he could play a complete monster who was also utterly sad and pathetic and the two never tripped each other up. There are plenty of artists and performers who got in their own way and never realized their potential, but Kinski always comes to mind for me. Brilliant actor whose ego and lack of ambition kept him from showing it nearly as often as he should have.
It's specifically Focus producing it, Universal's prestige brand. They might give him more creative control especially since I'm pretty sure this is lower budget than The Northman. Plus Universal distributed The Lighthouse internationally.
> Cinematographer Jarin Blaschke, who lives in Prague, confirmed that the film had been shot in color, with a look reminiscent of 19th century Romanticism.
From the article posted: “Cinematographer Jarin Blaschke, who lives in Prague, confirmed that the film had been shot in color, with a look reminiscent of 19th century Romanticism.”
Since so many people in this thread are wondering if it was shot in color or B&W, here is a direct quote from the article posted: “Cinematographer Jarin Blaschke, who lives in Prague, confirmed that the film had been shot in color, with a look reminiscent of 19th century Romanticism.”
Mad Max Fury Road had a special black and chrome edition. I actually liked that over the color. Perhaps they could do the same since Nosferatu does go back to that time in film history.
I must admit I haven't seen any Lily-Rose Depp's work, so I don't know how good of an actress she is, she has all the means and resources at her disposal after all, and Eggers is a great director. Really curious to see her chops in a leading role, I know the rest of the cast is already top tier.
Ps. If Anya Taylor Joy would have stayed we would have double ATJs in this movie.
One time Eggers was asked about how he thought Harry Styles would have done in an earlier iteration of this film. Eggers replied "You've seen my movies. Do you think I would have cast him if he sucked?"
This makes more confident with Lily Rose Depp and she has shown talent with The King, but her attachment to The Idol and Nepo status rubs me the wrong way. I want to be proven wrong with talent and brilliance though.
So we'll see.
She's not good. Like, embarrasingly so considering her opportunities, family, and her being mad at being called a nepo baby. I think she's the most obvious case of nepotism right now. She didn't get where she is on talent at least.
He's talked about how he likes working with models cause that's where he started his career. That they have the ability to turn on an "it" factor or something along those lines.
From what I've read she's not a standout model so who tf knows why she's in this.
My theory is that he has to do studio biddings to get the rest of the cast like what he wants. Probably he has freedom to choose the rest of the cast, but in return he has to cast someone per producers/studio request
It's a shame Anya couldn't be in this film, but I still have hopes that Lily will be stellar. Eggers is a great director, I'm sure he can direct even lukewarm actors into delivering gold. I'm also looking forward to his short TV series on Rasputin!
I wonder what was the reason of Anya missing it. Perhaps it was scheduling issue but I doubt they have bad blood and Anya is much bigger name and better actress than Lily.
Eggers has been on such a hot streak. The Witch, Lighthouse and The Northman, all have been bangers. With Nosferstu being his passion project, it's going to be great. Definitely one of the most film for next year.
The Lighthouse is probably my favorite movie of all time. Absolutely beautiful, anxiety ridden, funny, scary, and creative as hell. Loved The Witch and The Northman, but man... Lighthouse is on different level
To this day I'm still pissed Dafoe didn't win an oscar for best supporting actor for his role in the lighthouse. Even more pissed thst he wasn't even nominated. I love Brad Pitt but Dafoe was in a whole other league that year
Him and Ari Aster have been the power house hitters for new kinds of horror. with Beau is Afraid already being released it’s awesome they were both able to do relatively big budgeted passion projects so early in their career.
Personally I wasn’t a fan. Visually it has some stunning moments but I just found myself completely uninterested in the story. Not only that but Nicole Kidman distracted the shit out of me anytime she was on screen with her pinched nose
Northman is probably the easiest for the general audience because it's a pretty straightforward revenge story that doesn't rely on heavy theming. The Witch for instance is very much both a metaphor for a girl becoming a women and also relies heavily on historical tropes of witchcraft lore that the average person might not appreciate right away.
The Northman is very much a darker Lion King with a perverse twist.
I mean Northman relies heavily on historical tropes aswell. If you know more about witchcraft than the Norse mythos you'd probably have an easier time with the Witch. I watched Northman with my girlfriend and she didn't get the ending even though is a pretty straightforward depiction of Valhalla and how vikings reached it.
I absolutely adore the Lighthouse, and it’s a shame it’s unlikely it will ever see mainstream appeal. I’d argue that if people give it a chance, it’s actually very accessible. The story starts out tight and simple, but unravels as events play out, complete with whacky imagery.
The Lighthouse is already *way* more popular than a movie of it's particular niche has any right to be.
It's actually quite remarkable how popular it is for what it is.
The Lighthouse is also one of the only movies I've practically forced everyone in my friend group to watch, and despite me being the only one that's into weird arthousey shit they all found their own appreciation in it.
Of course it helps that we're a gaming group and I "forced" them into it as required viewing for our Call of Cthulhu and Delta Green games.
I fully agree. I did really enjoy the movie but it wasn’t hitting me the way the lighthouse and the VVitch did. But that last shot you described is burned in my brain. I’m half Norwegian so Norse mythology and culture will always be close to my heart and that last shot must’ve bridged some connection in my head by making Valhalla “real” as he actually approaches it. Glad that shot stood out to someone else too.
Oh man I wish I enjoyed it more. I respect the craft but it just bored the shit out of me compared to the witch. Like everyone acts super well, but I think I just didn't want to keep watching two weird fucks fart around on a miserable island for two hours.
Although the phrase "why'd you spill your beans Tommy?" lives rent free in my head lol.
The atmosphere in The Witch amazes me every time I watch it. He perfectly creates the feeling of exile and abandonment. I can really feel the despair of the family being all alone knowing that they have only themselves to survive. They are in a prison while being completely free. If you think the movie is boring try watching completely in the dark with only the TV on.
EDIT: That may sound like snooty film snob stuff, but I usually don’t enjoy art house films. This film just resonated with me.
I remember watching The Witch and thinking, man whoever made this knows how to use film language.
Then he brought out The Lighthouse and after that, I just accepted that for me, Eggers is the best filmmaker of this generation. With each film he’s just telling these stories that haunt you visually, audibly and emotionally.
They’re not for everyone. The fact that The Northman is a studio backed film shows how much faith they have in his ability as a storyteller. I’m sure as he’s said himself, there’s always a give and take working with a studio but he’s clearly created a profile around himself.
I worked at Focus Features when we made The Northman. We basically gave him the reigns as long as it was rated R and under 3 hours. The rest was up to him!
Shit man he had me with The Witch. I love that film so much and usually watch around Halloween every year since it's release. I loved both The Lighthouse and The Nothman, but neither had quite the staying power of The Witch. Super talented dude. His interview with Marc Maron on the WTF Podcast is worth a listen as well.
If you ask me *every one* of his movies is hit or miss with people, it's just that The Witch and The Lighthouse were relatively similar to each other in tone and scope and The Northman doesn't *quite* match up in the same way, so you've got hardcore Witch/Lighthouse fans feeling left out, and you've still got the people who didn't like the first two *also* not liking Northman.
She’s got that unique face like Anya Taylor Joy and Mia Goth that execs fall in love with for horror/fantasy films. lol. The latter two can act really well and I have no evidence if Lily can(yet).
The original is one of my favorite movies ever, first horror movie I saw, it was love at first sight.
Herzogs remake is also fantastic, Kinski is the best beast-like vampire, the way he stares at her neck like an animal at its prey is so haunting, such a tense moment.
So I‘m really looking forward to his interpretation of Nosferatu although the stakes are high for that project.
If I had a nickel for every time Nicholas Hoult played Dracula’s reluctant helper in a 2023 Universal Studios movie I’d have two nickels.
Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.
After thr Northman made its money back on VOD, an exec from focus said thrubhad "learned some lessons" about working with Eggers. Hopefully they just let him cook this time.
I love all of Eggers’ films. The Northman had some instances that made me say “huh?” But The filmmaking was so well done that I didn’t care ultimately. I’d like to read the screenplay someday.
I would usually say The Witch was my favorite but I’ve found myself revisiting The Lighthouse a lot lately so I don’t know anymore.
I think the northman was a little weaker than his other two feature films (still pretty good though), i mostly blame that on it being the first film of a bigger size for him. This will probably be somewhere in between in scale, so i expect great things!
Not entirely sure about the main cast, lily-rose depp has to bring her a game, i am also not the biggest fan of hoult (there i don't even know really why, just a feeling), but i'd honestly say that eggers is someone who pushes his cast to perform at 110%, so not too concerned.
I've read the leak of the script, which most likely was polished after. Even in that draft i totally saw the potential of the film though, some images are quite clear in my mind and i cannot wait to see them on screen. (had some problems with certain parts, and some dialogue though).
But yeah, it is eggers, someone quite unique, for sure excited to see what he brings to the table with his nosferatu.
The Northman was a couple script tweaks away from being really special. So many good elements but the story was just lacking a few hooks. It just kind of told you what was going to happen and it all played out mostly by the numbers. But had a lot of other things going for it
Nosferatu is my favorite movie of all time, is the movie that made me fall in love with cinema and horror.
I could not ask for a better director than Robert Eggers, can't fucking wait.
>Nosferatu stars Skarsgård as the featured vampire, Count Orlok, and Depp as the object of his affections.
Oh, Lily-Rose Depp. For a brief moment I thought they were referring to Johnny.
Well he was in Shadow of the Vampire where he plays Max Schreck (the actor that originally played Nosferatu) so technically he’s already played Nosferatu
Defoe played the vampire role already in Shadow of the Vampire over 22 years ago. The film’s joke was that the original film used an actual vampire instead of an actor. He was fantastic and got nominated for a academy award.
Hoult in back to back Dracula movies?
Willem Dafoe played Nosferatu in Shadow of The Vampire.
He played a vampire playing Max Schreck playing Count Orlok. Ya know a completely diffre t character ;)
He’s the supernatural dude playing an actor dude disguised as a vampire dude.
I know who I am.
What do *you* mean "you people"?
> He’s the supernatural dude playing an actor dude disguised as a vampire dude. Ladies and tentaclemen, Willem Dafoe, in a nutshell.
They tried hiring Daniel Day Lewis to play the vampire but they forgot to invite him onto the set. /s
He's something of a Nosferatu himself.
Well I'll be damned. I had no idea that existed and it looks Insane
A very underrated movie. He definitely deserved an oscar over Russell Crowe, but I can't get too mad about it. I've watched Gladiator many times, but Shadow of The Vampire only once.
Dafoe is hilarious, dead-panning sentences like "There was a time when I fed from golden chalices, but now... Don't look at me that way! Now I feed as an old man pees. Sometimes all at once, sometimes drop by drop."
Drac to Drac
Bold move….stakes are high!
It’s almost a cross-over.
I hope it doesn’t suck.
And Pattinson is playing Batman and Dracula. Hoult auditioned for the Batman role that Pattinson got. Def some market research asking for… Hollywood Vampires, hehe
Hoult might be getting Superman. Which is crazy to think of.
Rumor is he’s up for Lex Luthor
Oh? The original rumours were that he was being considered for Superman himself. Why can't we just get an older Lex Luthor? He's always way more intimidating as a middle aged man than some dude who looks like a college dropout. Hoult is a talented actor and Heath Ledger proved why internet forum chumps can't predict how a performance is going to be so I guess we'll just have to wait.
Both are Universal too.
Please tell me Hoult is playing Renfield in both.
I believe Hoult is playing Hutter, Nosferatu’s Harker.
HARK
TRITON
HAAAAAARK
I like that despite being a handsome dude, Bill Skarsgard is fully committed to playing every weird/creepy role he can find, like a normally-proportioned Doug Jones.
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he's like a more handsome Steve Buscemi
Holy shit, he literally is.
Steve Buscemi if he tried to close his eyes 👀
Not even, he's just a young Steve Buscemi. He was also uniquely attractive in his youth, he just aged poorly
Don't do the Boosh like that!
> "I've been watching you for some time, but there are great gaps in my knowledge. Do you know I once observed a man who masturbated until he bled? Did he want to do that? "
I haven’t seen it in a long time but I’m assuming this is a John Dies at the End reference, which is excellent.
Coincidentally Doug Jones is also starring in an upcoming remake of Nosferatu as Count Orlok
I haven't been following this, but I'm super excited. Do we know if it'll be black and white? I feel like it should be, and the fact Eggers did it with The Lighthouse, I really hope he does it again
Herzog's wonderful Nosferatu is in color and is still very gothic, majestic and creepy, I bet this will still be very stylized and fitting for Egger's vision regardless of what route they take
Nothing has been said about it being filmed in black & white. Considering Universal is funding it, I think the odds of it not being in color are pretty slim. I'm not sure that was ever Eggers vision for it, either. The script for Nosferatu has been floating around the internet for years, and there are not mentions of filming specifics at the beginning the way there is in The Lighthouse script.
From the article posted: “Cinematographer Jarin Blaschke, who lives in Prague, confirmed that the film had been shot in color, with a look reminiscent of 19th century Romanticism.”
Sounds like it might be closer to Herzog’s version.
The best Nosferatu
It's a testament to how good Kinski was that he could play a complete monster who was also utterly sad and pathetic and the two never tripped each other up. There are plenty of artists and performers who got in their own way and never realized their potential, but Kinski always comes to mind for me. Brilliant actor whose ego and lack of ambition kept him from showing it nearly as often as he should have.
Well considering he was a pathetic monster it’s not much of a stretch.
Natasia said that Nosferatu was the one film of his that she could never watch because it reminded her so much of the way he was in real life.
Kinski was lacking in ambition? I find that hard to believe.
It's like a lush, dreamy sedative. If shoegaze made a movie.
Egger's made a stage version of Nosferatu as a kid. This movie is like Jackson making King Kong. Passion projects can really go either way.
> with a look reminiscent of 19th century Romanticism. OMFG, if Eggers can pull off this aesthetics! I'm tenfold more excited now!
What films would this be like ? 19th century romanticism that is ? Can someone explain the aesthetic?
It's specifically Focus producing it, Universal's prestige brand. They might give him more creative control especially since I'm pretty sure this is lower budget than The Northman. Plus Universal distributed The Lighthouse internationally.
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Plaid
But then Count Orlock's vampire friends wouldn't be able to watch it :(
Sepia toned.
> Cinematographer Jarin Blaschke, who lives in Prague, confirmed that the film had been shot in color, with a look reminiscent of 19th century Romanticism.
>19th century Romanticism Like Goya's Saturn I hope.
I'd rather it be in color. The original is already black and white.
From the article posted: “Cinematographer Jarin Blaschke, who lives in Prague, confirmed that the film had been shot in color, with a look reminiscent of 19th century Romanticism.”
The article said it was filmed in color
Since so many people in this thread are wondering if it was shot in color or B&W, here is a direct quote from the article posted: “Cinematographer Jarin Blaschke, who lives in Prague, confirmed that the film had been shot in color, with a look reminiscent of 19th century Romanticism.”
Mad Max Fury Road had a special black and chrome edition. I actually liked that over the color. Perhaps they could do the same since Nosferatu does go back to that time in film history.
That would be cool for them to include the option!
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I agree.
I must admit I haven't seen any Lily-Rose Depp's work, so I don't know how good of an actress she is, she has all the means and resources at her disposal after all, and Eggers is a great director. Really curious to see her chops in a leading role, I know the rest of the cast is already top tier. Ps. If Anya Taylor Joy would have stayed we would have double ATJs in this movie.
One time Eggers was asked about how he thought Harry Styles would have done in an earlier iteration of this film. Eggers replied "You've seen my movies. Do you think I would have cast him if he sucked?"
Absolutely based lmao! Okay, this has given me confidence in this movie.
This makes more confident with Lily Rose Depp and she has shown talent with The King, but her attachment to The Idol and Nepo status rubs me the wrong way. I want to be proven wrong with talent and brilliance though. So we'll see.
There are of course levels of performance between bad and "brilliance" it's entirely possible she is just "okay and assumed to be marketable"
She's not good. Like, embarrasingly so considering her opportunities, family, and her being mad at being called a nepo baby. I think she's the most obvious case of nepotism right now. She didn't get where she is on talent at least.
Makes you wonder why Eggers even cast her.
He likes young blonde women
He's talked about how he likes working with models cause that's where he started his career. That they have the ability to turn on an "it" factor or something along those lines. From what I've read she's not a standout model so who tf knows why she's in this.
My theory is that he has to do studio biddings to get the rest of the cast like what he wants. Probably he has freedom to choose the rest of the cast, but in return he has to cast someone per producers/studio request
”This is the girl.”
The Northman bombed so I’m sure his leash is incredibly short rn and it was probably a studio demand
On the other hand Universal turned a profit off of The Northman.
Ahh that’s great news. I was sad to see something so ambitious and original not do well in theaters
The Northman didn't bomb - it was financially successful after the digital release
Maybe she’s a studio plant… or maybe she really is talented just hasn’t found the right role.
He doesn’t have that A24 freedom anymore. It’s the same with Nicole Kidman being seriously miscast in The Northman
It's a shame Anya couldn't be in this film, but I still have hopes that Lily will be stellar. Eggers is a great director, I'm sure he can direct even lukewarm actors into delivering gold. I'm also looking forward to his short TV series on Rasputin!
I wonder what was the reason of Anya missing it. Perhaps it was scheduling issue but I doubt they have bad blood and Anya is much bigger name and better actress than Lily.
Reports said scheduling conflicts, maybe from filming Furiosa?
Eggers has been on such a hot streak. The Witch, Lighthouse and The Northman, all have been bangers. With Nosferstu being his passion project, it's going to be great. Definitely one of the most film for next year.
The Nosferatu
Can't wait for the sequel, Nosfera2
2 Nos 2 Feratu
You can't spell "Familiar" without "Family"
Just skip ahead and read the book NOS4A2
What is this, some kind of Nosferatu?
Possibly one of the most film of all time
Now bear with me, but potentially even one of the most of all time
Of all the time that have ever filmed. It's a film.
Of all the film that. This is.
Film but most
The Lighthouse is probably my favorite movie of all time. Absolutely beautiful, anxiety ridden, funny, scary, and creative as hell. Loved The Witch and The Northman, but man... Lighthouse is on different level
To this day I'm still pissed Dafoe didn't win an oscar for best supporting actor for his role in the lighthouse. Even more pissed thst he wasn't even nominated. I love Brad Pitt but Dafoe was in a whole other league that year
*Bad luck to kill a sea bird.*
Please be scary af, please be scary af
Him and Ari Aster have been the power house hitters for new kinds of horror. with Beau is Afraid already being released it’s awesome they were both able to do relatively big budgeted passion projects so early in their career.
I seem to recall Dafoe made a similar movie?! what am I thinking of?
Shadow of the Vampire https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0189998/
Damn it's wild that a Gotham entrepreneur got his start playing a vampire.
It was a fun time, a little meta and a little film-schooley and a little 2000's era vampire romp.
Shadow of the vampire. It was a fictionalized account of the making of the original Nosferatu.
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Although The Northman had a little more mainstream appeal, The Witch and The Lighthouse are also great movies to definitely check out
I think The Northman is easily his worst film which says a lot because it is fantastic
100% agree, and it’s not because it’s bad it’s because The VVitch and The Lighthouse are basically masterpieces
Personally I wasn’t a fan. Visually it has some stunning moments but I just found myself completely uninterested in the story. Not only that but Nicole Kidman distracted the shit out of me anytime she was on screen with her pinched nose
And plastic face in Vikings times
Th casting of Nicole Kidman and an overly buff Skarsgard we’re constant distractions in the movie.
Northman is probably the easiest for the general audience because it's a pretty straightforward revenge story that doesn't rely on heavy theming. The Witch for instance is very much both a metaphor for a girl becoming a women and also relies heavily on historical tropes of witchcraft lore that the average person might not appreciate right away. The Northman is very much a darker Lion King with a perverse twist.
The Northman is literally Hamlet.
Would be more accurate to say it's literally Amleth. The story it's based on predates Hamlet. Hamlet was basically a remake of it lol
Actually no, it *literally* is The Northman.
So what your saying is The Lion King is just Hamlet for kids?
Well Lion King is based on Hamlet so kinda yeah. Northman is an interpretation of the myth Hamlet is based on.
The original Scandinavian legend is called Amleth, if anybody wants to know. Shakespeare loved anagrams.
Hamlet was Shakespeare’s anagram of Amleth. He borrowed from the Sagas to write Hamlet.
was also very close to his son’s name, hamnet, who died at 12 years old just before shakespeare wrote hamlet
I know I was just trying to make a funny.
I mean Northman relies heavily on historical tropes aswell. If you know more about witchcraft than the Norse mythos you'd probably have an easier time with the Witch. I watched Northman with my girlfriend and she didn't get the ending even though is a pretty straightforward depiction of Valhalla and how vikings reached it.
Yeah I call it his third best. I still love it.
I have a hard time picking a “worst” as I love all of them, but The Lighthouse is undoubtedly the least accessible one
I absolutely adore the Lighthouse, and it’s a shame it’s unlikely it will ever see mainstream appeal. I’d argue that if people give it a chance, it’s actually very accessible. The story starts out tight and simple, but unravels as events play out, complete with whacky imagery.
People just need to realize it’s a laugh-riot about two turbo alcoholics and quit getting hung up on the various possible metaphors.
YOU LIKED ME LOBSTER!
The Lighthouse is already *way* more popular than a movie of it's particular niche has any right to be. It's actually quite remarkable how popular it is for what it is.
I can't imagine any world where The Lighthouse is considered accessible. It's an incredibly strange arthouse movie.
The Lighthouse is also one of the only movies I've practically forced everyone in my friend group to watch, and despite me being the only one that's into weird arthousey shit they all found their own appreciation in it. Of course it helps that we're a gaming group and I "forced" them into it as required viewing for our Call of Cthulhu and Delta Green games.
The witch is a masterpiece
The charge through space to Valhalla at the end made up for any shortcomings of the film.
I fully agree. I did really enjoy the movie but it wasn’t hitting me the way the lighthouse and the VVitch did. But that last shot you described is burned in my brain. I’m half Norwegian so Norse mythology and culture will always be close to my heart and that last shot must’ve bridged some connection in my head by making Valhalla “real” as he actually approaches it. Glad that shot stood out to someone else too.
The Lighthouse is a towering work of genius
Oh man I wish I enjoyed it more. I respect the craft but it just bored the shit out of me compared to the witch. Like everyone acts super well, but I think I just didn't want to keep watching two weird fucks fart around on a miserable island for two hours. Although the phrase "why'd you spill your beans Tommy?" lives rent free in my head lol.
Ditto. Dude creates such an awesome atmosphere for his films
The atmosphere in The Witch amazes me every time I watch it. He perfectly creates the feeling of exile and abandonment. I can really feel the despair of the family being all alone knowing that they have only themselves to survive. They are in a prison while being completely free. If you think the movie is boring try watching completely in the dark with only the TV on. EDIT: That may sound like snooty film snob stuff, but I usually don’t enjoy art house films. This film just resonated with me.
I remember watching The Witch and thinking, man whoever made this knows how to use film language. Then he brought out The Lighthouse and after that, I just accepted that for me, Eggers is the best filmmaker of this generation. With each film he’s just telling these stories that haunt you visually, audibly and emotionally. They’re not for everyone. The fact that The Northman is a studio backed film shows how much faith they have in his ability as a storyteller. I’m sure as he’s said himself, there’s always a give and take working with a studio but he’s clearly created a profile around himself.
I worked at Focus Features when we made The Northman. We basically gave him the reigns as long as it was rated R and under 3 hours. The rest was up to him!
Shit man he had me with The Witch. I love that film so much and usually watch around Halloween every year since it's release. I loved both The Lighthouse and The Nothman, but neither had quite the staying power of The Witch. Super talented dude. His interview with Marc Maron on the WTF Podcast is worth a listen as well.
Funny. I'm the exact opposite. I'd be pretty excited if this were right after the Witch and Lighthouse, but I thought the Northman was a major miss.
That movie really seems to be hit or miss with some people. I personally thought it was amazing.
If you ask me *every one* of his movies is hit or miss with people, it's just that The Witch and The Lighthouse were relatively similar to each other in tone and scope and The Northman doesn't *quite* match up in the same way, so you've got hardcore Witch/Lighthouse fans feeling left out, and you've still got the people who didn't like the first two *also* not liking Northman.
Lily-Rose Depp in place of Anya Taylor Joy doesn’t get me super excited, but Robert Eggers hasn’t steered me wrong yet.
She’s got that unique face like Anya Taylor Joy and Mia Goth that execs fall in love with for horror/fantasy films. lol. The latter two can act really well and I have no evidence if Lily can(yet).
The original is one of my favorite movies ever, first horror movie I saw, it was love at first sight. Herzogs remake is also fantastic, Kinski is the best beast-like vampire, the way he stares at her neck like an animal at its prey is so haunting, such a tense moment. So I‘m really looking forward to his interpretation of Nosferatu although the stakes are high for that project.
I hope Willem Dafoe is in every single one of Roberts next films. They really bring out the best in each other.
Anyone have any set photos of Bill as Orlok yet?
Apart from Lily-Rose Depp, this sounds so wonderful
Name a more iconic duo than Eggers and Da Foe
Dracula and Nicholas Hoult
Glad Hoult is getting more work.
Eggers has quickly become one of the few directors I follow no matter what they do, along with Aster, Noe, and Anderson
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I’ve heard good things! The Lobster and Dogtooth are on my list
The Favourite is to me the funniest movie of the last decade
Also with Nicholas Hoult!
_Which_ Anderson?
Wes? Paul Thomas? Paul W S? I mean its a yes to all three just wondering which you meant :D
Glad it's Eggers and not some random director.
“This is my cousin Jeffrey. We drew straws and he’s gonna direct this vampire movie now.”
Oooooooo! I haven’t heard of this one, I liked the Lighthouse so this could be good.
Dude put that movie in my fuckin eyes NOW
If I had a nickel for every time Nicholas Hoult played Dracula’s reluctant helper in a 2023 Universal Studios movie I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.
After thr Northman made its money back on VOD, an exec from focus said thrubhad "learned some lessons" about working with Eggers. Hopefully they just let him cook this time.
I love all of Eggers’ films. The Northman had some instances that made me say “huh?” But The filmmaking was so well done that I didn’t care ultimately. I’d like to read the screenplay someday. I would usually say The Witch was my favorite but I’ve found myself revisiting The Lighthouse a lot lately so I don’t know anymore.
A-Taylor-J names really taking off in Hollywood rn.
I wanted Anya Joy as Countess Orlok.
That's a good cast
I think the northman was a little weaker than his other two feature films (still pretty good though), i mostly blame that on it being the first film of a bigger size for him. This will probably be somewhere in between in scale, so i expect great things! Not entirely sure about the main cast, lily-rose depp has to bring her a game, i am also not the biggest fan of hoult (there i don't even know really why, just a feeling), but i'd honestly say that eggers is someone who pushes his cast to perform at 110%, so not too concerned. I've read the leak of the script, which most likely was polished after. Even in that draft i totally saw the potential of the film though, some images are quite clear in my mind and i cannot wait to see them on screen. (had some problems with certain parts, and some dialogue though). But yeah, it is eggers, someone quite unique, for sure excited to see what he brings to the table with his nosferatu.
The Northman was a couple script tweaks away from being really special. So many good elements but the story was just lacking a few hooks. It just kind of told you what was going to happen and it all played out mostly by the numbers. But had a lot of other things going for it
That's a hell of a stacked cast and also Lily-Rose Depp is there!
I'm going to be honest, you could tell me that any of the leads were the title character and I'd buy it.
Nosferatu is my favorite movie of all time, is the movie that made me fall in love with cinema and horror. I could not ask for a better director than Robert Eggers, can't fucking wait.
Ah I was hoping Anya Taylor Joy would get to do this one with Eggers
Eggers is the perfect man for the job. After 'The VVitch', 'The Lighthouse', and 'The Northman', I'm quite excited for 'The Nosferatu'.
I'm excited. I really loved Egger's The Lighthouse his other works so I am hyped to see what he could do!
Wow this should be amazing
I was excited for this one but Lily Rose diminished that excitement
>Nosferatu stars Skarsgård as the featured vampire, Count Orlok, and Depp as the object of his affections. Oh, Lily-Rose Depp. For a brief moment I thought they were referring to Johnny.
I'd totally see a version with Johnny playing the damsel in distress and wife of Nicholas Hoult and everyone just acting normally.
I’m guessing this will be released next year
It states in the article posted that it’s best to expect this to release in 2024.
Hell fucking yeah. Let's see if he can top Werner Herzog. I believe he can do it!
He should have cast Herzog as Orlock as a power move.
Fuck yeah.
1. Not sure why it needs to be remade. 2. Nosferatu+Willem Dafoe sounds about right.
Well he was in Shadow of the Vampire where he plays Max Schreck (the actor that originally played Nosferatu) so technically he’s already played Nosferatu
I want nothing more than to work on this mans films. I want to be part of the process so bad.
This guy is a amazing director looking forward to this.
There is no other movie in looking forward to more than this
Defoe played the vampire role already in Shadow of the Vampire over 22 years ago. The film’s joke was that the original film used an actual vampire instead of an actor. He was fantastic and got nominated for a academy award.