
A ballet rendition of Bram Stoker's gothic novel DRACULA, presented in a style reminiscent of the silent expressionistic cinema of the early 20th Century. This work employs the subtle and sometimes bold use of color to emphasize its themes, but mainly is presented in black-and-white, or tinted in monochrome. No spoken dialogue can be heard, and the story of a sinister but intriguing immigrant who preys upon young English women unfolds through dance, pantomime and subtitles.... (Full plot summary below)
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A ballet rendition of Bram Stoker's gothic novel DRACULA, presented in a style reminiscent of the silent expressionistic cinema of the early 20th Century. This work employs the subtle and sometimes bold use of color to emphasize its themes, but mainly is presented in black-and-white, or tinted in monochrome. No spoken dialogue can be heard, and the story of a sinister but intriguing immigrant who preys upon young English women unfolds through dance, pantomime and subtitles.
Leave your thoughts about Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary.
| Los Angeles Daily NewsBob StraussDegree of difficulty: off the charts. Level of achievement: ditto. |
| Aisle SeatMike McGranaghanIn a year in which so many movies have (pun intended) sucked, Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary stands even higher as a triumph of artistry and entertainment. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertA dance version that gorgeously captures the Royal Winnepeg Ballet's artistry while razzing the xenophobia and carnal hysteria underpinning Bram Stoker's story. |
| Film ThreatS. James WeggA production that is as sexually charged as it is beautifully designed. |
| Empire MagazinePatrick PetersThis arty approach may dismay hard-core horror fans, but it captures the dark grace of the original with wit and style. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe visual style is at once deliberately archaic and slyly postmodernist, slinky and sensuous from first frame to last. |
| SPLICEDWireRob BlackwelderMarries B&W silent horror-movie style with beautifully eerie ballet in a succulently cinematic, lustfully melodramatic adaptation that is at once wholly unique and uncommonly faithful to Bram Stoker's classic novel. |
| Orlando SentinelRoger MooreJust when you think that holly stakes, garlic, crucifixes and capes are all there is to vampire stories, Maddin and the Royal Winnipeg put Dracula back on his toes. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe film is poetic and erotic, creepy and melodramatic, overwrought and sometimes mocking, as if F. W. Murnau's "Nosferatu" (1922) had a long-lost musical version. |
| Film Journal InternationalKevin LallyA fascinating hybrid -- and another delirious chapter in the Canadian maverick's still-evolving career. |