Oct 30 2010
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I first saw this version of “Dracula” on PBS wait on in the 70’s (shortly after having read the new) and conception it a wondererful (albeit a tiny stiff) and very faithful film adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic gothic recent. Of course there have been hundreds of films featuring Count Dracula down through the ages but very few of them adhered closely to the orignal source material. In fact most of them impartial borrowed a few key characters and maybe a residence thread or two and then objective created their hold chronicle. Thankfully the BBC decided to rectify matters by filming their possess adaptation for television and this is the first film that I am aware of that really does stop proper to the new. In fact this was the first film to point to many of the well-known scenes from the unusual that previous films had ignored. Namely the scenes of Dracula crawling down the castle walls and a very controversial (at the time) scene where the Count offers a baby to his three vampire brides.
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Now preserve in mind this is 70’s era BBC televsision. While the acting is quite profitable some of the other production values are not going to be of the same quality that many of today’s viewing audiences are mature to. For example many of the exterior scenes are filmed outdoors while the interior scenes are filmed on sets. Consequently there is going to be some sequences with a definite stagey quality to them. Some of the special effects shots are going to be…well, lets unprejudiced say not all that special. Now having said all that I calm can speak you that there are more chills to be had from this version than the BBC’s most current and very disapointing adaptation of “Dracula”. In fact, I’ll go so far as to say that this version is even better than Coppola’s “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”. I never really cared for Coppola’s version anyway but I will give it high marks for production values. One of the tremendous mistakes with Coppola’s film was the changing of Dracula’s character from Stoker’s opinion of snide vampire to that of a comic, romantic love-struck vampire. Louis Jourdan (Gigi, Octopussy) does a comely job as the Count despite the fact that he is one of the few things in the film that doesn’t quite mesh with Stoker’s fresh belief. He does however philosophize very well that exclusive dichotomy of vampires. Namely the sensual yet faulty qualities we’ve reach to examine from many other cover Dracula’s.
To sum up: this film may be cheap in the production values department but if you are looking for a version that is faithful to Stoker’s novel epic, character and concepts then you are on the moral track with this offering from 70’s era BBC. There’s lots of atmosphere and plenty of reliable chills to be had from this version despite the shortcomings it may have.
At last, although it’s been a while since I last saw this. I had never forgotten it,
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especially the scene where Harker looks out of his castle window and see’s Dracula clinging to the walls.
Louis Jourdan breathes novel life into the titular character.
(With fair the fair air of a European nobleman, polite, curteous but with an arrogant lag) .
This was the first time I’d seen the scrumptious Judy Bowker on TV since Dusky Beauty.
The ever proper Frank Finlay plays a improbable Van Helsing.
(His 1971 Casanova is worth a recognize too.)
And Jack Shepherd really excels as Renfield.
If you have never read the current, then this is the most fair version I have ever seen.
Bram Stokers characters and prose are faithfully transferred to the cramped cover.
Production values are typically BBC slow 70’s videotape, but it’s the sage and acting quality I seize for,
and not a slightly dodgy TV stage site!
Original airdate:~ 22/12/77.
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