Before watching Nosferatu, when I heard the word vampire I would think of two images. One image was of a scary, undead, repulsive monster with sharp fangs that wanted to suck my blood and the second image was a sparkling, … Continue reading
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Thomas C. Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor is an instructional text that provides an algorithm to analyzing and interpreting literature, and also argues that all literature is interconnected. Because of this premise, I found one of its chapters, “Nice … Continue reading
Upon watching Nosferatu, it was clear to me that vampires did not always glisten in the sunlight and girls didn’t exactly swoon over their looks. I decided immediately that no vampire movies, whether it is Twilight or Nosferatu are something that … Continue reading
When I was told that Nosferatu is a horror movie, I was ecstatic! Horror is one of my favorite genres of movies. Although I think the vampire and werewolf concept is overrated, I was more willing to watch Nosferatu because … Continue reading
I wasn’t particularly scared by Nosferatu. The video’s description said something about horror film fanatics calling it the scariest horror film ever, but I didn’t get frightened, and I’m usually the one who opts to stay under the covers during … Continue reading
I like this film!! Perhaps because I have barely watched any pantomime before, I am really involved in the show and try to find out what will happen. As the characters in Nosteratu use there dramatic gestures and facial expressions … Continue reading
What struck me the most were each actor’s exaggerated movements. It’s unnatural to make such wide gestures, and I felt more so this way when we made those gestures ourselves in class today. Yet, with silent films, such gestures are … Continue reading
I have heard of Nosferatu before and knew it was a vampire story but I never knew the word itself meant vampire in archaic Romanian. When I found out about this assignment I was psyked. I love watching movies and … Continue reading
I wasn’t scared by Nosferatu, I should probably start there. Rather, it was really more of a sense of sympathy and respect that I felt throughout most of the movie, mixed of course with a sense of bewilderment. On the … Continue reading
When I found out we had to watch a movie for class, I was pretty excited, and that excitement didn’t decrease once I found out the movie was silent (believe it or not). I was really curious as to what … Continue reading