Bram Stoker’s Dracula : Francis Ford Coppola’s very horny vampire epic

19 November 2024 · The Guardian

Andrew Fraser

Bram Stoker Estate account

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Andrew Fraser revisits Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula as a lavish, deliberately excessive film about love and loss. He discusses Gary Oldman’s Count, the practical effects and elaborate design, connecting its early-cinema techniques with Coppola’s enthusiasm for filmmaking.

Andrew Fraser’s retrospective was published on 19 November 2024. It revisits Coppola’s 1992 film in the context of Megalopolis, with particular attention to practical effects, visual design and performance.

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Gary Oldman as Dracula in promotional artwork for Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992). © 1992 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved. — Official promotional artwork for Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), the film discussed in the retrospective.© 1992 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.