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alfredo

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Tue Sep-20-11 11:06 AM
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Dracula a metaphor for the aristocracy?

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I love movies and I should have caught this.

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/09/john-landis-movie-monsters-2/?pid=4676

Landis says: "Christopher Lee's Dracula is certainly impressive. He was really the first Dracula to have fangs. Also in The Horror of Dracula (remake), his Dracula was so powerful and sexy. The red eyes are only occasionally. He's such a physically imposing guy and has such power and presence as an actor. The most interesting thing to me about Dracula is — John Carpenter talks about this — he's essentially the aristocracy. Count Dracula literally sucks the blood of the peasants. All monsters are metaphors."

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As we can see, Count Dracula is the ancestor of today's predatory capitalist.

Good article on movie monsters.

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/09/john-landis-movie-monsters-2/

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