#robbert eggers

[graciepasty]

Nosferatu. Dir. Robbert Eggers (2024).

[turtlelioni]

Just saw Nosferatu and I am so, so happy about how Romanian culture was handled, and as a Transylvanian, this was such a big win.

The dedication, the attention to detail was amazing.

They worked with screenwriter/linguist Florin Lăzărescu to make Nosferatu's lines in the Dacian language?? Hello? There's not much to work with anyways because only a few words survived into modern Romanian but the commitment to reviving an ancient dead language just to have Bill Skarsgård speak it was crazy.

And while we're here, the accurate boyar clothing and wool hat and crazy moustache for Orlok!!! Yes, maybe it's a reference to Vlad the Impaler but I'm glad they chose that. He's nobility!

The peasants' traditional clothing and hairstyles!!!

Hiring actual Romanian and Romani actors in speaking roles! (Side note the old lady that warns Thomas not to visit Orlok is a very sweet woman that showcases many good recipes on TikTok and I'm so proud of her @bunica.gherghina).

Not to mention the traditions! The dances! It's so important to me that they went back to Romanian folklore to represent what vampires were supposed to be and blended it so beautifully into the popular culture. But I wasn't expecting them to also add in the folklore on magic and the occult! The Strigoi and Solomonari mentioned??? In my lifetime? Man I haven't been this excited in so long.

And the church scenes, too! Orthodox Christian churches (which can look just as creepy as Gothic style cathedrals, as you all now have seen) and accurate clothing for the nuns and the priest! I didn't really know I needed that old nun calling Nicholas Hoult "puiule" until now thank you very much.

This is so big for me. I could go on and on about this forever. Thank you so, so much.

[bloodservility]

Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu (2024) [script]

[nyquil-guzzler-420]

I'm so bitter because ever since the 2024 Nosferatu movie came out, suddenly it's socially acceptable to be a Nosferatu freak. Before the 2024 movie there was all of THREE. THREE. SINGULAR. NOSFERATU EROTICA FICS ON AO3. THEY WERE THE BACKBONE OF THE NOSFEREAKTU PARTY. WE COULD ALL FIT ON A SPECIALIZED EDUCATION BUS. All it took was your favorite white-man-of-the-year clad in shadow-concealed silicone penis to play Count Orlok, and suddenly you're throwing yourselves into the bubbling freak cauldron bussy first. The world is weak.

(My own irrational grievances aside, I am glad that Robert Eggers, too, was a Nosferatu sex freak and brought our vision to life in the mainstream media. He's a good man. Give him a daytime Emmy.)

[thethreeirises]

Bahahaha I love Robert Eggers. "Blistering orchestral climax that would bring Beethoven to his knees in torment"

[leovincible]

“I am an appetite, nothing more.”

Nosferatu (2024) fan art.

I loved this movie to death.

[sophmerrill]

still thinking about the visuals from this film

[lalithemidnightmuse7]

Nosferatu 2024 : part 1 (spoiler)

Thinking about Nosferatu again, I had a lingering questions that led me down a path of researchs. (This is purely my own speculation—an attempt to make sense of some of the film’s most intriguing elements. Of course, everyone has their own interpretation, and perhaps no one can fully grasp the truth of this multilayered masterpiece except the director himself) anyway, this is my take on it...

the other day i was reading the script, and I noticed that in the character introduction, Ellen was referred to as a somnambulist. which surprised me. Of all the ways to describe her, why this one? but hear me out....

a somnambulist is simply a sleepwalker, But metaphorically, it often represents someone trapped between waking and dreaming, reality and illusion, life and death. - you are not for the living -

but in the romanian folklore the sleepwalkers represent the moroi vii (living ghosts). living people who are believed to have an unnatural connection to the spirit world. they are also belived to be the people who display unnatural behaviors, such as being weak during the day but strangely energized at night, experiencing vivid dreams, or affecting people around them with their emotions or presence.

they were also described as soul that wanders—they might unconsciously leave their body during sleep, sometimes appearing as shadows or specters to others -This could explain why Thomas sees Ellen while he’s in the castle -

and some villages feared that moroii vii could harm others through envy, curses, or draining energy from those around them. Others believed that they were just unfortunate souls suffering from an affliction.

(But what i find even more intriguing is that Nosferatu doesn’t just portray ellen as a liminal figure. The entire film is steeped in liminality. Thomas, for instance, is constantly in an in-between state—his stay in the hotel, his journey to the castle, his time in Orlok’s domain.)

anyway...now going back to strigoi , they are a risen from the dead creatures who are driven by a deep, endless hunger, not just for blood but also for what they lost in death—love, warmth, human connection. but i also found that Some legends say that if a Strigoi drinks the blood of a loved one, they may be at peace for a while, but they will always need more. - does that reminds you of a scean maybe ? -

i will leave it at this...i mean....you get it ?

So in the end, this was the most fulfilling answer I could find to this question of why was she was called a somnambulist . Of course, there are still others—questions that linger, ones I might share here eventually, considering my Nosferatu obsession isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Anyway, I’d love to hear your thoughts on it.

truly yours,

laly.