Director and writer Robert Eggers’s take on Nosferatu, starring Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, Willem Dafoe and Bill Skarsgård, is one of the most anticipated horror films of the year. Eggers spoke with Q host Tom Power about the film and why bringing Nosferatu back to the screen has been his life’s dream.
00:00 Introduction
00:30 Doing Nosferatu on stage at age 17
01:46 Watching the 1922 film at age 9
02:49 Murnau's Nosferatu
03:57 On adapting something so well-known
05:39 Centering Ellen as the protagonist
07:54 Creating his Count Orlok's look
08:37 History and folklore
09:55 The function of vampiric tales in society
12:00 Historical authenticity and accuracy
14:12 Pandemics and Nosferatu
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