Thanks to an old appointment book of mine, i can pinpoint that my initial encounter with the cinema of pere portabella took place at 7 pm on may 17, 1971 during the cannes film festival, when i first saw cuadecuc, vampir. Cuadecuc, vampir is part of the vampire movies subgenres, check out more movies like this one cuadecuc, vampir cast starring christopher lee, jack taylor, herbert lom, paul muller, fred williams. Experimental documentary from director pere portabella. Filmed during the shooting of jesus francos count dracula 1970, vampircuadecuc is an eerie amalgamation of behindthescenes footage shot in black and white and alternating between soft blurred focus and high contrast. It doesnt work like the similar demon lover diary, which was a peephole into the damaged psyches of everyone involved in the making of the devil master. Vampircuadecuc by carles santos, released 26 november 2019 1. An analysis of the construction mechanism for the magic in dominant narrative cinema though the filming of count dracula 1970, a commercial film by jesus franco. With christopher lee, herbert lom, soledad miranda, jack taylor. France 17 may 1971 cannes film festival usa 5 may 1972 new york city, new york germany 11 november 2005 filmmuseum munchen france 30 june 2008. The strange vice of mrs wardh 1971 720p bluray dd2. Cuadecuc, vampir 1971 pere portabella, christopher lee, herbert lom, soledad miranda, documentary, horror. Vampircuadecuc avantgarde horror at yerba buena center. Created in dialog with the artist james richards, crossing draws on each artists personal archive, using bruce connor as a jumping off point for a dense collage that owes as much to a movie, as crossroads, its most explicit reference point.
Unlike earlier films in hammers dracula series, dracula a. The old dark house and vampircuadecuc wexner center for. Vampir cuadecuc was filmed on the same sets with the same cast as jess francos count dracula, though the relationship between the two films is difficult to define. Jan 19, 2016 vatos locos full movie, hd, crime, thriller, english, gangster mafia film full free movies duration. I had expected something akin to chris markers films about akira kurosawa and andrei tarkovsky, which are essentially unusually reflective, artistically interesting versions of.
Cuadecuc, vampir 1971 pere portabella, christopher lee, herbert. Experimental documentary from director pere portabella the film follows the shooting of jesus francos count dracula 1970 starring christopher lee, herbert lom and soledad miranda, featuring behindthescenes footage of the production process accompanied by a soundtrack from catalan artist and musician carles santos. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. The film includes makingof footage from the set of jesus jess francos 1970 cult film count dracula, starring christopher lee. Released 1970, cuadecuc, vampir stars christopher lee, herbert lom, soledad miranda, jack taylor the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 10 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Cuadecuc, vampir 1970 stream and watch online moviefone. It was showing in the quinzaine des realisateurs directors fortnight at a nowdefunct cinema called le francais. Pere portabellas subversive vampircuadecuc is at once an exploration of the figure of the vampire as well as a devastating critique of spains fascist dictator general franco. This experimental version of the bram stoker classic was shot on the set of jesus francos count dracula, featuring christopher lee. A scene from pere portabellas 1970 experimental feature cuadecuc, vampir. Vampircuadecuc 1972 is an experimental vampire film by radical catalan filmmaker pere portabella. Review the film creates a ravishing netherworld cinema that seems to exist in neither. Not rated 1h 10min documentary, horror 5 may 1972 usa. Cuadecuc, vampir bluray 1971 an experimental film using the stock footage of jess francos count dracula with an atmospheric sound track to create a subversive experience.
Oct 26, 2017 as such, pere portabellas vampircuadecuc exists in the space between those frames of dreaming. A prime candidate for the most surreal makingof documentary ever made, vampir cuadecuc was shot by experimental spanish filmmaker pere portabella during production of jess francos muchtouted and supposedly faithful bram stoker adaptation, count dracula, starring christopher lee. Cuadecuc is made up of footage shot on the set of jess franco s 1971 count dracula, but, shot on very highcontrast blackandwhite film with no spoken dialogue recorded, it cant be called a documentary. May, 20 cuadecuc isnt an allegory for the stresses of filmmaking, politics, or anything else that would require us to think. Whilst they all have their merits its easy to understand how the stoker aficionado grew dejected at the thought of another episode. It was shot on the set of jesus francos count dracula, starring. Vatos locos full movie, hd, crime, thriller, english, gangster mafia film full free movies duration. It was a mostly faithful telling of bram stokers story. Vampircuadecuc pere portabella, 1971 seattle screen scene.
Commercial horror and avant garde cinema became coconspirators in oppressive francoera spain 19391975, where independent cinema was illegal and the very title of pere portabellas cuadecuc, vampir 1971 was an act of defiance against a totalitarian government that outlawed the catalan language. Translation for vampire in the free englishitalian dictionary and many other italian translations. Cuadecuc isnt an allegory for the stresses of filmmaking, politics, or anything else that would require us to think. Cuadecuc, vampir online stream cuadecuc, vampir gratis. A specialist in documentaries and short films, portabella used. There are hints of a larger, more complex fantasy within its 66 minutes, but as with so many nocturnal flights of fancy, the viewer is left with only a series of fleeting, yet powerful impressions. Check out more movies that start with c and movies from 1971.
Vampir, cuadecuc february 28, 20 by feringea in vampire movies and tagged christopher lee, dracula, jess franco, pere portabella, soledad miranda, vampir at the end of last month i was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to see a rare screening of pere portabellas avantgarde guerilla reworking of dracula. Initially a documentary about the making of jess francos count dracula a 1970 vampire movie starring christopher lee, cuadecuc, vampir presents an intervention. Oct 31, 2017 in 1970, jesus franco made count dracula, a vampire movie starring christopher lee, klaus kinski and herbert lom. Commercial horror and avant garde cinema became coconspirators in oppressive francoera spain 19391975, where independent cinema was illegal and the very title of pere portabellas cuadecuc, vampir 1971 was an act of defiance against a totalitarian government that. Transforming the invisible ghost spectacular optical. Filmed on the set of jess francos 1970 cult film count dracula starring christopher lee, vampircuadecuc mixes makingof footage with an investigation of the figure of the vampire. Everything is turned inside out behind the scenes of jesus francos 1972 mainstream horror film starring christopher lee, count dracula, as spanish pere portabella turns onset footage into an abbreviated, selfreflexive and surrealist version of the counts story. As such, pere portabellas vampircuadecuc exists in the space between those frames of dreaming.