What fresh interpretations of the story does guy maddins film of the ballet version deliver. I was surprised that the film is so traditionalthe silent footage often looks like one is simply watching a film from the 1910s or 1920s. Starring zhang weiqiang, tara birtwhistle, david moroni, cindymarie small, johnny wright. With weiqiang zhang, tara birtwhistle, david moroni, cindymarie small. Designed like a mad hybrid of early soviet montage and the baroque touches of german expressionists, dracula. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing dracula. Pages from a virgins diary, he begins with the royal winnipeg ballets stage production of dracula, choreographed and produced by mark godden, and takes it through a series of transformations into something that looks a lot like a silent film but feels like avantgarde theater.
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