Bram Stoker's "Dracula"

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The purpose of this paper is to examine the formal-aesthetic value and social-ideological value of the 1992 film, "Dracula", directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The discussion encompasses different elements of film, including photography, movement, editing, sound, ideology and mise en scene.

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The Love Story
Sexuality
Music
Foreign Language
Silhouetting, or Shadow Puppets
Narrative
Star Power
Dark Tones and Shadows
The Color Red
Studio Shooting
Movement
Depth in Photography
Editing

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"The romantic interest between the Count and Mina is not the only romantic elements to the movie- there is also a subplot concerning the suitors of Lucy, Mina's friend and confidant. She is sought by three suitors of varying degrees of breeding and social status (an English aristocrat, an English psychiatrist, and a Texan cowboy). We see from one scene to the next how Lucy entices each man in turn, applying all of her girlish charm. The suitors love her purity, innocence and beauty, and Lucy represents a classical maiden, loved and desired by all. The Texan expressed those qualities of purity by describing her as "fresh as a spring rain..." At the same time, we see her tantalizing all three men at the same time, enjoying the sexual power that she has over them. "

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