The Nextlander Watchcast 025: Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Added 2022-12-19 18:00:04 +0000 UTCOur first season of the Watchcast is nearly at an end, but we're closing things out with a certifiable banger in Francis Ford Coppola's erotic vampiric fever dream, Bram Stoker's Dracula!
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.
(00:00:15) - Intro.
(00:01:54) - We're closing out the first season of the Watchcast with a Decembula to Remembula in Bram Stoker's Dracula!
(00:05:43) - Getting into the history of how this movie came to be.
(00:15:31) - Some of the more troubled aspects of the production, and some very unfortunate accents.
(00:23:41) - Talking about Oldman's performance and some of the other stand-outs.
(00:30:22) - OK, let's get into the actual movie.
(00:36:23) - Now that we have a Dracula, it's time to meet the rest of the cast. Plus, more fawning over the visuals.
(00:43:09) - Our first look at old-ass Drac, a truly iconic vision of this character.
(00:51:49) - Break!
(00:52:09) - We're back, and Brad has a nagging question.
(00:54:00) - Getting to know Mina and Lucy.
(00:56:50) - Dracula's wacky boat ride, and some quality time with Renfield.
(01:00:54) - Lucy has chosen her suitor, but Drac has some other plans. Also, a vampire orgy!
(01:08:25) - Lucy's down with the sickness, and only Van Helsing can help.
(01:11:48) - Mina and her Prince. Also, Lucy's undead.
(01:20:16) - Drac mad! Drac horny! Drac conflicted!
(01:32:41) - Drac has been revealed, and it's a mad dash to Transylvania!
(01:42:01) - "Our work is finished here. Hers has just begun."
(01:50:05) - Hell of a movie, if we do say so ourselves.
(01:56:19) - Outro.
Comments
The Cotton Club is flawed but so much of it works, especially any time Gregory Hines is on screen. The biggest problem is that the two leads, Richard Gere and Diane Lane, are the least interesting characters and Gere the least interesting performance. Well worth watching though. There’s an early and manic Nicolas Cage performance, the restaging of Harlem nightclub acts are a lot of fun (whoever they got to play Cab Calloway is perfect), the last 15 minutes are incredible, and if you like tapdancing my god is this a showcase of it.
Robert Denby
2022-12-23 00:29:03 +0000 UTCAs for Gary Oldman, watch "slow horses"! It's so great because he's the perfect type to play the "he's an asshole but he's our asshole" role. Tom Waits has a great part in the netflix "legend of Buster..." by the Coen Brothers!
Nikolaus Mach-Hour
2022-12-21 08:04:09 +0000 UTC
