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...sharp rock in the forested Carpathian mountains not far from the picturesque medieval Romanian town of Brasov, Bran Castle looks straight out of a fairy tale. But its beauty alone does not explain the fervor of the debate over its ownership. The myth-shrouded castle is also known as Dracula's Castle: according to legend, Vlad "The Impaler" Draculae, a local ruler known for his cruel torture methods (the story goes he liked to have his dinner while watching his opponents painfully die on a stake) used to inhabit Bran Castle. This, however, is merely a myth, which...
...film then spends most of its time trying to cure Chuck of his animosity toward gays. He attends a gay ball dressed as Count Dracula and befriends a tough cop who's secretly gay. Finally he convinces his macho pals in the firehouse, who had turned on him and Larry, that gay ain't so bad. The "gay" firemen's presumed crimes against nature matter less than their membership in the anti-arson brotherhood; camaraderie is the straight version of gay pride...
TRANSYLVANIA LEGEND: The first of many films officially based on Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, the 1931 version of Dracula, with Bela Lugosi in the title role, became an instant classic. The film's horrific scenes allegedly caused audience members to faint at the premiere...
...fifth-century B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, also attempts to address issues of duty, reason, and human freedom.ROCKY BEGINNINGSIn the process, it brings together filmmakers and actors with vastly different backgrounds, most notably Gerard Butler, a Scottish actor with a history of playing Gothic villains (“Dracula,” “Phantom in the Opera”); Brazilian indie film veteran Rodrigo Santoro, who also played Laura Linney’s love interest in “Love Actually”; and young director Zack Snyder. Snyder got interested in making “300?...
Although the undead prince is undoubtedly the villian of this novel, our response to Dracula is ambiguous. We revile his inveterately cruel deeds, but might we also sympathize with his commitment to History? This is the mark of literary complexity, and it belies our historian’s tendency of essentializing historicism...