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Better than Nosferatu

posted 18 years ago by jesse-acosta
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Murnau should be more known for this title, than Nosferatu. Faust is so much more enjoyable. Then again I was never big on Nosferatu. The visual effects were great, but not up to the quality as a whole like Faust.

Jesse
"Contemplate this on the tree of woe"
-Thulsa Doom, Conan The Barbarian

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[–] enbilal 18 years ago

I agree.

[–] directoralansmithee 18 years ago

Yes. Nosferatu was good, but this one is better.

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[–] mlevans 18 years ago

Personally, I think Nosferatu will always be my favorite Murnau film. For one, I love Gothic horror (especially vampires) and, for another, it was my first Murnau film.

Still, side-by-side, Faust shows a clear progression of Murnau's development as a director. He had more money, a better cast, more experience and no need to hide its filming from any copywright owners, so I suppose it's only natural that Faust is somewhat superior.

I have the great Kino restored version of Nosferatu, but have a so-so VHS copy of Faust. I would love to see Faust in its restored splendor. It might be easier for me to pick it above Nosferatu in that event.

[–] jesse-acosta 18 years ago

I bought a great copy of Faust on DVD off of Ebay. It was a Korean(bootleg im sure) copy though. All you have to do though is turn off the Korean subtitles and all is dandy.

"Contemplate this on the tree of woe"
-Thulsa Doom, Conan The Barbarian

[–] mlevans 18 years ago

I'll have to look for that. I've had good success with the Asian DVD's. I got Murnau's Sunrise and also Vidor's The Crowd like that. Supposedly they're not bootleg, but they're probably packaged by workers getting 10 cents a day or something.

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[–] artihcus022 17 years ago

I personally think that Faust is Murnau's greatest film and so yeah better than Nosferatu which is also a masterpiece.

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[–] icet2004 17 years ago

nope Nosferatu is the one of the greatest horrors films of all times,maybe
the best horror movie evar.

[–] johnny-drama 16 years ago

Absolutely. Nosferatu is one of the most overrated movies ever made if you ask me. Herzog's version was better anyway, as far as I'm concerned. Faust comes second only to Sunrise in Murnau's arsenal.

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[–] gojiramatthew 16 years ago

IMO Nosferatu is a slightly better film then Faust.

[–] aether_1138 16 years ago

I think Faust is a better film than Nosferatu too, but maybe I'm not being fair since Nosferatu was one of the first silent films I ever watched. I don't really think I fully appreciated silent films when I watched it. Plus I had a cheap copy.

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-Roy Batty

[–] rick-220 16 years ago

Faust is better than Nosferatu, it's actually one of the best silents I've ever seen. A gripping story, great acting by Emil Jannings and the fabulous Camilla Horn, and incredible visuals make for one very fine movie.

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