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Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

Film
DirectorFrancis Ford Coppola
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Objects & symbols
  • Eiko Ishioka's costume design for Dracula.
Form & technique
  • The film's use of in-camera, practical special effects.
  • The opening sequence depicting Vlad the Impaler defending Christendom. → The Exoticized Other
  • The shaving scene between Dracula and Jonathan Harker. → Homosocial Desire
Tropes
  • The invented romantic subplot between Dracula and Mina.
  • Dracula's relationship with his three brides in his castle. → The Oedipal Complex
  • The dual symbolism of blood (sacred vs. profane).
  • Lucy Westenra's transformation into a vampiress. → The Monstrous-Feminine

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