The Making of Bram Stoker's Dracula "Bloodlines" - part 1

[@Taptap78]

Oh Mr. Gary Oldman....you are BY FAR THE BEST DRACULA EVER!!!!!! YOU OWN THAT MOVIE, EVERY SCENE IS MEZMERIZING.

[@watchgoose]

Frank Langella was.

[@katarinastene9069]

Yes.....)

[@subaru3475]

Now 2024, and imo Francis Ford Coppola's "Bram Stoker's: Dracula" is still the most masterpiece of all time from every vampire movies.

[@michellehayton8984]

It is amazing how much Gary Oldman looks like the real Vlad the impaler! He was fantastic in this and deserved the academy for best actor

[@Robindalmiras]

Agreed

[@JR-mi8ry]

Scarier 🎉🎉

[@gy3940]

No Gary Oldman is a very handsome man.

[@janiakowska]

the best Dracula and Gary Oldman is so fantastic

[@lalrinchhanazote276]

Gary Oldman is one the most versatile actors in this world.

[@nadineschneider4420]

Yes

[@MlSS.S]

I remember going to the movie theater and seeing this movie with my cousin. I was absolutely Blown Away with the costumes and the cinematography at that time. That castle, that shadow and old Vlad creeped the crap out of me, particularly that scene with him crawling down the side of the castle wall. Still today, this is the best, most well made Dracula movie of all time! I've probably seen this movie about six times and I think I'm about to watch it again. 🦇🧛‍♂️

[@SophieHunt2]

oiii

[@cjohnstn1]

I LOVED Gary Oldman as Dracula! Long time fan of both Gary and Anthony.....AWESOME MOVIE!

[@valeriafilighera4394]

Gary.... Always in my heart.....

[@nadineschneider4420]

Yes❤

[@beatrizjardim8308]

I love this Dracula movie. This was a real vampire movie.

[@RayLukard78]

I want to see more footage of those rehearsals.

[@QuantumologyUK]

So many years have gone by since comments were first made here - the story of a lifetime in a movie we will never forget.

[@marionmarino1616]

He was brilliant as Dracula .

[@CILOZANIN]

Those were happy times where Twilight did not exist and vampires had a reputation. :)

[@JayPC21]

thanks for uppin this McEMAG, great documentary on a great film. Anthony Hopkins as Van Helsing is awesome!

[@ArtofLunatik]

i still watch this movie, its so good

[@LeCreuset05]

"There's something weird about being bit in the neck." Naw, Keanu. You think?

[@watchgoose]

many animals do it for both killing and during you-know-what.

[@LeCreuset05]

I'd like to point out this comment was posted before the awesomeness that was "John Wick".

[@marionmarino1616]

He doesn’t just bite Hon.

[@marionmarino1616]

@@watchgooseThey bite on the back of the neck. The BACK!

[@annam7831]

Gary❤️

[@SandraNelson063]

I read the book. Several times. I was totally fascinated by the whole concept. I also read the Fred Saberhagen novels. Great fun.

[@katewilson5414]

The origin of the Vampire is thought to have originated from George Gordon, 6th Lord Byron. He relayed the stories from The Balkans, mostly peasant folklore. The more glamorous, dangerous and sexual versions derived from Byron- his incredible effect of ladies...he was coined "Mad, bad and dangerous to know".

[@bittersweet2166]

Oh my gosh young Keanu, he's matured in all the amazing ways now, and was a little a sweetheart back then. Aaw.

[@jerrysilverman8484]

I said, what do I do? I'm 400 years old and I'm dead.

[@ivanchica21]

@Deanobucko917 I agree. People keep complaining that Draculas/vampires are not evil enough, not badass enough, that there shouldn't be attraction etc...but that's wrong, this one IS scary and twisted, but clasical vampires do use charm and seduction, mystery, to lure their prey.. besides that, there's always the element of being attracted to something or someone dangerous, unknown, mystical, dark. it's in human nature. And people don't you dare to compare Bram Stoker's Dracula to Twilight!

[@MessengeroftheNight]

@JoshSitar I heard that even Francis Ford Coppola was kinda not too enthusiastic about casting Keanu as Jonathan but he wanted a character that the girls would scream and go after, someone young so he casted Keanu

[@nightcat23]

I'll never understand why they cast Keanu Reeves. He looked so out of place! He looks like he's still acting in Bill and Ted's excellent adventure.

[@vladdracula1631]

To piss me off,apparently.

[@PhantosTheHedgehog]

They needed a big star. Copolla admitted casting Keanu Reeves was kind of a dumb idea

[@nuriapujol-caire8422]

I love Keanu, but yes he is sooooo out of place here. He kinda ruins a movie that could have been perfect!

[@joliecide]

He could've gotten a very young, unknown Ralph Fiennes at the time to play Harker for a steal.

[@andrewmunn3896]

It was offered to Christian Slater but he turned it down, a decision he regretted

[@thisboyzopinionz]

Thanks for the upload

[@Tuphaon]

@McEMAG This documentary indeed figures on the first DVD edition from 1999.

[@tiffsaver]

The worst part of this film has a name... Keanu Reeves. His performance was unbelievable at best, laughable at worst. His inclusion was as tragic of a mistake as when Coppola hired Sophia Coppola to play Andy Garcia's love interest in Godfather III.

[@nickiharmon3330]

Man the intro brought me back

[@jjobie]

@ketoize Vlad Tepes was actually a pretty murderous leader, his achievements notwithstanding. If I had a choice between being killed by the real-life Vlad and the fictional Dracula, I think I'd take the fictional character.

[@MlSS.S]

Vlad the Impaler was definitely a freaking sadist and a psychopath. Who impales innocent little birds as a means of entertainment??? Who can eat breakfast while looking out onto a field of decaying, impaled human bodies??? Thank God people can't get away with that type of behavior in this modern society. . . .at least not openly.

[@alucard624]

Keanu was miscast, and even he has admitted he was terrible in this movie. I honestly wish the rumor that Johnny Depp was considered for the role of Harker was true as he would have been miles better than Keanu.

[@barryscott-scheiern5901]

Nicholas Cage wanted the part badly....Coppola's nephew

[@43bumpy]

Johnny Depp would have killed it. Reeves was just a train wreck in this movie.

[@lucyfoster4082]

+alucard624 But he WASN'T terrible; all the critical scapegoating gave him a complex.

[@shymickey6]

Who cares if he was miscasted? The main star and character was Gary Oldman (and Anthony Hopkins). Keanu was eye candy, as were all the others, who were just fill-ins in "Oldman's" movie. No disrespect to the other cast members, though.

[@kitrinaclemons5200]

the movie was superb bram 2thumbs up

[@flyingdamingo]

it was on the original UK release one disc, it showedd here in the early 90's and then was on a VHS on its own but sadly thye never put it on the extended edition

[@HCShannon]

I like Bram's Stroker's Dracula despite it's flaws, I like the utilizations of art of the time period partically the Pre-Raphelite, Art Nouveau, and Symbolist movements. Probably to disingush it from other vampire movies from around the same time like Lost Boys and the original Buffy!

[@LiterallyGod]

HCShannon i agree but don’t ever diss lost boys.. you and your art school mumbo jumbo.. i want an urban dracula taking place in the ghettos of baltimore maryland

[@luckyDancer100]

LOL to Keanu at 0:51

[@itzjoeymac]

BBC's Dracula in 1977 is the most faithful to the book.

[@jobikr]

@Varangian1915 Yeah, you're right but you know people love bringing "new life" to some old stuff as it's said at the begining of this very video. I must say they did a good job, and didn't destroy the beauty of the Dracula myth

[@feralbluee]

being in the theatre is the best tin the world. I miss it sooo much. all I'd like to do is watch rehearsals of a play. 🌷

[@FilmScoreBoard]

I recorded it of HBO back when the movie was out (I was 15!). I read somewhere that the 1st DVD release includes it, but none of the Amazon specs says it's on there. I'd be happy to pay a few bucks for the old dvd to have a good copy of this. Does anyone know which edition includes it?

[@ADiceySituation]

@McEMAG Not sure if it's on the DVD. I've got the DVD, so I can check.

[@Hollowshape]

8:58 very funny hearing Coppola compare his film to a superhero comic...

[@MatimoreAgain]

I think this was Coppola's Masterpiece

[@anthonyrodgers6613]

Love Annie Lennox song to this...

[@francews]

this was a great movie, una de las mejores

[@TheChugg11]

Klaus Kinski did a wonderful Nosferatu- he didn’t need much makeup, either!

[@MessengeroftheNight]

@devilsown18 I don't think they were trying to make him a sex symbol, but they wanted him to be more of a sensitive tragic character who wasn't just pure evil. However they do try to make vampires more sexual because vampires are supposed to be seductive lol

[@ThatOneGirlThatPlays]

Just listening to Keanu saying stupid shit is funny. No doubt his look was great for the part, but wow. Just wow.

[@flyingdamingo]

This is on the first UK release of the single disc DVD with the original artwork I saw it when it aired on Chanel 4 I lovced it thanks so much. I have been looking for the music that features in the documentary I love it but sadly it was never on the CD or in the movie however some of it has been used in the extra's on the new DVD release if anyone knows what it is or ever finds it please could you let me know :) thank you

[@ArtofLunatik]

This is the closest movie adaption ive seen, i love the score for this movie.

[@SaillantCoofArizona]

@ArtofLunatik, The film score of Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) reminds me of Watership Down & The Secret of NIMH because it's dark

[@edo1080]

unfortunately the DVD edition has the cut version of this documentary, it's only possible to find it in Laserdisc edition

[@InocenteRandy]

Does anyone know the name of the song?? (0:07 a 1:37)

[@maryduarte3248]

Gary is a good actor

[@mcshagger83]

I believe it's only on the Criterion laserdisc.

[@maryduarte3248]

Good film

[@sangdonyoon2960]

what movie at 0:55"?

[@OptiumusMagnum]

I own the the 2-Disc Collector's Edition, with this documentary on Disc 2. So, I guess it's that one.

[@luciacanzutti4282]

Gary Oldmen il Migliore Dracula. ..bello affacinante ...

[@SpinCity1234]

Keanu Reeves is Legend ...wait for it... dary, Legendary.

[@net.2327]

Aww they used to have soul even in the moving making process unlike nowadays! So sad it had turned into the shit it is now talking about industry

[@jobikr]

@allaboutdmagic Can't you remember his sadistic quotes from the movie? lol - "No no I just want to cut off her head and take her heart"- "You can give her all your blood? Well, thank you" well I'm sure he meant that Van Halsing and Dracula give same meaning for blood's price..

[@TheRubberStudiosASMR]

Francis knows what he's doing. Just have a read of his notebooks.

[@MatimoreAgain]

Where is T Waits?!

[@FilmScoreBoard]

Yeah it would have been great to hear a few words from him. He brought a lot to the movie

[@SandraNelson063]

It's also important to remember that Vladimir was handed over to his country's enemies as a hostage for that country's good behavior, and he was very cruelly treated. His brother was with him as well. Only, Vladimir was eventually returned, and his brother had become attached to the enemy. Vladimir found that in order to protect his people, he had to become a monster.

[@talibanupac]

Its Vlad Tepes aka Vlad Dracul translates to Vlad the Impaler or Vlad the Devil not Vladimir, he wasn't Russian :)) he was the prince of Wallachia not Transilvania

[@Master_Blackthorne]

Francis, you screwed up. Dracula is not Barnabas Collins.

[@joliecide]

Dracula for me is cinematically defined by Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee, Klaus Kinski, Gary Oldman and Claes Bang.

[@PizzaPenguin650]

Who is best?

[@sadiesleepwalker646]

6.25 ❤️

[@jedsteelwell2354]

You can tell how full of themselves some of these actors are.

[@44excalibur]

No it isn't. There is no love story between Mina and Dracula in Bram Stoker's story, and most of Gary Oldman's scenes in the second half of the film never happen in the novel. Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula, is about Jonathan and Mina Harker, not Count Dracula. The adaptation that was closest to the novel was the 1977 BBC version with Louis Jordan.

[@artandcard]

Thank you. While I do appreciate Coppola's inclusion of naming the characters the same as in the book and the artistry, the addition of the not-in-book tragic love story, with Mina being a willing lover, lessens Stoker's intent of Dracula being an evil manipulator who sexually assaults Mina. Mina is a pure soul with devotion to Jonathan, and the unsung hero who helps put all the pieces together.

[@jaymetantillo883]

President of the Count Dracula Society. Was that on indeed?

[@prettyshaken]

is this documentary on the dvd release of the film? If not, where is it from?

[@ddeborah2010]

nossa eu gostaria de ver esse filme do dracula que estar em preto e branco .. me parece otimo......

[@DeathtoRaiden1]

@ketoize Really? What Vlad actually did is only a million times worse then what the fictional Dracula does :|

[@TrueRiderFan]

This is why you don't see shows like Mega Movie Magic anymore. If you did all episodes would be like this: Green-screen and computer.

[@PepeGiannis89]

1:45 Does anyone know the name of the song??

[@ArtofLunatik]

never seen it.

[@stinkfinga4918]

0:52

[@neddystark3351]

Keanu : "hanging out with the greatest actor people I've ever met"....Dear God, how did this person get anywhere near this production?

[@peanutbutterjelle]

😂

[@MlSS.S]

@Neddy Stark - Looks have always gotten otherwise unintelligent, under-qualified, and untalented people into positions that they clearly don't qualify for and haven't earned. We live in a very sensory driven world. It is what it is. Don't hate the player.

[@25hiroshimishima]

hahahahaha man I was asking the same thing. I can't find taht song :(

[@flyingdamingo]

its so anoying I had to keep my original jsut for this briliant documentary and the lovely original artwork - hate the new DVD cover grrrr

[@JayKhwaja]

@galeno07 Couldn't agree more!

[@Pinkranger87]

@devilsown18 what hell you dracula was

[@Irishlass77]

♥️🧛🏻‍♂️Gary

[@halsd5857]

Even though I love this film and his depiction, Bella Lugosi will always be Dracula to me. Gary Allman‘s version is just more like vlad

[@UUPDirector]

One word, Castlevania

[@ordermind]

He's....Palpatine.

[@tentimetex]

@JoshSitar Just be happy they didn't cast him as Dracula!

[@NitrosS]

El inicio de la pelicula no tiene nada que ver con bram stoker

[@amyclarke41]

ok

[@FreeVlogger]

Dracula isn't "sexy" or a symbol of sexuality, at least not blatantly. Sure the teeth penetrating the skin and there is a liquid produced; that's indicative of sex, but not the outright intercourse which occurs in these movies.

[@missmimi6817]

Great actor~ Terrible husband. Can't have it all. At 3:03 That's a very unhealthy looking vampire 😅

[@devilsown18]

they made bram stokers dracula a fucking sex symbol wtf

[@coffeecat3166]

I haven't seen the movie because I'm scared to watch it. Is Keanu really awful in it? I feel bad for the guy lol

[@FilmScoreBoard]

Oh you need to watch it! Just on a technical level with its music, cinematography, costumes, etc it’s spellbinding. On top of that you have Gary Oldman delivering a performance that only he could pull off. Keanu’s approach is awkward, but I’ve grown to embrace it. It’s part of the movie’s special charm. Watch iiiit

[@coffeecat3166]

@@FilmScoreBoard alright then! :)

[@JoshSitar]

This movie would have been perfect were it not for the HORRENDOUS casting choice of Keanu Reeves. He ruins an otherwise amazing film.

[@Jayskiallthewayski]

@bigboss25262 Hehe, he almost fucked up this movie, why in the hell he even had one scene in this great movie baffles me. Why in the hell did Francis give him this part? He was compltely out of his league.

[@JayKhwaja]

@bigboss25262 Someone must've been brainwashed by Bill & Ted to cast him, sad choice!

[@allaboutdmagic]

@jobikr yah yah- And then she found peace. dad da dee da dah dahhh.

[@allaboutdmagic]

@jobikr Yes, that's more playful cruel sense of humour which makes him MORE likeable than a character like Jonathan Harker, who's a total wet fish. Van Helsing just seems oblivious to a lot of social niceties.

[@manipool]

He was horrible in Dracula, even he admits it. Coppola admits it too. Coppola just wanted the hottest young actors and actresses in it to save his company. Thank goodness for Gary Oldman and Anthony Hopkins! Keanu was like a kid play acting with that bad accent. And I like Keanu. He's just best in parts where he doesn't have a lot to say, like The Matrix or Speed to name a few.

[@SteveV74]

Hi

[@redfoxonstilts]

They are all talking about Bram Stoker's "Dracula's" erotism, but it isn't there if you read a book.

[@1chienandalou]

redfoxonstilts In Victorian times they didn't spell things out.

[@dbmozak8871]

keanu reeves aka Jonh Wick is a good actor for this movie