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Vampires are about sex
and death.
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When the vampire bites...
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[women gasping]
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Women swoon...
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[gasps]
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They're dangerous
because they're seductive.
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What is seductive
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is often bad for us,
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is often dangerous.
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[skin crinkling]
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- [roars]
- [hisses]
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It's not brutality
for the sake
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of being brutal.
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It's survival.
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[rat squeaking]
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[screams]
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They are a drug addict,
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a historian,
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a serial killer,
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a hopeless romantic
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all at the same time.
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[screeches]
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It deals with the exchange
of fluids.
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It deals with blood.
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It's too late.
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My blood is in your veins.
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Vampires are supposed
to be awful...
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the stink of the grave,
his fetid breath.
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It was supposed to be ugly
and nasty.
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- [croaking]
- [screams]
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And then
there was "Twilight."
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[dark music]
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What's good about
a "Twilight" movie is,
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it makes everybody
who watches it
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feel like a 13-year-old girl.
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Vampires are the only ones
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that you can really
make sexy and beautiful.
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- [breathing heavily]
- We are immortal.
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They've always been...
since Anne Rice, anyway...
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allowed to be gay
or bisexual.
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- This idea of...
- Do you wanna do me now?
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- The taboo...
- [hollering]
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- [growling]
- Darkness.
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And, you know, if you're
gonna tangle
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with the darkness...
with the sexuality
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- and all of that...
- [screams]
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Well, death
is all around you.
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[vampires screeching]
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[sinister music]
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♪♪
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[chain saw revs]
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[foreboding music]
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Naughty little girl.
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- [screams]
- Over the last 25 years,
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we've seen an explosion
of vampire stories.
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♪♪
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- [hisses]
- [growls]
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- You're wrong.
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
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gave us bloodsucking bad boys
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the heroine both detested
and desired.
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"Underworld" and "Blade"
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recast vampires
as action heroes.
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[dramatic music]
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[growls]
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Art-horror films like
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"A Girl Walks Home Alone
At Night"
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and "The Addiction"
used vampires to tell
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allegorical tales
about drug abuse.
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The "Twilight" books
and films doubled down
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on vampire romance...
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- [breathing heavily]
- While sex and splatter
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dominated the teen drama
"The Vampire Diaries"
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and the very adult series
"True Blood."
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Modern vampires
come in many guises,
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but they all address
a singular hunger.
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It's bringing together
the two things
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that media culture seems
to love the most:
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sex and violence.
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You know, it allows them
to coexist
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in one figure.
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Vampires have been
violent avatars of the erotic
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going all the way back
to the king daddy
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of bloodsuckers.
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[dramatic music]
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I am Dracula.
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- I am Dracula.
- I...
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am Dracula.
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[wood creaking]
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Created in 1897
by novelist Bram Stoker,
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Dracula is a true icon
of horror.
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But Stoker's Dracula
was far more monstrous
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than the polished aristocrats
we think of today.
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[fire crackling]
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I grew up reading "Dracula"
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and reading about
the stink of the grave,
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the graveyard earth
that the vampire was in
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with the worms crawling in it,
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about his fetid breath.
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It was supposed to be ugly
and nasty.
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Yeah,
he's the original stalker,
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the original scary stranger,
you know,
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the original serial killer.
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[hisses]
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- [exclaims]
- One of the reasons
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that Dracula has persisted
for so long...
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as opposed to
the Frankenstein monster,
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as opposed to the Wolfman
or the Mummy...
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was, he was a character.
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He was a genuine...
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character.
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[sinister music]
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The first unauthorized
adaptation of "Dracula"
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was the German silent film
"Nosferatu."
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It was released in 1922,
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four years after the end
of the First World War.
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♪♪
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The makers of "Nosferatu"
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intended that vampire
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to represent war itself...
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♪♪
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War as a cosmic vampire
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that had drained the blood
out of Europe.
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And you watch
the original "Nosferatu"...
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- Yeah.
- It was terrifying.
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And I thought it was so cool
that Tobe Hooper went
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to that kind of vampire
in "Salem's Lot."
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- [hisses]
- The bald vampire
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with the teeth like that
always freaked me out.
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[screeches]
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♪♪
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The first official
adaptation of "Dracula"
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starred the incomparable
Bela Lugosi.
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Listen to them.
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The children of the night...
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what music they make.
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We all know the story:
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looking for new blood,
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the undead Count Dracula
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relocates from Transylvania
to England.
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Once in London,
the vampire begins to feed.
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[woman screams]
He takes a special interest
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in corrupting a young woman
whom he wants
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to turn into
his vampire bride.
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In 1931,
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which was the worst year
of the Great Depression,
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Universal took a chance
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on "Dracula"
and "Frankenstein."
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We have this American public
that has just endured
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the beginning
of the Great Depression.
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They wanted to have some sort
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of foreign presence
to go and blame
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for everything
that was happening around them:
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for losing their jobs,
for not being able
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to feed their family.
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People were on edge,
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and "Dracula" was
the mysterious draining force
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that was at everybody's door.
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My blood now flows
through her veins.
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I find it fascinating
that anybody
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for years, decades to come
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who wanted to imitate
Count Dracula
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did it with a Hungarian accent.
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- I am Dracula.
- Greetings.
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It is I, the Count.
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Welcome
to Hotel Transylvania!
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I didn't know Bela Lugosi
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was the name of a man.
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I thought all
the horror film monsters
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and all the actors
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worked as a team...
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- [laughing]
- And the name of the team
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was Bela Lugosi.
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Lugosi was a hard act
to follow.
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It took nearly three decades
for another Dracula
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to make his mark.
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But Christopher Lee
made the role his own.
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Mr. Harker.
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I'm glad
that you've arrived safely.
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Count Dracula?
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I am Dracula,
and I welcome you to my house.
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Lee was both dapper,
aristocratic,
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and terrifying.
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[sinister music]
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♪♪
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[screams]
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Very different
than Lugosi's count.
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Bela Lugosi's Dracula
never had fangs.
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They felt that fangs
would have been
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too suggestive of penetration.
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Well, Christopher Lee...
not only did he have fangs,
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but as he's approaching
these women,
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who at first
are intimidated, they...
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start undoing their blouse,
and they're like,
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you know, "Come at me.
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This is awesome."
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♪♪
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It's so interesting,
the fear of female sexuality
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that is so powerful
in "Dracula,"
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the idea of a woman
after having had sex,
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basically,
after having been bitten
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and then transforming
into this ravenous
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sexual creature.
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[hisses]
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[growls]
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It's... it's, like, so...
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it's great,
'cause horror allows you
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to really express your fears
in a very obvious way.
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[laughs]
You know, go to town on them.
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Come.
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Let me kiss you.
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There have been
many Draculas since Lugosi
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and Lee,
but one truly stands out...
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[foreboding music]
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Gary Oldman
in Francis Ford Coppola's
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epic 1992 adaptation.
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♪♪
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Gary Oldman,
who plays Dracula,
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we have him being suave
and sophisticated and sexy,
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and then the next minute,
he's transforming into a wolf...
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a large wolf.
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And he is just maiming people.
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He's vicious.
He's terrible.
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And somehow, it works.
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- [screams]
- [growls]
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[eerie music]
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I loved Coppola's "Dracula,"
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just the level
of art direction,
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just how creative that was
as a film...
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[speaking foreign language]
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And what a mood it set.
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[ominous music]
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When he was doing
Dracula point-of-view stuff,
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the way that he shot that
was so exhilarating.
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- [growling]
- [screams]
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[barking]
[glass shatters]
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I think that helps paint
a pretty picture...
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[laughing]
Over the brutality of it all,
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and I think that is specific
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to the vampire genre.
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We're strong in the Lord
and the power of his might.
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[speaking Latin]
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[screeches]
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I bring you from shadow
into light!
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I cast you out,
the Prince of Darkness!
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We see this
extremely sympathetic Dracula
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because he misses his...
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his wife, who was killed,
and then sees
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sort of her reincarnation
in this modern-day gal.
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That completely revolutionized
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Dracula performances.
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It changed the... the filmic
Dracula mythos.
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[dramatic music]
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[snarls]
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[growls]
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And, in fact,
you could argue
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that we're still riding
the wave from that film
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- even today.
- [hollers]
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Mina.
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What Coppola did was,
he portrayed
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a very tragic figure.
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The guy just wants
to be loved.
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I mean, that's what all of
the Universal monster movies
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have in common
is that they're all just
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male archetypes who want
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the love and affection
of a woman
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but because they're monsters,
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they're sort of scorned
and rejected.
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[screams]
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The story of Dracula
continues to resonate today.
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[both breathing heavily]
But its fear
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of female sexuality
is firmly rooted
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in 19th-century England.
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In the late 20th century,
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novelist Anne Rice created
a new breed of vampire
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suited for the modern world,
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vampires as tortured heroes,
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amoral villains, and avatars
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of alternative sexuality.
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Pretend to drink, at least.
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[ominous music]
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♪♪
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Such fine crystal
shouldn't go to waste.
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Anne Rice dominates
modern vampire fiction.
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Her books turned the genre
inside out.
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Rice's vampires
were beautiful monsters
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with tortured souls.
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As soon as I started to write
what's called fantasy,
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I was able to touch reality.
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I was able to talk
about my world.
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I was able to talk
about good and evil
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and guilt and pain
and suffering,
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but I had to do it
in that context,
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with that frame
of fantasy around it.
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Rice's first novel,
"Interview with the Vampire,"
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was made into a film
in 1994.
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The story follows
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the centuries-long
relationship
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between the vampire Lestat
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and Louis, a troubled
New Orleans aristocrat.
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Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt...
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two of the biggest stars
of modern times...
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played the leads.
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The Paris opera is in town.
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We can try
some French cui... cuisine.
305
00:12:04,322 --> 00:12:07,650
Forgive me if I have
a lingering respect for life.
306
00:12:07,692 --> 00:12:10,521
The Louis character
didn't want to be a vampire,
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and he didn't like
the brutal killing aspect.
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- [hollers]
- And then you have Lestat,
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who just enjoys and revels
in all of it.
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- Why do you do this?
- I like to do it.
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I enjoy it.
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There was a lot
of controversy
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about casting Tom Cruise,
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but between Tom Cruise,
Brad Pitt,
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and Kirsten Dunst, I thought
they really nailed it.
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I was surprised.
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I went in skeptical
but came out a fan.
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[tense music]
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You see the old woman?
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That will never happen to you.
321
00:12:40,431 --> 00:12:44,093
You will never grow old,
and you will never die.
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That goes down as one
of the great
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child's performances.
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Once in a while, it happens
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that a kid can kick
so much ass in a movie.
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You give her to me, Louis!
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Do this before you leave me!
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00:12:58,694 --> 00:13:00,026
[crying]
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00:13:00,068 --> 00:13:01,731
Oh, God.
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00:13:01,773 --> 00:13:03,562
I love you still.
331
00:13:03,604 --> 00:13:06,390
My dark angel,
when you are gone.
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00:13:06,432 --> 00:13:07,889
[somber music]
333
00:13:07,929 --> 00:13:10,717
What do you think she is,
Madeleine?
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♪♪
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00:13:12,132 --> 00:13:13,962
A doll?
336
00:13:14,004 --> 00:13:16,167
♪♪
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00:13:16,208 --> 00:13:18,413
A child who cannot die.
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00:13:18,455 --> 00:13:19,828
[locket snaps]
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00:13:19,870 --> 00:13:21,991
And the child who did die?
340
00:13:22,033 --> 00:13:24,487
Claudia's probably
the best part of the movie.
341
00:13:24,529 --> 00:13:27,316
You know, the idea
of a vampire
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being forced to age
in the body
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00:13:29,521 --> 00:13:33,057
of, what, a ten-year-old girl?
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To see a character
that is granted immortality,
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00:13:37,466 --> 00:13:39,630
but the downside being
she never gets to grow up
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00:13:39,671 --> 00:13:41,876
to become a woman,
like, that's heartbreaking.
347
00:13:41,918 --> 00:13:43,291
[tense music]
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00:13:43,332 --> 00:13:45,745
Anne Rice lost a daughter
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at a very young age,
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00:13:48,033 --> 00:13:51,902
and Claudia in the novel
was an homage to that.
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00:13:51,944 --> 00:13:54,690
- Mama.
- Oh, shh.
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00:13:54,731 --> 00:13:56,520
Hush, now.
Don't cry.
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00:13:56,561 --> 00:13:58,683
- We'll find her.
- Mama.
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00:13:58,724 --> 00:14:00,888
Oh.
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00:14:00,930 --> 00:14:03,883
The vampires Lestat,
Louis, and Claudia
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00:14:03,925 --> 00:14:05,922
form a family of outsiders
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00:14:05,964 --> 00:14:08,750
headed by two fathers.
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00:14:08,792 --> 00:14:11,247
The arrangement
suggested gay marriage
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00:14:11,288 --> 00:14:14,824
years before that was accepted
by mainstream society.
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00:14:14,866 --> 00:14:17,154
One happy family.
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00:14:17,195 --> 00:14:20,565
The novel was intentionally
homoerotic.
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00:14:20,607 --> 00:14:22,270
Even though I think
they downplayed
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00:14:22,312 --> 00:14:24,309
a little bit
of the homoeroticism
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00:14:24,351 --> 00:14:27,055
that was in novel,
it was still there.
365
00:14:27,096 --> 00:14:31,589
I've drained you
to the point of death.
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00:14:31,631 --> 00:14:34,127
Using it as a cultural link
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00:14:34,169 --> 00:14:36,373
with homosexuality...
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00:14:36,415 --> 00:14:37,871
- Yes.
- Has been part
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00:14:37,913 --> 00:14:39,743
of the vampire mystique,
but I mean,
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00:14:39,784 --> 00:14:43,030
when you couldn't deal
with homo... homosexuality,
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00:14:43,071 --> 00:14:46,025
you could deal with it
to some degree or another
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00:14:46,026 --> 00:14:47,606
in vampire movies,
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00:14:47,647 --> 00:14:50,975
even going back as far
as the '30s.
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00:14:51,017 --> 00:14:53,221
- Really?
- Yeah, "Dracula's Daughter."
375
00:14:53,263 --> 00:14:56,050
I suppose you'll want these
pulled down, won't you?
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00:14:56,092 --> 00:14:57,174
Yes.
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00:14:57,215 --> 00:14:59,503
Probably the most famous
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00:14:59,545 --> 00:15:01,293
lesbian sequence...
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00:15:01,333 --> 00:15:03,705
- Mm-hmm.
- In an American movie
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00:15:03,746 --> 00:15:05,036
made in the '30s.
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00:15:05,078 --> 00:15:07,740
Why are you looking at me
that way?
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00:15:07,782 --> 00:15:09,862
Won't I do?
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00:15:09,903 --> 00:15:11,859
Yes, you'll do very well
indeed.
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00:15:11,900 --> 00:15:15,062
The suggestion
of a female seduction
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00:15:15,104 --> 00:15:16,934
is just right there.
386
00:15:16,976 --> 00:15:19,264
That's just... it's just there.
387
00:15:19,305 --> 00:15:20,845
It's not even subtext.
388
00:15:20,886 --> 00:15:23,674
You are out of your mind.
389
00:15:23,715 --> 00:15:26,669
[intimate music]
390
00:15:26,710 --> 00:15:30,247
♪♪
391
00:15:30,288 --> 00:15:33,034
It was commonplace,
particularly in the '70s...
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00:15:33,075 --> 00:15:35,904
lesbians would, like, say,
"Oh, wow, I-I just saw
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00:15:35,946 --> 00:15:38,026
"this magnificent movie
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00:15:38,068 --> 00:15:40,979
"about these two women
that were in love, and it...
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00:15:41,021 --> 00:15:43,351
"and it really played
the relationship
396
00:15:43,392 --> 00:15:44,848
"for all it's worth.
397
00:15:44,890 --> 00:15:46,405
I mean, they're vampires,
all right, but..."
398
00:15:46,429 --> 00:15:47,528
- "But..." That's... yeah.
- [laughs]
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00:15:47,552 --> 00:15:48,842
Well, this is one
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00:15:48,884 --> 00:15:50,423
of the cool things
about horror
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00:15:50,464 --> 00:15:51,855
is that historically,
it's always been able
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00:15:51,879 --> 00:15:53,626
to deal with taboo subjects.
403
00:15:53,667 --> 00:15:55,248
[dark music]
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00:15:55,290 --> 00:15:58,368
In recent times,
the challenging of taboos
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00:15:58,410 --> 00:15:59,991
was taken to new levels
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00:16:00,033 --> 00:16:02,446
by the television series
"True Blood."
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00:16:02,487 --> 00:16:05,524
It cut open the veins
of vampirism
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00:16:05,565 --> 00:16:08,769
and let the pansexual
eroticism gush out.
409
00:16:08,810 --> 00:16:09,975
[roars]
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00:16:13,802 --> 00:16:15,508
The many sides of vampires...
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00:16:15,550 --> 00:16:17,213
the danger and the romance,
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00:16:17,255 --> 00:16:18,961
the threat and the fun...
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00:16:19,003 --> 00:16:21,749
were all on full display
in the long-running
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00:16:21,790 --> 00:16:23,995
HBO series "True Blood,"
415
00:16:24,037 --> 00:16:26,699
which debuted in 2008.
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00:16:26,741 --> 00:16:28,280
I...
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00:16:28,321 --> 00:16:31,858
never thought I would be
having sex with you.
418
00:16:31,898 --> 00:16:34,728
Who said anything
about sex?
419
00:16:34,769 --> 00:16:37,723
[foreboding music]
420
00:16:37,764 --> 00:16:39,928
♪♪
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00:16:39,970 --> 00:16:42,965
"True Blood" was based on
the Southern Vampire Mysteries
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00:16:43,007 --> 00:16:44,837
by Charlaine Harris.
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00:16:44,878 --> 00:16:47,374
Over seven seasons,
the series followed
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00:16:47,416 --> 00:16:49,912
its heroine,
Sookie Stackhouse,
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00:16:49,954 --> 00:16:52,242
as she made her way
through a world
426
00:16:52,283 --> 00:16:54,697
where vampires emerged
from the shadows
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00:16:54,737 --> 00:16:57,441
and entered
mainstream society.
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00:16:57,483 --> 00:16:59,231
♪♪
429
00:16:59,272 --> 00:17:00,770
The epicenter
of "True Blood"
430
00:17:00,812 --> 00:17:03,225
is in Louisiana,
431
00:17:03,265 --> 00:17:06,885
and, basically, vampires
have been around forever,
432
00:17:06,927 --> 00:17:08,757
but they kind of come out
of the closet...
433
00:17:08,799 --> 00:17:10,421
or the coffin,
I should say...
434
00:17:10,463 --> 00:17:15,372
and they decide to live
amongst the living.
435
00:17:15,413 --> 00:17:17,992
As you can see,
I did not burst into flames.
436
00:17:18,034 --> 00:17:19,490
[scattered laughter]
437
00:17:19,531 --> 00:17:21,861
It becomes a metaphor
for so many
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00:17:21,903 --> 00:17:24,025
different rights movements
439
00:17:24,067 --> 00:17:27,436
and how they're both
ostracized.
440
00:17:27,478 --> 00:17:29,557
When I started
on "True Blood,"
441
00:17:29,599 --> 00:17:31,638
all we knew
about Pam at the beginning
442
00:17:31,679 --> 00:17:34,633
was that she was
the lieutenant
443
00:17:34,674 --> 00:17:36,630
to this vampire, her maker,
444
00:17:36,671 --> 00:17:39,084
and that she cared
about nothing else.
445
00:17:39,126 --> 00:17:41,539
I find myself doubting
whether you were ever
446
00:17:41,580 --> 00:17:43,535
truly human.
447
00:17:43,577 --> 00:17:44,825
Thank you.
448
00:17:44,867 --> 00:17:46,448
Pam...
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00:17:46,489 --> 00:17:48,611
objectifying,
450
00:17:48,652 --> 00:17:49,901
murdering,
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00:17:49,942 --> 00:17:52,979
literally eating men
452
00:17:53,021 --> 00:17:54,767
was one of
my favorite parts.
453
00:17:54,809 --> 00:17:56,639
[roars]
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00:17:56,681 --> 00:17:58,803
I don't know a lot of men
455
00:17:58,845 --> 00:18:01,091
who are aware
of where to park
456
00:18:01,133 --> 00:18:03,421
in a parking lot...
not next to a minivan,
457
00:18:03,462 --> 00:18:05,834
to carry your keys
between your fingers;
458
00:18:05,876 --> 00:18:07,664
when you're parking
at the airport,
459
00:18:07,706 --> 00:18:09,952
to look for where
it's most lit.
460
00:18:09,994 --> 00:18:12,365
It's just part
of a woman's life.
461
00:18:12,407 --> 00:18:14,861
To be the top of the food chain
462
00:18:14,902 --> 00:18:17,066
was so refreshing.
463
00:18:17,108 --> 00:18:20,726
I'll give you 24 hours
to deliver that witch to me.
464
00:18:20,768 --> 00:18:23,805
And if you don't,
I will personally eat,
465
00:18:23,847 --> 00:18:26,509
[...], and kill
all three of you.
466
00:18:26,551 --> 00:18:28,215
[tense music]
467
00:18:28,257 --> 00:18:29,754
I was never good
at the vampire teeth,
468
00:18:29,796 --> 00:18:31,293
- and I never got better.
- [squeals]
469
00:18:31,335 --> 00:18:32,999
Huh?
What... what's that?
470
00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:35,079
I-I can't understand you.
471
00:18:35,120 --> 00:18:36,968
The thing I struggled with
the most was the teeth...
472
00:18:36,992 --> 00:18:38,698
talking with the teeth.
473
00:18:38,740 --> 00:18:40,737
What do you expect
when you come into my house
474
00:18:40,778 --> 00:18:42,275
and [...] with me?
475
00:18:42,276 --> 00:18:43,981
It's hard trying to act
476
00:18:44,023 --> 00:18:46,727
with a piece of your body
that you don't normally have.
477
00:18:46,769 --> 00:18:49,140
[hisses]
478
00:18:49,182 --> 00:18:51,220
It's been a long time
since I've done this.
479
00:18:51,261 --> 00:18:53,425
- A man?
- No.
480
00:18:53,467 --> 00:18:55,006
A vampire.
481
00:18:55,048 --> 00:18:57,252
"True Blood's"
often comic tone
482
00:18:57,294 --> 00:18:59,540
masked its serious intent:
483
00:18:59,582 --> 00:19:01,828
trying to make sense
of sexual identity
484
00:19:01,870 --> 00:19:03,742
in the 21st century.
485
00:19:03,784 --> 00:19:10,273
♪♪
486
00:19:10,315 --> 00:19:13,060
My character
was mainly gay...
487
00:19:13,102 --> 00:19:15,848
There's vampire
in your cleavage.
488
00:19:15,890 --> 00:19:16,929
♪♪
489
00:19:16,971 --> 00:19:19,426
[gasps]
Okay, ew.
490
00:19:19,467 --> 00:19:21,464
She just had it with men.
491
00:19:21,505 --> 00:19:24,876
She came from a time...
in early 1900...
492
00:19:24,916 --> 00:19:27,288
where women had
a very hard time.
493
00:19:27,329 --> 00:19:28,994
- [hollers]
- That's right, whore.
494
00:19:29,035 --> 00:19:31,407
[screaming]
495
00:19:31,449 --> 00:19:33,778
Vampires just in general
kind of go both ways.
496
00:19:33,819 --> 00:19:35,234
They're kind of bisexual.
497
00:19:35,276 --> 00:19:37,397
They kind of... whatever,
and so I love
498
00:19:37,439 --> 00:19:40,059
that writers explored sexuality
499
00:19:40,101 --> 00:19:42,265
in relationships
with characters that wouldn't
500
00:19:42,305 --> 00:19:45,009
normally, I think, maybe have
a relationship like that.
501
00:19:45,051 --> 00:19:47,132
It's appealing because
we live in the United States
502
00:19:47,173 --> 00:19:50,043
and a culture
that is very sexual
503
00:19:50,085 --> 00:19:52,290
and yet very
sexually repressive.
504
00:19:52,332 --> 00:19:56,534
The idea of the vampire
as a kind of sexy monster
505
00:19:56,575 --> 00:19:59,321
fits very well with
the United States' kind of
506
00:19:59,362 --> 00:20:03,772
complicated relationship
to sexuality.
507
00:20:03,814 --> 00:20:06,434
"True Blood" reflected
America's gradual acceptance
508
00:20:06,476 --> 00:20:08,473
of gay rights,
but it made a point
509
00:20:08,515 --> 00:20:11,052
of showing those rights
could be taken away
510
00:20:11,094 --> 00:20:13,382
at any time.
511
00:20:13,423 --> 00:20:15,212
Got to season six,
and it was about
512
00:20:15,253 --> 00:20:17,376
the vamp camp
and how the vampires
513
00:20:17,417 --> 00:20:19,830
were sort, of like,
being herded into these camps
514
00:20:19,871 --> 00:20:22,700
because of who they were
and they were a threat.
515
00:20:22,742 --> 00:20:24,530
[vampires hissing]
516
00:20:24,572 --> 00:20:26,403
[all screaming]
517
00:20:26,444 --> 00:20:28,899
And that directly correlates
just to social issues in life,
518
00:20:28,940 --> 00:20:31,312
of just being minorities
in life that sort of
519
00:20:31,354 --> 00:20:33,516
aren't feeling equal.
520
00:20:33,558 --> 00:20:35,181
So you're not gonna
read me my rights?
521
00:20:35,222 --> 00:20:37,385
You don't have any rights,
vampire.
522
00:20:37,427 --> 00:20:40,505
I am sure that
there's a lot of people
523
00:20:40,547 --> 00:20:42,128
in the "True Blood" audience
524
00:20:42,170 --> 00:20:45,373
who would not vote
for equal rights
525
00:20:45,414 --> 00:20:47,536
- in a lot of arenas...
- [hiccups]
526
00:20:47,578 --> 00:20:50,324
But because they were
just being entertained...
527
00:20:50,365 --> 00:20:52,528
I did not see
that [...] coming.
528
00:20:52,570 --> 00:20:55,025
That opens the opportunity
529
00:20:55,065 --> 00:20:57,478
through entertainment
to go, "Well,
530
00:20:57,520 --> 00:20:59,392
"you like this character,
531
00:20:59,434 --> 00:21:01,015
"you're rooting for him,
532
00:21:01,056 --> 00:21:03,802
and he sleeps with men
and women."
533
00:21:03,844 --> 00:21:05,466
[both grunt]
534
00:21:05,508 --> 00:21:07,338
"True Blood"
used the vampire metaphor
535
00:21:07,380 --> 00:21:10,916
to explore the shifting sands
of adult sexuality,
536
00:21:10,957 --> 00:21:14,119
but vampire stories
have also perfectly captured
537
00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:17,239
the joys and agonies
of being a teenager.
538
00:21:17,281 --> 00:21:18,987
What's happening to me, Star?
539
00:21:22,730 --> 00:21:24,103
[sinister music]
540
00:21:24,144 --> 00:21:25,725
The teenage years are filled
541
00:21:25,767 --> 00:21:28,347
with big emotions
and raging hormones.
542
00:21:28,388 --> 00:21:30,717
It's a time
when everything seems
543
00:21:30,759 --> 00:21:32,965
like a matter of life
and death.
544
00:21:33,005 --> 00:21:36,085
So when Joel Schumacher's
1987 film
545
00:21:36,125 --> 00:21:39,538
"The Lost Boys" put vampires
and teenagers together,
546
00:21:39,578 --> 00:21:42,366
a new kind of horror film
was born.
547
00:21:42,407 --> 00:21:44,779
"Lost Boys" was great,
'cause who would imagine
548
00:21:44,820 --> 00:21:47,608
of taking the legend
of Peter Pan,
549
00:21:47,650 --> 00:21:50,021
of the boys who never grow up,
550
00:21:50,062 --> 00:21:52,683
who are just kind of rowdy
rock-and-roll vampires?
551
00:21:52,725 --> 00:21:54,430
[engines roaring]
552
00:21:54,472 --> 00:21:56,307
The whole thing is set
to this kind of, like,
553
00:21:56,344 --> 00:21:58,673
'80s rock-and-roll thing:
554
00:21:58,715 --> 00:22:03,374
big hair; oiled-up,
shirtless saxophone players.
555
00:22:03,416 --> 00:22:05,787
That's "The Lost Boys."
556
00:22:05,829 --> 00:22:07,493
[dark music]
557
00:22:07,534 --> 00:22:09,822
You've got a family
that moves to this town.
558
00:22:09,864 --> 00:22:14,399
The older son,
A, falls for a girl
559
00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,560
and, B, discovers
that the town is overrun
560
00:22:17,602 --> 00:22:19,931
with some very dark things
that are happening.
561
00:22:19,973 --> 00:22:22,386
♪♪
562
00:22:22,428 --> 00:22:24,674
You had this incredibly dark,
sexy component
563
00:22:24,716 --> 00:22:28,210
of, like, Kiefer Sutherland
and Jami Gertz.
564
00:22:28,252 --> 00:22:30,290
Like, that was...
they were beautiful.
565
00:22:30,331 --> 00:22:32,245
I'm over here, Michael.
566
00:22:32,287 --> 00:22:35,657
So it was sort of, like,
dark, glamorous, sexy...
567
00:22:35,698 --> 00:22:38,319
Be one of us.
568
00:22:38,361 --> 00:22:41,605
And it was about kids
saving the day.
569
00:22:41,647 --> 00:22:42,728
Hey, man.
570
00:22:42,770 --> 00:22:44,226
Read this.
571
00:22:44,268 --> 00:22:46,930
I told you, I don't like
horror comics.
572
00:22:46,972 --> 00:22:49,676
Think of it more
as a survival manual.
573
00:22:49,717 --> 00:22:52,838
We identified with it
because the two kids,
574
00:22:52,879 --> 00:22:55,500
you know, hung out
at a comic book shop,
575
00:22:55,542 --> 00:22:57,622
and they knew every rule
576
00:22:57,664 --> 00:22:59,701
about how to kill monsters.
577
00:22:59,743 --> 00:23:01,241
So that's what we were
all about.
578
00:23:01,282 --> 00:23:02,947
Awesome monster bashers.
579
00:23:02,988 --> 00:23:05,235
- The meanest.
- The baddest.
580
00:23:05,276 --> 00:23:07,065
[all grunt]
581
00:23:07,107 --> 00:23:08,938
Well, I-I based them
on Rambo.
582
00:23:08,978 --> 00:23:11,101
I told them, "I want you
to be like little Rambos."
583
00:23:11,142 --> 00:23:13,098
Okay, where's Nosferatu?
584
00:23:13,139 --> 00:23:14,595
- Who?
- Prince of Darkness.
585
00:23:14,637 --> 00:23:16,093
The night crawler.
The bloodsucker.
586
00:23:16,134 --> 00:23:17,466
El vampiro.
587
00:23:17,507 --> 00:23:18,797
For 13-year-old boys,
588
00:23:18,838 --> 00:23:20,211
I mean, they were obsessed
with it.
589
00:23:20,252 --> 00:23:21,875
[engines revving]
590
00:23:21,917 --> 00:23:24,496
"The Lost Boys"
was vampire and horror
591
00:23:24,537 --> 00:23:26,992
for the MTV generation,
592
00:23:27,034 --> 00:23:29,654
so the way it was edited,
the way it was scored,
593
00:23:29,696 --> 00:23:32,068
and the whole look
of the vampires.
594
00:23:32,109 --> 00:23:35,354
I told you to stay off
the boardwalk.
595
00:23:35,395 --> 00:23:36,994
Even when I was auditioning,
it was like,
596
00:23:37,018 --> 00:23:38,450
"You guys are gonna be
riding Triumphs.
597
00:23:38,474 --> 00:23:39,971
You're gonna have
leather jackets on."
598
00:23:40,013 --> 00:23:41,802
Like, I thought I was gonna die
599
00:23:41,844 --> 00:23:43,923
when I saw what he wanted me
to look like.
600
00:23:43,965 --> 00:23:45,754
Marko.
601
00:23:45,795 --> 00:23:47,252
Good night, Michael.
602
00:23:47,294 --> 00:23:48,292
Bombs away.
603
00:23:48,334 --> 00:23:49,539
I was, like, you know,
604
00:23:49,540 --> 00:23:51,537
this scrappy NYU film student
605
00:23:51,578 --> 00:23:53,200
from, like,
the Lower East Side.
606
00:23:53,242 --> 00:23:54,841
I mean, who the hell else
was gonna get me
607
00:23:54,865 --> 00:23:56,820
in 14-inch hair extensions?
608
00:23:56,862 --> 00:23:59,399
But I did... and I wore chaps,
you know?
609
00:23:59,441 --> 00:24:02,561
So that tells you a lot about
wanting to keep Joel happy.
610
00:24:02,602 --> 00:24:04,100
[engines revving]
611
00:24:04,142 --> 00:24:05,432
[breathing shakily]
612
00:24:05,473 --> 00:24:08,094
- Come on, Michael!
- [grunts]
613
00:24:08,136 --> 00:24:10,340
I said to everybody
at Warner Brothers,
614
00:24:10,382 --> 00:24:12,503
"Let's not make excuses
for this movie.
615
00:24:12,545 --> 00:24:14,542
It's a teenage vampire film."
616
00:24:14,583 --> 00:24:15,665
Come on!
617
00:24:15,707 --> 00:24:17,162
Can we make the best one
618
00:24:17,204 --> 00:24:18,369
that's ever been made?
619
00:24:18,411 --> 00:24:19,866
We can die trying.
620
00:24:19,908 --> 00:24:21,947
[shouts]
621
00:24:21,989 --> 00:24:24,068
[grunting]
622
00:24:24,110 --> 00:24:25,941
[engine rumbling]
623
00:24:25,983 --> 00:24:28,687
I think Joel may or may not
kill me for saying this,
624
00:24:28,727 --> 00:24:32,846
but I mean, the movie...
it's "Rebel Without a Cause."
625
00:24:32,888 --> 00:24:34,718
It's really a Nick Ray movie.
626
00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:36,839
[tires squealing]
627
00:24:36,881 --> 00:24:38,629
[engines roaring]
628
00:24:38,671 --> 00:24:41,042
[dramatic music]
629
00:24:41,084 --> 00:24:43,121
It's a straight-up
630
00:24:43,163 --> 00:24:45,534
teen-sploitation,
631
00:24:45,576 --> 00:24:48,280
burgeoning sexuality.
632
00:24:48,322 --> 00:24:51,026
It's death, fear of mortality.
633
00:24:51,068 --> 00:24:52,649
I mean, it gets into
all the things
634
00:24:52,690 --> 00:24:55,435
that great vampire stories
get into.
635
00:24:55,477 --> 00:24:56,618
They must have hidden
their coffins
636
00:24:56,642 --> 00:24:58,722
around here someplace.
637
00:24:58,764 --> 00:25:00,594
There's nothing here.
Let's go, guys.
638
00:25:00,636 --> 00:25:03,923
- Jesus!
- [screams]
639
00:25:03,963 --> 00:25:06,169
[dark music]
640
00:25:06,211 --> 00:25:08,166
I end up getting staked
in the chest
641
00:25:08,207 --> 00:25:10,204
by the two Coreys...
642
00:25:10,245 --> 00:25:12,783
Good night, bloodsucker.
643
00:25:12,825 --> 00:25:14,364
- [hisses]
- No!
644
00:25:14,405 --> 00:25:16,652
[roars]
[boys screaming]
645
00:25:16,694 --> 00:25:19,689
And then die in a bath
of glittery glue blood.
646
00:25:19,731 --> 00:25:22,185
[roaring]
[boys screaming]
647
00:25:22,226 --> 00:25:24,639
So that's... to not spoil
all of it for you,
648
00:25:24,681 --> 00:25:26,053
that's basically my demise.
649
00:25:26,095 --> 00:25:27,634
[hisses]
650
00:25:27,676 --> 00:25:29,590
[pipes gurgling,
sinks rattling]
651
00:25:29,631 --> 00:25:31,961
[both shouting]
652
00:25:32,003 --> 00:25:34,083
[pipes clanging]
653
00:25:34,124 --> 00:25:36,495
All right, not to get
too heavy, but obviously,
654
00:25:36,537 --> 00:25:38,368
there's no way
it was lost on Joel
655
00:25:38,409 --> 00:25:40,905
that the movie was made
in the... in the era of AIDS,
656
00:25:40,947 --> 00:25:42,570
when that was really exploding.
657
00:25:42,611 --> 00:25:44,358
To date, the AIDS virus
has claimed
658
00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:46,604
over 24,000 lives,
659
00:25:46,646 --> 00:25:48,601
the majority homosexual men.
660
00:25:48,643 --> 00:25:50,806
The stigmatizing
of the gay population for,
661
00:25:50,848 --> 00:25:52,637
"Well, if you're gonna have
that kind of sex,
662
00:25:52,679 --> 00:25:54,218
then you're gonna die"...
663
00:25:54,259 --> 00:25:56,880
That was very much in the news
and in writing
664
00:25:56,922 --> 00:25:58,669
- at the time in the '80s.
- [hisses]
665
00:25:58,710 --> 00:25:59,917
It's too late.
666
00:25:59,959 --> 00:26:02,829
My blood is in your veins.
667
00:26:02,870 --> 00:26:05,325
When the AIDS crisis hit,
668
00:26:05,367 --> 00:26:07,529
there was suddenly
this renaissance
669
00:26:07,530 --> 00:26:09,320
of vampire movies.
670
00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:12,647
Vampires are metaphors,
clearly, for sex and death.
671
00:26:12,688 --> 00:26:15,351
[screams]
672
00:26:15,392 --> 00:26:18,222
I think it's a good example
of how a real-life trauma,
673
00:26:18,262 --> 00:26:21,424
especially one that seems
uncontrollable,
674
00:26:21,466 --> 00:26:25,585
is responded to by the creation
of horror entertainment.
675
00:26:25,626 --> 00:26:29,412
[screaming]
676
00:26:29,454 --> 00:26:30,951
If people just want to see it
677
00:26:30,993 --> 00:26:32,449
as an entertainment,
that's fine.
678
00:26:32,491 --> 00:26:34,112
If they want to read
other things in it,
679
00:26:34,154 --> 00:26:35,444
that's fine.
680
00:26:35,486 --> 00:26:37,025
And if they don't enjoy it,
681
00:26:37,067 --> 00:26:38,855
well, that's a reaction too.
682
00:26:38,897 --> 00:26:41,268
[spits]
[laughter]
683
00:26:42,349 --> 00:26:45,595
Vampires remind us
that looks can be deceiving.
684
00:26:45,636 --> 00:26:48,132
We never really know
what lies beneath
685
00:26:48,174 --> 00:26:50,087
the surface of a stranger.
686
00:26:50,129 --> 00:26:51,270
[distorted voice]
I love you too, Seth.
687
00:26:51,294 --> 00:26:52,292
[roars]
688
00:26:55,953 --> 00:26:58,450
Back, spawn of Satan!
689
00:26:58,491 --> 00:27:00,571
[laughing]
690
00:27:00,612 --> 00:27:01,777
[tense music]
691
00:27:01,819 --> 00:27:03,316
My favorite thing, I think,
692
00:27:03,358 --> 00:27:05,521
about horror and fantasy
and science fiction
693
00:27:05,563 --> 00:27:06,561
is, you can make it up.
694
00:27:06,562 --> 00:27:08,101
It's... there are no rules.
695
00:27:08,143 --> 00:27:11,554
Any genre,
every individual project,
696
00:27:11,595 --> 00:27:14,091
you have to invent
your own rules,
697
00:27:14,133 --> 00:27:17,585
so in some movies, vampires
can't be seen in a mirror.
698
00:27:17,627 --> 00:27:20,580
In other movies, they have
to be killed with silver.
699
00:27:20,622 --> 00:27:22,703
[flesh sizzling]
700
00:27:22,744 --> 00:27:24,491
What about crucifixes?
701
00:27:24,533 --> 00:27:27,404
Actually, I'm quite fond
of looking at crucifixes.
702
00:27:27,445 --> 00:27:29,692
How about the old
stake-through-the-heart thing?
703
00:27:29,733 --> 00:27:32,187
The vulgar fictions
of a demented Irishman.
704
00:27:32,229 --> 00:27:33,810
You can follow the rules
of the genre
705
00:27:33,851 --> 00:27:35,682
that have been placed down
by other movies
706
00:27:35,723 --> 00:27:37,780
or other stories, or you can
kind of come up with your own.
707
00:27:37,804 --> 00:27:40,133
[man singing in Spanish]
708
00:27:40,175 --> 00:27:42,214
[rousing rock music playing]
709
00:27:42,254 --> 00:27:43,794
This is my kind of place.
710
00:27:43,835 --> 00:27:45,541
In "From Dusk Till Dawn,"
711
00:27:45,583 --> 00:27:47,996
two violent criminals
take refuge
712
00:27:48,037 --> 00:27:50,533
in a Mexican strip club.
713
00:27:50,575 --> 00:27:52,614
[sultry music]
714
00:27:52,656 --> 00:27:55,400
The main attraction
turns out to be the queen
715
00:27:55,442 --> 00:27:57,023
- of the vampires.
- [grunts]
716
00:27:57,065 --> 00:27:58,812
[screams]
717
00:27:58,854 --> 00:28:00,726
♪♪
718
00:28:00,768 --> 00:28:02,723
[skin crinkling]
719
00:28:02,764 --> 00:28:04,595
[roars]
720
00:28:04,637 --> 00:28:05,801
[dramatic music]
721
00:28:05,842 --> 00:28:07,839
- [screams]
- Dinner...
722
00:28:07,881 --> 00:28:09,503
[distorted voice]
Is served.
723
00:28:09,545 --> 00:28:11,334
[screeches]
724
00:28:11,375 --> 00:28:13,497
I love the vampire makeup
in "Dusk Till Dawn."
725
00:28:13,539 --> 00:28:15,993
That, for me, was one
of the coolest reinventions.
726
00:28:16,035 --> 00:28:17,907
[man shouts]
727
00:28:17,948 --> 00:28:20,254
Robert Kurtzman came up with
the original treatment of it.
728
00:28:20,278 --> 00:28:22,482
His vampires did kind of point
729
00:28:22,524 --> 00:28:24,771
in this weird direction
730
00:28:24,812 --> 00:28:27,558
that I had never
quite seen before
731
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:29,222
for vampires.
732
00:28:29,264 --> 00:28:30,928
They could take on
the shapes of humans,
733
00:28:30,970 --> 00:28:33,549
like they do
in the Danny Trejo character,
734
00:28:33,591 --> 00:28:35,504
but their true selves
735
00:28:35,546 --> 00:28:38,666
were these bat-like creatures.
736
00:28:38,708 --> 00:28:40,288
- [growls]
- [screams]
737
00:28:40,329 --> 00:28:42,577
[hisses]
738
00:28:42,617 --> 00:28:44,323
- [roars]
- I-I came up with
739
00:28:44,365 --> 00:28:47,943
a few mythology things
that would be specific
740
00:28:47,985 --> 00:28:50,147
to these creatures.
741
00:28:50,189 --> 00:28:53,101
One was, okay, yeah, they could
definitely be killed
742
00:28:53,142 --> 00:28:54,974
by a wooden stake
to the heart.
743
00:28:55,014 --> 00:28:57,427
That still worked.
744
00:28:57,469 --> 00:28:59,424
- Their blood was green...
- [hollers]
745
00:28:59,466 --> 00:29:01,921
And the reason I made
their blood green
746
00:29:01,962 --> 00:29:04,416
is because I knew
there would be vampire blood
747
00:29:04,458 --> 00:29:06,913
all over the place,
and it would be
748
00:29:06,955 --> 00:29:09,575
the color red, in particular,
that would get you an X.
749
00:29:09,617 --> 00:29:11,489
- NC-17.
- Yeah, an NC-17.
750
00:29:11,531 --> 00:29:14,442
So if we made
the vampire blood green...
751
00:29:14,484 --> 00:29:16,106
You could spray it
all over the place.
752
00:29:16,148 --> 00:29:18,019
We could spray it
all over the place,
753
00:29:18,020 --> 00:29:20,392
and then the MPAA wouldn't be
so freaked out by that.
754
00:29:20,433 --> 00:29:22,638
And that ended up
actually working.
755
00:29:22,679 --> 00:29:25,051
[roars]
756
00:29:25,092 --> 00:29:26,715
[flesh hissing]
757
00:29:26,756 --> 00:29:29,377
"From Dusk Till Dawn"
reinvented vampires
758
00:29:29,419 --> 00:29:31,915
as nightmarish creatures
that used sex
759
00:29:31,956 --> 00:29:34,577
to lure in their victims.
760
00:29:34,619 --> 00:29:36,325
[sinister music]
761
00:29:36,366 --> 00:29:38,737
The horror masterpiece
"Let the Right One In"
762
00:29:38,779 --> 00:29:40,859
is another
brilliant reinvention.
763
00:29:40,901 --> 00:29:42,856
♪♪
764
00:29:42,898 --> 00:29:44,686
The vampire here lives within
765
00:29:44,728 --> 00:29:47,639
the classic boundaries
of only going out at night
766
00:29:47,681 --> 00:29:50,011
and viciously feeding
on humans.
767
00:29:50,052 --> 00:29:51,842
[body thuds]
768
00:29:51,884 --> 00:29:54,296
But this is not a story
about sex.
769
00:29:54,337 --> 00:29:56,002
It's about love and how much
770
00:29:56,043 --> 00:29:58,622
we are willing to accept
in the name of love.
771
00:29:58,664 --> 00:30:02,450
♪♪
772
00:30:02,491 --> 00:30:05,653
"Let the Right One In"
is about a boy called Oskar
773
00:30:05,695 --> 00:30:07,941
who is getting bullied
in school
774
00:30:07,983 --> 00:30:10,687
and is a bit lonely.
775
00:30:10,729 --> 00:30:13,973
And one day, he meets a girl
called Eli,
776
00:30:14,014 --> 00:30:16,220
and then they became friends.
777
00:30:16,262 --> 00:30:18,299
♪♪
778
00:30:18,341 --> 00:30:20,047
What's special about
my character, Eli,
779
00:30:20,089 --> 00:30:22,501
first of all
is that she's a vampire.
780
00:30:22,543 --> 00:30:24,124
[eerie music]
781
00:30:24,165 --> 00:30:25,954
She has lived
for a very long time.
782
00:30:25,995 --> 00:30:28,866
♪♪
783
00:30:28,908 --> 00:30:31,612
They cut off my lashes
and my eyebrows
784
00:30:31,654 --> 00:30:33,401
to not make me so female,
785
00:30:33,442 --> 00:30:35,772
and it's also not my voice
in the film.
786
00:30:35,814 --> 00:30:38,018
They wanted a voice
that wasn't so feminine.
787
00:30:38,060 --> 00:30:42,512
[speaking Swedish]
788
00:30:42,553 --> 00:30:44,258
Vampires could be, like...
789
00:30:44,300 --> 00:30:46,422
they're, like, sexy
or dangerous
790
00:30:46,463 --> 00:30:48,252
or something like that,
and she's, like,
791
00:30:48,294 --> 00:30:50,374
the opposite, I think.
792
00:30:50,415 --> 00:30:52,287
Once you realize
who this girl is
793
00:30:52,329 --> 00:30:54,035
and how long
she's been around and...
794
00:30:54,077 --> 00:30:56,822
then it's very haunting
in the sense that, you know,
795
00:30:56,864 --> 00:30:58,860
she's taken on this kid
as her companion.
796
00:30:58,902 --> 00:31:00,775
And we already know
what's gonna happen to him.
797
00:31:00,815 --> 00:31:05,808
♪♪
798
00:31:05,849 --> 00:31:09,552
Probably the scariest
and most powerful sequence
799
00:31:09,594 --> 00:31:11,507
in modern horror
800
00:31:11,549 --> 00:31:15,500
is the final sequence
in "Let the Right One In."
801
00:31:16,541 --> 00:31:19,411
A gang of bullies sees
802
00:31:19,453 --> 00:31:21,575
a very vulnerable child
803
00:31:21,617 --> 00:31:23,904
and shove him underwater.
804
00:31:23,946 --> 00:31:26,816
And there is
a 2½ minute shot
805
00:31:26,858 --> 00:31:29,271
of the boy's head
being held underwater,
806
00:31:29,313 --> 00:31:30,893
and you're seeing him
desperately trying
807
00:31:30,935 --> 00:31:33,847
to get back to the surface
and breathe.
808
00:31:33,888 --> 00:31:35,386
♪♪
809
00:31:35,428 --> 00:31:38,132
But meanwhile,
above the water...
810
00:31:38,173 --> 00:31:39,796
[sinister music]
811
00:31:39,838 --> 00:31:41,751
This pipsqueak vampire,
812
00:31:41,793 --> 00:31:44,538
who loves the little boy,
has turned up...
813
00:31:44,580 --> 00:31:46,244
♪♪
814
00:31:46,286 --> 00:31:49,239
And is beginning
to butcher the bullies.
815
00:31:49,281 --> 00:31:51,735
[muffled splash]
816
00:31:51,777 --> 00:31:53,275
♪♪
817
00:31:53,316 --> 00:31:55,272
What was beautiful
about that story
818
00:31:55,313 --> 00:31:59,348
is that a monster
comes to the rescue
819
00:31:59,390 --> 00:32:02,426
when humanity fails
this young man,
820
00:32:02,468 --> 00:32:05,547
and who could blame him
for choosing the monster
821
00:32:05,588 --> 00:32:07,377
when humanity was so horrible?
822
00:32:09,166 --> 00:32:11,287
The title has
a double meaning.
823
00:32:11,329 --> 00:32:12,993
It could mean
that you should let
824
00:32:13,035 --> 00:32:15,572
the right person
get into your life,
825
00:32:15,614 --> 00:32:17,736
or, as it is for Eli,
826
00:32:17,778 --> 00:32:20,482
someone has to tell her
that she can come in.
827
00:32:26,721 --> 00:32:29,675
[tense music]
828
00:32:29,717 --> 00:32:34,584
♪♪
829
00:32:39,243 --> 00:32:42,654
For me, the part
of the vampire legend
830
00:32:42,696 --> 00:32:44,526
that has always remained
really powerful
831
00:32:44,568 --> 00:32:47,730
is this idea that they have
to be invited in.
832
00:32:47,771 --> 00:32:49,478
[scratching on glass]
833
00:32:49,519 --> 00:32:52,223
Open the window, Mark.
834
00:32:52,264 --> 00:32:54,635
[mimicking scratching]
"Let me in.
835
00:32:54,677 --> 00:32:56,467
Let me in."
836
00:32:56,507 --> 00:32:58,006
Let me in.
837
00:32:58,047 --> 00:32:59,462
It's okay, Mark.
I'm your friend.
838
00:32:59,503 --> 00:33:01,708
So many times
in people's lives,
839
00:33:01,749 --> 00:33:03,663
you know,
whatever that thing is
840
00:33:03,705 --> 00:33:06,242
that's draining them
of their life and vitality,
841
00:33:06,284 --> 00:33:08,114
so often, they invited it in...
842
00:33:08,156 --> 00:33:09,487
♪♪
843
00:33:09,529 --> 00:33:11,026
If it's drugs,
if it's alcohol,
844
00:33:11,068 --> 00:33:13,440
if it's someone
who's just abusive,
845
00:33:13,481 --> 00:33:15,644
you know, who's cruel to you.
846
00:33:15,686 --> 00:33:17,683
A lot of vampire stories
847
00:33:17,724 --> 00:33:19,971
are about
inviting in something
848
00:33:20,012 --> 00:33:21,444
that you think
will bring you bliss...
849
00:33:21,468 --> 00:33:23,340
What's wrong, baby?
850
00:33:23,382 --> 00:33:24,963
And that destroys you
instead.
851
00:33:31,036 --> 00:33:32,826
Do you think,
with your crosses
852
00:33:32,867 --> 00:33:35,488
and your wafers,
you can destroy me?
853
00:33:35,530 --> 00:33:37,402
Me?
854
00:33:37,443 --> 00:33:40,605
Traditionally, vampires
have split personalities.
855
00:33:40,646 --> 00:33:43,433
They're both charming
and terrifying,
856
00:33:43,475 --> 00:33:45,597
passionate and deadly.
857
00:33:45,639 --> 00:33:47,344
But in the 21st century,
858
00:33:47,386 --> 00:33:49,673
we've seen
the two halves separate
859
00:33:49,715 --> 00:33:51,504
into the vampire
as monstrous killer...
860
00:33:51,545 --> 00:33:53,126
- [snarls]
- [whimpers]
861
00:33:53,168 --> 00:33:55,456
And the vampire
as dreamboat boyfriend.
862
00:33:55,498 --> 00:33:56,788
[dark music]
863
00:33:56,829 --> 00:33:59,117
Vampires, ever flexible,
864
00:33:59,159 --> 00:34:01,529
are being reshaped
to suit audiences
865
00:34:01,571 --> 00:34:05,024
whose needs
are often overlooked,
866
00:34:05,066 --> 00:34:07,728
like the millions of women
and teenage girls
867
00:34:07,770 --> 00:34:10,766
who made "Twilight" the most
commercially successful
868
00:34:10,807 --> 00:34:13,552
vampire film of all time.
869
00:34:13,594 --> 00:34:15,133
[gasps]
870
00:34:15,175 --> 00:34:18,129
[intimate music]
871
00:34:18,170 --> 00:34:24,618
♪♪
872
00:34:24,660 --> 00:34:26,490
Based on
the best-selling books
873
00:34:26,532 --> 00:34:28,862
by Stephenie Meyer,
"Twilight" reimagines
874
00:34:28,903 --> 00:34:31,524
the vampire story
as a teen romance
875
00:34:31,566 --> 00:34:35,060
told from a young woman's
point of view.
876
00:34:35,102 --> 00:34:37,140
The thing that's
kind of cool about "Twilight"
877
00:34:37,181 --> 00:34:39,761
is, you have an ordinary girl
that moves
878
00:34:39,803 --> 00:34:42,340
to this small town
in Washington.
879
00:34:42,382 --> 00:34:45,544
She has to live with her dad
for a while.
880
00:34:45,585 --> 00:34:48,539
She feels like a misfit,
awkward.
881
00:34:48,580 --> 00:34:50,078
And first day of school,
882
00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:53,614
she is kind of attracted
to this amazing
883
00:34:53,656 --> 00:34:56,651
and strange kid, Edward.
884
00:34:56,693 --> 00:34:59,230
Stephenie Meyer,
she had a dream
885
00:34:59,272 --> 00:35:00,852
about this vampire.
886
00:35:00,894 --> 00:35:03,640
When the vampire was out
in the sunlight,
887
00:35:03,682 --> 00:35:07,176
instead of withering,
it did the opposite.
888
00:35:07,218 --> 00:35:10,545
It glowed and glittered
and sparkled.
889
00:35:10,587 --> 00:35:12,376
This is what I am.
890
00:35:12,417 --> 00:35:14,289
[mystical music]
891
00:35:14,331 --> 00:35:16,495
Well, my vampires
break a lot of the rules...
892
00:35:16,536 --> 00:35:18,824
if there can really be rules
about fictional characters.
893
00:35:18,866 --> 00:35:20,488
Really, you can do
what you want.
894
00:35:20,529 --> 00:35:22,693
Obviously it's a fantasy...
[laughing]
895
00:35:22,735 --> 00:35:24,856
That you're gonna have
the most handsome,
896
00:35:24,898 --> 00:35:26,853
beautiful, amazing guy
in the world
897
00:35:26,895 --> 00:35:29,515
that's madly in love with you
and will take care of you
898
00:35:29,557 --> 00:35:30,930
and protect you.
899
00:35:30,971 --> 00:35:32,844
[tires squealing]
900
00:35:32,885 --> 00:35:34,633
- [gasps]
- [grunts]
901
00:35:34,674 --> 00:35:37,337
I mean,
it's a great fantasy.
902
00:35:37,378 --> 00:35:39,209
It's not,
"We shouldn't kiss
903
00:35:39,250 --> 00:35:41,331
"because maybe won't
like each other
904
00:35:41,372 --> 00:35:43,743
or maybe we're gonna make
someone else upset."
905
00:35:43,784 --> 00:35:45,616
You're adding this element of,
906
00:35:45,656 --> 00:35:48,860
"If I lose control,
I might kill you,"
907
00:35:48,902 --> 00:35:51,231
which is so dark
and so dramatic,
908
00:35:51,273 --> 00:35:54,185
but at the same time,
that's what it feels like
909
00:35:54,226 --> 00:35:55,391
when you're young.
910
00:35:55,433 --> 00:35:56,930
It feels like life and death.
911
00:35:56,972 --> 00:35:59,052
Just stay very still.
912
00:35:59,094 --> 00:36:01,922
I really thought it was
a fantastic challenge
913
00:36:01,964 --> 00:36:04,877
to create that
emotional intoxication
914
00:36:04,918 --> 00:36:07,165
- of first love.
- Don't move.
915
00:36:07,206 --> 00:36:08,870
[intimate music]
916
00:36:08,911 --> 00:36:12,073
I thought, "Can I show that
on-screen?
917
00:36:12,074 --> 00:36:14,113
"Can I make people as crazy
918
00:36:14,154 --> 00:36:15,942
"about a cinematic version
919
00:36:15,984 --> 00:36:18,688
as the book
made people crazy?"
920
00:36:18,729 --> 00:36:21,184
♪♪
921
00:36:21,226 --> 00:36:22,557
And yeah, I think we did
922
00:36:22,598 --> 00:36:24,470
make them pretty crazy.
[laughing]
923
00:36:24,512 --> 00:36:27,424
[crowd screaming]
924
00:36:29,004 --> 00:36:32,915
You can't dismiss something
that had such a giant hold on...
925
00:36:32,957 --> 00:36:34,995
on fandom.
926
00:36:35,037 --> 00:36:37,574
I remember going
to Comic-Con a few years back
927
00:36:37,616 --> 00:36:39,280
when the second
"Twilight" movie
928
00:36:39,322 --> 00:36:41,277
was coming out,
and kids were camped out
929
00:36:41,319 --> 00:36:43,398
on the lawn for 24 hours.
930
00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:46,394
So obviously,
it had something to say.
931
00:36:46,435 --> 00:36:48,141
♪♪
932
00:36:48,183 --> 00:36:50,263
You don't know how long
I've waited for you.
933
00:36:50,304 --> 00:36:53,217
I honestly find its gender
and sexual politics
934
00:36:53,258 --> 00:36:56,503
pretty problematic,
but that being said,
935
00:36:56,544 --> 00:36:58,292
I think it takes
936
00:36:58,334 --> 00:37:00,705
women's desires seriously
937
00:37:00,746 --> 00:37:04,449
in a way that most
Hollywood cinema does not,
938
00:37:04,491 --> 00:37:06,653
most popular culture
in general does not.
939
00:37:06,695 --> 00:37:09,566
The focus is more
on her desire for Edward,
940
00:37:09,608 --> 00:37:11,105
on her attraction
to Edward
941
00:37:11,147 --> 00:37:13,310
and at some points Jacob.
942
00:37:13,351 --> 00:37:15,765
It's not about them
lusting after her.
943
00:37:15,806 --> 00:37:17,304
[soft music]
944
00:37:17,345 --> 00:37:19,841
[chimes tinkling]
945
00:37:19,883 --> 00:37:22,503
There was a photo
of one kid at Comic-Con
946
00:37:22,545 --> 00:37:23,936
when "Twilight" came out...
there was, like,
947
00:37:23,959 --> 00:37:25,956
some angry kid
with a huge placard that said,
948
00:37:25,998 --> 00:37:28,120
- "Nosferatu didn't sparkle."
- Yeah.
949
00:37:28,162 --> 00:37:30,408
And I was like, "That's me.
I'm that kid."
950
00:37:30,450 --> 00:37:32,113
The whole vampire idea,
951
00:37:32,155 --> 00:37:35,191
the romantic vampire,
has always been popular
952
00:37:35,233 --> 00:37:36,897
with teens,
953
00:37:36,939 --> 00:37:39,144
early 20s and things...
particularly women...
954
00:37:39,185 --> 00:37:42,098
because it's seen
as almost, like,
955
00:37:42,139 --> 00:37:43,761
no-fault sex.
956
00:37:43,803 --> 00:37:45,551
And after all,
what's he really gonna do?
957
00:37:45,592 --> 00:37:47,339
He's gonna give you
a great big hickey,
958
00:37:47,381 --> 00:37:49,004
like on Lover's Lane.
959
00:37:49,045 --> 00:37:50,543
[dark music]
960
00:37:50,584 --> 00:37:53,163
But that's not the way
it's supposed to... to be.
961
00:37:53,205 --> 00:37:56,533
To my mind,
I'm a classicist, man.
962
00:37:56,574 --> 00:37:59,029
[growling]
963
00:37:59,071 --> 00:38:01,359
- [hissing]
- Hey! Stop!
964
00:38:01,401 --> 00:38:03,398
- [hissing]
- Who are you people?
965
00:38:03,438 --> 00:38:04,853
- [screeches]
- [grunts]
966
00:38:04,895 --> 00:38:06,850
- [screams]
- [screeches]
967
00:38:06,892 --> 00:38:09,513
"30 Days of Night"
took vampires back
968
00:38:09,554 --> 00:38:11,926
to their dark
and vicious roots.
969
00:38:11,967 --> 00:38:14,963
There are no sparkling,
romantic demigods here...
970
00:38:15,004 --> 00:38:16,918
- [screams]
- Just ancient
971
00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:20,329
evil predators.
[vampires screeching]
972
00:38:20,371 --> 00:38:21,952
[sinister music]
973
00:38:21,993 --> 00:38:25,279
Well, in "30 Days of Night,"
my character is...
974
00:38:25,321 --> 00:38:28,857
is a sheriff
up in Barrow, Alaska.
975
00:38:28,899 --> 00:38:30,562
And in Barrow, Alaska,
976
00:38:30,604 --> 00:38:32,934
apparently, the sun is down
977
00:38:32,975 --> 00:38:35,014
for almost a month
in the middle of winter.
978
00:38:35,056 --> 00:38:36,802
Hence the "30 Days of Night"
title.
979
00:38:36,844 --> 00:38:39,715
♪♪
980
00:38:39,757 --> 00:38:41,753
Vampires have figured out
that this is
981
00:38:41,794 --> 00:38:44,540
a really good place to go
and have a low-effort meal.
982
00:38:44,582 --> 00:38:46,138
We have to cut off,
or they'll hear you.
983
00:38:46,163 --> 00:38:48,451
The vampires close in
on the town...
984
00:38:48,492 --> 00:38:50,281
I'll call you back
when it's safe.
985
00:38:50,323 --> 00:38:52,819
And then the rest of us
who are there
986
00:38:52,861 --> 00:38:55,024
try to survive for a month.
987
00:38:55,065 --> 00:38:56,272
- [loud bang]
- [gasps]
988
00:38:56,314 --> 00:38:57,437
Jesus!
989
00:38:57,438 --> 00:38:59,435
Christ!
[banging]
990
00:38:59,475 --> 00:39:01,389
[engine revving]
991
00:39:01,431 --> 00:39:03,303
- [yelps]
- [screeches]
992
00:39:03,344 --> 00:39:05,716
We spend a lot of time
running away.
993
00:39:05,756 --> 00:39:07,379
[laughs]
994
00:39:07,421 --> 00:39:09,625
David Slade's
"30 Days of Night"...
995
00:39:09,667 --> 00:39:11,124
which was written
by Steve Niles
996
00:39:11,164 --> 00:39:12,538
and based on
the graphic novel...
997
00:39:12,580 --> 00:39:14,202
that was
the complete antithesis
998
00:39:14,244 --> 00:39:15,907
of what "Twilight" represented.
999
00:39:15,949 --> 00:39:17,613
[hissing]
1000
00:39:17,655 --> 00:39:19,360
[suspenseful music]
1001
00:39:19,402 --> 00:39:21,024
With "Twilight,"
1002
00:39:21,066 --> 00:39:22,855
there was always
this friendly side.
1003
00:39:22,896 --> 00:39:24,828
They always managed to find,
like, a friendly human side
1004
00:39:24,852 --> 00:39:26,932
to the vampires.
1005
00:39:26,974 --> 00:39:29,136
When I was doing the scripts
for "30 Days of Night,"
1006
00:39:29,178 --> 00:39:32,298
I really tried to go against
what everybody else was doing.
1007
00:39:32,340 --> 00:39:33,963
[growls]
1008
00:39:34,003 --> 00:39:37,457
You had vampires returning
to their feral form,
1009
00:39:37,498 --> 00:39:38,871
almost Nosferatu-like
1010
00:39:38,913 --> 00:39:41,243
but something
completely different.
1011
00:39:41,284 --> 00:39:42,657
- [screeches]
- [hollers]
1012
00:39:42,698 --> 00:39:45,319
- [screams]
- These are land sharks
1013
00:39:45,361 --> 00:39:48,439
that will kill you, you know,
just as soon as look at you.
1014
00:39:48,481 --> 00:39:50,685
[sinister music]
1015
00:39:50,727 --> 00:39:53,265
- [screeches]
- By stripping the sexuality
1016
00:39:53,307 --> 00:39:55,719
out of the myth,
"30 Days of Night"
1017
00:39:55,761 --> 00:39:58,007
drilled deep
into the primal fear
1018
00:39:58,049 --> 00:40:01,127
at the heart of every
vampire story:
1019
00:40:01,169 --> 00:40:03,665
- the fear of death.
- [roars]
1020
00:40:03,707 --> 00:40:06,037
[dramatic music]
1021
00:40:06,078 --> 00:40:07,992
One of the most
beautiful things about
1022
00:40:08,034 --> 00:40:10,446
the horror genre
is that the stakes
1023
00:40:10,488 --> 00:40:12,152
are implicitly high,
1024
00:40:12,194 --> 00:40:14,024
because you're dealing
with life and death.
1025
00:40:14,065 --> 00:40:16,104
[hollering]
1026
00:40:16,146 --> 00:40:18,808
And that gives horror
1027
00:40:18,850 --> 00:40:21,345
a certain operatic quality
to it,
1028
00:40:21,387 --> 00:40:23,592
where there is no choice
1029
00:40:23,633 --> 00:40:26,213
but to survive and thrive
1030
00:40:26,254 --> 00:40:28,460
or be one of the body count.
1031
00:40:28,501 --> 00:40:30,123
♪♪
1032
00:40:30,165 --> 00:40:31,662
- [croaking]
- [screams]
1033
00:40:31,704 --> 00:40:34,533
Ultimately, the story
of the vampire
1034
00:40:34,575 --> 00:40:37,112
is the story
of our tenuous grip on life.
1035
00:40:37,154 --> 00:40:38,901
- I don't want to die.
- [screams]
1036
00:40:38,943 --> 00:40:41,189
The bite of the vampire
symbolizes
1037
00:40:41,231 --> 00:40:43,436
the hundreds of things
that could kill us
1038
00:40:43,477 --> 00:40:46,056
at any time,
no matter how healthy or safe
1039
00:40:46,098 --> 00:40:47,595
we think we are.
1040
00:40:47,637 --> 00:40:49,218
[screeches]
1041
00:40:49,260 --> 00:40:51,839
Your life force
will never be
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00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:55,708
steadily drained
by an implacable
1043
00:40:55,749 --> 00:40:57,247
supernatural foe.
1044
00:40:57,288 --> 00:40:59,244
[eerie music]
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00:40:59,285 --> 00:41:00,825
But some people
1046
00:41:00,866 --> 00:41:02,905
will face cancer
1047
00:41:02,947 --> 00:41:04,652
in their life.
1048
00:41:04,694 --> 00:41:06,274
- [screams]
- Fiction gives us
1049
00:41:06,316 --> 00:41:09,311
a safe playground
to consider
1050
00:41:09,353 --> 00:41:11,183
what it would be like
to be in
1051
00:41:11,225 --> 00:41:12,907
a life-or-death battle
with something draining us.
1052
00:41:12,931 --> 00:41:19,629
♪♪
1053
00:41:19,670 --> 00:41:22,499
Vampire stories
will remain powerful
1054
00:41:22,540 --> 00:41:25,369
as long as we are organic
1055
00:41:25,370 --> 00:41:27,201
and full of blood.
1056
00:41:27,241 --> 00:41:30,819
And the blood
can be corrupted.
1057
00:41:30,861 --> 00:41:33,648
- [gasps]
- So I think the fanged ones
1058
00:41:33,689 --> 00:41:35,395
will be around
for a while longer.
1059
00:41:35,437 --> 00:41:37,767
[vampires hissing, growling]
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