How come there's no movie called "Vlad the Impaler"?
06-24-04, 05:35 PM
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How come there's no movie called "Vlad the Impaler"?
Hollywood has used every name imaginable and produced many, many incarnations of the Dracula legend, so why not a movie with such a bold sounding name?
I mean "Vlad"?? Doesn't that have blockbuster written all over it???
I mean "Vlad"?? Doesn't that have blockbuster written all over it???
06-24-04, 06:14 PM
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Because the Romanian government and the Romanian people would be extremely pissed to have a national hero tarnished to that extent.
There are quite a few scholars these days who point out that the entire Dracula legend is incorrectly linked with the Romanian 15th century prince, who is seen as a hero by his people, despite the bad reputation he's acquired overseas.
There are quite a few scholars these days who point out that the entire Dracula legend is incorrectly linked with the Romanian 15th century prince, who is seen as a hero by his people, despite the bad reputation he's acquired overseas.
06-24-04, 07:10 PM
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Because the Romanian government and the Romanian people would be extremely pissed to have a national hero tarnished to that extent.
Because the Romanian government and the Romanian people would be extremely pissed to have a national hero tarnished to that extent.
I seriously doubt that Hollywood isn't making something from fear of offending someone, especially a market that has little financial influence.
Originally posted by Playitagainsam There are quite a few scholars these days who point out that the entire Dracula legend is incorrectly linked with the Romanian 15th century prince, who is seen as a hero by his people, despite the bad reputation he's acquired overseas. [/B]
06-24-04, 08:49 PM
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Now that we're getting the "real" story of King Arthur, I think it would be pretty cool to have the "real" story of Dracula. Some enterprising Hollywood producer needs to get on that.
06-25-04, 09:27 AM
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USA network had a miniseries a year or so ago named this and about the Romanian Prince.
06-25-04, 11:34 AM
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Miller, Elizabeth. (1998). Dracula: The shade and the shadow. Westcliff-on-Sea: Desert Island Books. Canada.
read Miller's studies on her website:
http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~emiller/stoker.htm
Also, this scholar:
http://iorga.iini.ro/andreescu.html
has published an exhaustively researched study on the subject.
Currently, the most famous - and incorrectly so - book that connects Dracula with Vlad the Impaler is, of course,
Florescu, Radu & Raymond McNally. In Search of Dracula. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994.
... a book which unfortunately is at best amateurish in its attempts to use scientific method, and, considering the source, can be suspected of having financial reasons before historic ones.
Also, a very sympathetic - and probably historically correct book - on the Romanian prince was written in the 1970s by Swedish author Per Olof Ekstrom (1926-1981) - for those who don't know Ekstrom, his book 'Hon dansade en sommar' was filmed in 1951 - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043652/ .
There are other *serious* and thoroughly researched studies and monographs which try to separate historic fact from fiction in what Vladislav III 'the Impaler" is concerned. Unfortunately, there's way too much garbage written on this subject, by people looking for a quick buck and cashing on contemporary U.S. pop culture fascination with vampires...
read Miller's studies on her website:
http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~emiller/stoker.htm
Also, this scholar:
http://iorga.iini.ro/andreescu.html
has published an exhaustively researched study on the subject.
Currently, the most famous - and incorrectly so - book that connects Dracula with Vlad the Impaler is, of course,
Florescu, Radu & Raymond McNally. In Search of Dracula. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994.
... a book which unfortunately is at best amateurish in its attempts to use scientific method, and, considering the source, can be suspected of having financial reasons before historic ones.
Also, a very sympathetic - and probably historically correct book - on the Romanian prince was written in the 1970s by Swedish author Per Olof Ekstrom (1926-1981) - for those who don't know Ekstrom, his book 'Hon dansade en sommar' was filmed in 1951 - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043652/ .
There are other *serious* and thoroughly researched studies and monographs which try to separate historic fact from fiction in what Vladislav III 'the Impaler" is concerned. Unfortunately, there's way too much garbage written on this subject, by people looking for a quick buck and cashing on contemporary U.S. pop culture fascination with vampires...
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06-26-04, 07:46 AM
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This came up on imdb.com as I was curious what existed with the name Vlad the Impaler.
Vlad Tepes (1979) aka "Vlad the Impaler: The True Life of Dracula"
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000) (TV) aka "Vlad the Impaler"
Dracula the Impaler (2002) aka "Vlad Tepes, the Impaler"
Impaler: A Biographical/Historical Look at the Life of Vlad the Impaler, Widely Known as Dracula, The (2002) (TV)
Vlad Tepes (1979) aka "Vlad the Impaler: The True Life of Dracula"
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000) (TV) aka "Vlad the Impaler"
Dracula the Impaler (2002) aka "Vlad Tepes, the Impaler"
Impaler: A Biographical/Historical Look at the Life of Vlad the Impaler, Widely Known as Dracula, The (2002) (TV)
