He started telling me about this one afterThe Witch… so Ive been researching it for quite some time.
Wed gotten over that hurdle onThe Northmanquite a bit.
Just like on that film, Carolan began his work composing forNosferatuearly on in the process before filming began.
Lily-Rose Depp as Ellen Hutter in ‘Nosferatu’Courtesy of Focus Features
He wanted some original material to play on set… to create a certain atmosphere.
Lathrop stuck to brighter colors in the houses that would stand out in the lighting.
It killed some colors for sure.
Director Robert Eggers on set.Aidan Monaghan / © 2024 FOCUS FEATURES LLC
The one place we had them was in the castle.
For Blaschke, this scene couldnt be anything less than perfect.
I decided to do the movie trick where theyre both backlit and both directions are backlit, he says.
Its a lot of work.
Tedious, annoying, cold… but I think thats my best night exterior so far.
I looked at a lot of castles in the Czech Republic, probably all of them, he says.
Orlok has been in his sarcophagus for at least a hundred years, probably closer to two.
He is in disrepair and decay and almost diseased, and you want to feel that.
Then all of that was distressed, she says.
If he were a young man, he would be boasting his body.
His chest would be puffed, he would be out there.
Hes not, hes 300 years old.
