Shadow Of The Vampire. 2000.
John Malkovich plays film director F.W. Murnau who is making his classic film Nosferatu, when the location is changed to Czechoslovakia the crew are introduced to character actor Max Schreck in his costume and dwells deep into the role although the cast believe him to be a actual vampire.
Based on the urban legend of Schreck and his role as Count Orlock that supposidly he was a vampire and he managed to be menacing and creepy while on set. Willem Dafoe who plays Orlock gives out a great performance. The makers must have dwelled deep into the movie archive to see how Murnau made movies while photographing the scenes and telling the actors how to act. This was something I seen back when it came out and few things stuck with me when Schreck is discussing how he became a vampire and towards the end how Murnau wanted the last perfect shot.
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