Jean Painlevé
Le Vampire
Vampire
Jean Painlevé
FRA 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945
9 min
V'01
It must have been premonition which made me film vampire bats in 1939, just before the war. Bats have always been a symbol of the devil, and have been nailed up stupidly on farm doors. Murnau made the vampire into a man. As a backing I used music by Duke Ellington, which only underlined my scandalous approach to science.
Credits
Les Documents Cinématographiques 38 Avenue des Ternes, 75017 Paris, Frankreich T 1 45 72 27 75, F 1 45 72 52 71
35 mm
bw
