tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post1641505738148841432..comments2023-11-05T02:01:53.847-06:00Comments on Antagony & Ecstasy: UNIVERSAL MONSTERS: ¡ES EL VAMPIRO!Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-40751162209103653392009-10-09T11:06:29.056-05:002009-10-09T11:06:29.056-05:00"So carefully did the Spanish-language film t..."<i>So carefully did the Spanish-language film track the better-known English version that its Spanish lead, Carlos Villarias, wore a hairpiece identical to Bela Lugosi's so that wide shots and some special effects could be cribbed from the higher-budget production.</i>"<br /><br />I know studios did things like that all the time, but God, it sounds so cheap to me. Well, it was Universal after all.<br /><br />"<i> given that I expect that even Spanish speakers are more familiar with the English film</i>"<br /><br />I'm from Spain, and I didn't even know about the Spanish version until Universal released the first dvd editions of the movies. <br /><br />"<i>But when the action gets to the city, the film's visuals suddenly improve immensely, far outstripping Dracula.</i>"<br /><br />Maybe Browning started to show up for the night shootings, then he drank a lot and slept all day, and Melford shifted to the daytime shoot and.... It seems strange that Freund wouldn't think of better camera staging than that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com