brilliant, intense, dramatic and passionate... sexy too!

Rating: 10/10 (13 August 2001)

With this DRACULA, F.F.Coppola gave us not just a movie, but a real film masterpiece. Full of a theatrical `mise en scene', the story is told like a fairy tales, a dark one, but we get carried away but its intense subjects: passion, revenge, fury, anger, fear, love, and (why not say it) sexual impulses. The proof that no hi-tech special effects are needed Â–in fact, here, the proof that sometimes rotten and traditional are preferable- with a quality work here done by another Coppola. Also, Monica Bellucci's appearance in a bed is good for the young viewers. J
In resume, a brilliant and intense film, with great characters and some excellent interpretations (Urrah! Gary Oldman!)/(Bah!, Keanu Reeves). A top ten, definitely! (listen to the orchestral pieces very attentively).