Episode 182: Providence of Evil: On Robert Eggers' 'Nosferatu'

In this episode, JF and Phil examine the myth of the vampire through the lens of Robert Eggers' latest film, Nosferatu, a reimagining of F. W. Murnau's German Expressionist masterpiece. Topics covered include the nature of vampires, the symbolism of evil, the implicit theology of Eggers' film (compared with that of Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula), the need for shadow work, as well as the power of real introspection and self-sacrifice.

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REFERENCES

Robert Eggers (dir.), Nosferatu (imdb.com/title/tt5040012)

F. W. Murnau (dir.), Nosferatu (imdb.com/title/tt0013442)

Mel Brooks (dir.), Dracula: Dead and Loving It (imdb.com/title/tt0112896)

Francis Ford Coppola (dir.), Bram Stoker’s Dracula (imdb.com/title/tt0103874)

Bram Stoker, Dracula (bookshop.org/a/18799/9780141439846)

Richard Wagner, Tristan und Isolde (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_und_Isolde)

David James Smith, “The Archaeologist Couple who Unearthed a Field Full of Vampires” (thetimes.com/world/europe/article/vampires-pol…)

Robert Eggers, The Witch (imdb.com/title/tt4263482)

Richard Strauss, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salome_(opera)

Weird Studies, Episode 156 on “The Secret History” (weirdstudies.com/156)

Rudolf Steiner, “Lucifer and Ahriman” (rsarchive.org/Lectures/LucAhr_index.html)

Richard Wagner, Ring Cycle (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Ring_des_Nibelungen)

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