Classics: Filmconcert Nosferatu

Still possessing a lurid beauty and terrifying precision in staging and camera work, this classic horror film features Max Schreck as an unforgettable vampire in an oppressive atmosphere with many outdoor shots and with a real castle as its setting. The widow of Bram Stoker, author of the book Dracula, sued Murnau in the 1920s because the percent had failed to buy the rights, after which all copies of this expressionist masterpiece had to be destroyed. Fortunately, a copy was overlooked in France.

Now back on the big screen at the Forum, with live music by Kevin Toma.With his thrilling, darkness-soaked music, film journalist and composer Toma (Sittard, 1974) makes his own contribution to the film's unique atmosphere of doom. Toma wrote a sinuous, sometimes dreamy soundtrack that combines samples, beats and soundscapes with linear piano playing. From the expressionistic landscapes to Orlok's unforgettable appearance, the shadow world of Nosferatu also comes alive in your ears.

Kevin Toma studied film studies in Nijmegen. Hi is a film critic for the Volkskrant, among others, and has also been making contemporary music for silent films for thirty years. In that capacity he has performed at IFFR, Film Fest Gent, IDFA, Lowlands and the Dutch Mountain Film festival, among others.

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