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Originally Posted by Amnorix
Yes, Coppola. I don't watch vampire TV shows really (mostly because my wife/kids have no interest in any of it), but Coppola seems to me to have completely revived / resuscitated Dracula in a way. By 1992, the only Dracula stuff that had been out there for a LONG time was terrible/campy crap. This movie isn't that. Not at all.
And from there (not sure how long afterwards), vampire stuff really started taking off. Obviously, the Anne Rice books had been big hits, but for the theater -- nada.
The Interview with a Vampire movie came out a few years later, and from there it was game on, with Buffy and Twilight and all the rest.
Anyway, one more tip -- if you like Oldman in Dracula, and haven't seen it yet, DEFINITELY go watch Leon: The Professional, next. He's great as a dirty DEA agent, and Natalie Portman (in her first movie) and Jean Reno are also great.
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Oh dude, I freaking love Leon:The Professional... I really like Jean Reno as well as Oldman. And Portman is good in it as well.
I have no idea why, but the part of that movie that has stuck with me for years is when Leon is at the theater watching Gene Kelly singing in the rain... Looked like an innocent kid, yet was a full-fledged professional killer.