09/03/2010 - 4:30pm
09/03/2010 - 11:00pm
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Polanski’s Baroque horror-comedy—an affectionate tribute to the 1960s and 70s Hammer Studios output—is among the director's finest and most personal works. Two hapless vampire hunters (including the director himself in the bumbling assistant role) endeavor to destroy a bloodsucking count and his daughter (a ravishing Sharon Tate). Lavishly costumed, designed, and photographed, The Fearless Vampire Killers teems with Polanski's eccentric touches—wintry, storybook landscapes, Central European mythology, Gothic atmosphere, and offbeat, black humor—while masterfully slipping between genres.
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