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Dracula III: Legacy On DVD
Topic Started: Jun 19 2005, 06:25 AM (44 Views)
Michael Blazer
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Lussier Restores Dracula's Luster

Patrick Lussier, writer and director of the upcoming straight-to-video sequel Dracula III: Legacy, told SCI FI Wire that he based the story on the lineage of the title character as well as the locations where production took place. "The character of Dracula is so timeless, and in [Bram] Stoker's book you know so little about him, so it's really easy to attach whatever you want to him," Lussier said in an interview. "He can get anything, can have anything, can do anything he wants, and now he's waiting for the challenge. He's [retreated] back to Romania, where we were going to be sent to shoot, so that's why we came up with the story to be set there."

Lussier, who directed Dracula 2000, said that the sequel offered him the opportunity to create new characters and expand his mythology in a modern setting. "When we first started doing Dracula 2000, it was obviously a challenge to try and update it in a way that wasn't overly goofy, although some might argue that we were or were not successful," Lussier said. "In subsequent adventures, we really wanted to expand on some of the original ideas we weren't able to put into that film, [like] Jason Scott Lee's character, a kind of tormented vampire hunter. He was written out [of Dracula 2000] because the studio said he was too cool, but when it came time to do a sequels they really wanted [to use] him as kind of 'where we left off' with the character and trying to figure out a way to get into him."

Lussier added that his version of Dracula plays upon the ambiguity in Stoker's original book and incorporates other interpretations of the character that have developed since his creation "He's this mythic figure that represents immortality, life, death, sex, all of those things. So it's a matter of finding an enigmatic character that can do that and have these kind of magical powers that everybody would like to have," he said. "Either you're trying to be him or you're desperate to kill him because secretly you want to be him. The character is just so enduring for a reason."

Lussier said that he and collaborator Joel Soisson (Hellraiser: Hellseeker) deliberately attempted to play off of Dracula's history to create a thoroughly modern tale of terror. "In the second Dracula, we kind of treated him as a science project, like his name is not even mentioned," Lussier said. "In the third one, it's very much: 'How do you update the character that has been filmed more than any other?' Our heroes have to venture across this landscape to find him, so we really walked into this Heart of Darkness, Apocalypse Now kind of story, that Drac is basically suffering from the ennui of the age." Dracula III: Legacy will come out on DVD on July 12.

Credit http://s3.invisionfree.com/BH_Enterprises/...?showtopic=5388
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Sinion Kabe
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I'm not a big fan of Vampire movies but my girlfriend is. I will have to let her know about this release.

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I will be checking it out for sure. Time will tell if it will be any good....
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Nuke
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sounds alright i spose
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