Painting with Cinema Series: Nosferatu

In 1922, legendary German director FW Murnau stunned the world with his unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula. Facing a lawsuit from Stoker’s widow, a German high court ordered every copy of the film to be seized and destroyed. One copy survived in Los Angeles, and today the film is considered one of the greatest vampire films ever made. For over 100 years, the vampire Count Orlok has cast a terrifying shadow over all who dare cross his path in this classic work of German Expressionist cinema. Face your fears and experience the original gothic horror tale at the Laguna Art Museum, featuring a reception of small bites and refreshments, live music followed by a brief presentation by film professor and historian John Trafton.