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It's pretty much the journey of the vampire, from mythological creature
of many an ancient civilisation through folklore and superstition to the
fan favourite among fictional creatures it has become in the 19th, 20th
and 21st century, with this film touching on John Polidori's The
Vampyre, Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla
and Bram Stoker's Dracula
as literary groundstones (while inexplicably leaving out the penny
dreadful Varney the Vampire, which might be of questionable quality
- yes, I've read the whole thing - but had an undeniable influence on
Stoker's later Dracula),
as well as later popular vampire fiction like Anne Rice's Interview
with a Vampire and Stephenie Meyer's Twilight-series,
then on the invasion of the vampire of both the big and the small screen
with films like Nosferatu, Dracula
from 1931, the Hammer
Dracula series, Buffy
the Vampire Slayer, True
Blood and The
Vampire Diaries, among many other representations ... Immortal
Obsession claims to be an entirely AI-generated documentary, with
filmmaker Brian Cunningham merely being the final editor when it came to
content - and one's quick to see the advantages and also limitations of
making a documentary like this. The main advantage being the sheer wealth
of information this film contains (despite some glaring holes) that's
bound to impress even vampire afficionado. But the wealth the film offers
is merely in breadth, not in depth, as the information often seems
unlinked to one another. Where the film really falls short though is when
it comes to its AI generated images: At best they look awfully generic, at
worst they look creepy for all the wrong reasons. And when the documentary
covers films and TV shows, not showing actual stills or clips from those
(even when explaining certain visuals) just feels odd and off. One still
has to praise the film for all the information packed into less than 80
minutes, but a little more of a human touch would have served it well.
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