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MOVIE SUMMARY
Hurry, the dead travel fast...
Following their father’s death at the hands of Dr. Van Helsing (Peter Fonda), New York-based vampire Nadja (Elina Löwensohn) and her devoted companion Renfield (Karl Geary) are drawn close to her estranged and ailing twin brother Edgar (Jared Harris). As Van Helsing pursues this “fiend” from Manhattan to Transylvania, his nephew Jim (Martin Donovan), Jim’s wife Lucy (Galaxy Craze), and Edgar’s private nurse Cassandra (Suzy Amis) are all drawn into an escalating battle between bloodlines.
Merging elements from Lambert Hillyer’s Dracula’s Daughter (1936) with André Breton’s landmark surrealist novel Nadja (1928), writer-director Michael Almereyda conjures a rare vampire film steeped in many genres, yet beholden to none. Executed produced by David Lynch, Nadja fuses shimmering black-and-white 35mm with hallucinatory Pixelvision video, creating one of the most inspired visions to emerge from the 90s independent cinema movement.
DISC FEATURES
- Newly scanned and restored in 4K by Arbelos and Grasshopper Film
- New interview with star Elina Löwensohn
- New interview with producer Mary Sweeney
- New interview with producer Amy Hobby
- New interview with cinematographer Jim Denault
- New interview with composer Simon Fisher-Turner
- New interview with filmmaker Bertrand Mandico
- Booklet featuring writing by writer-director Michael Almereyda
- Three films directed by Almereyda shot in Pixelvision: Aliens (1993), At Sundance (1995, co-directed with Hobby), and The Rocking Horse Winner (1997)
- U.S. theatrical re-release trailer
- Stereo and 5.1 audio mixes
REVIEWS:
"Before Sinners, There Was Nadja—the Most Stylish Vampire Movie of the 1990s"
- Jordan Hoffman, Vanity Fair
“Does any movie await cult recognition more than Michael Almereyda’s Nadja?” – Nick Newman, Le Cinéma Club
“Nadja is oddball, brainy, and sensational looking…A droll, lyrical romance, steeped in the poetry of urban funk.” – J. Hoberman, Premiere
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