In an era where CGI was beginning to take over (think Jurassic Park just a year later), Coppola made a radical choice: he banned the use of computer-generated imagery.
The film lives and breathes through Gary Oldman’s performance. He portrays Dracula in multiple stages: the ancient, withered husk in a red silk robe; the dashing, young dandy in London; and the monstrous wolf-beast.
To build the impossible, crumbling architecture of Castle Dracula.
Here is a deep dive into the cinematic legacy of this film and why it remains a Gothic masterpiece decades later.
To give the landscapes a surreal, painterly quality.