NADJA

4K restoration – director’s cut

Merging elements from DRACULA’S DAUGHTER (1936) with André Breton’s surrealist novel NADJA (1928), and fusing shimmering black-and-white 35mm with hallucinatory Pixelvision video, Michael Almereyda’s (TESLA, EXPERIMENTER, HAMLET) acclaimed cult film centers on New York-based vampire Nadja (Elina Löwensohn) as she draws close to her twin brother Edgar (Jared Harris) following their father’s death at the hands of Dr. Van Helsing (Peter Fonda). Edgar’s private nurse (Suzy Amis), Van Helsing’s nephew Jim (Martin Donovan), and Jim's wife (Galaxy Craze) are entangled in the story as the vampire killer pursues “the fiend” from Manhattan to Transylvania.

PROGRAMMER’S NOTE: Entirely produced by David Lynch, Michael Almereyda’s NADJA is a bold experiment in surrealist form. Loosely inspired by André Breton’s 1928 novel of the same name, the film’s use of black-and-white imagery and camcorder video enhances the uncanny atmosphere surrounding Elina Löwensohn’s hypnotic central performance. Lynch praised Almereyda as “one of the best independent, new wave directors in America.”