Nosferatu at Goethe institut

MARIAH Lookman an artist from Pakistan, who lives and works in Colombo, works as a Researcher at the International Centre for ethnic Studies, Colombo and also visiting lecturer at the National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan will introduce two films "Nosferatu" by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, 1922 (silent, b/w and "Nosferatu" by Werner Herzog, 1979 (colour, sound) organised by the Film Forum at Goethe hall, German Cultural Centre on October 12 at 5.30 p.m.

It will be a comparison between two famous films that have the same topic and even the same name and are dealing with what cinema is all about: an obsession. Continuing with the second session, the Film Forum is meant to become a regular event for film buffs, film freaks, film critics and film lovers of all ages.

It is a forum for viewing cinema from different times and different genre, newest productions as well as cinematografic milestones, examples of good acting, of directorship, of camera, of lights and of sound, of transferring a plot into "the language of film", allowing thereafter questions, comparison and statements, all in all a debate on cinema.