Вампири авангарде: филмски вамп Луја Фе
Vampires of Avant-garde: Film Vamp by Lou Fe

Summary/Abstract: This paper is devoted to a comparison between the avant-garde and the traditional vampire image, using Louis Feuillade’s serial film Les Vampires (1915) as a case in point. Les Vampires are important both because of the time when they were created, as a literal vanguard, and as a polemic with commonplaces and traditional views of the vampire motif. By establishing a link with Fantômas, Feuillade’s previous serial, Les Vampires inherit and develop, to a certain extent, the aura of the masked avenger, the merciless robber, as well as connections with popular novels of the XIX century, which served as a template for both films. The paper also discusses the basic ties between the popular novel and film, on one side, and the Surrealist movement on the other, and singles out some elementary similarities: black humour, one of Surrealism’s most important legacies, and sensationalism, representing the common inheritance of the popular novel and Surrealism.

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