Why is there cardboard in Dracula?
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- Опубликовано: 2 ноя 2017
- Extreme Nerdy Horror Trivia! In the classic 1931 Dracula starring Bela Lugosi, why is there a piece of cardboard on a lamp? An error, or was it actually something intentional? #retro #retrogaming #nes #snes #jamesrolfe #mikematei #atari #playthrough #gameplay #gamereview
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Why is there so much Dracula in my cardboard movie?
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As long as emojis aren't involved, I'd be willing to watch The Cardboard Movie.
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It was meant to confuse people 80 years later
Yep, it could very well be among the top 10 troll moves of all time.
It's kind of trippy to think that the 30s were 80 years ago. It'll be the 20s all over again soon.
It has something to do with a fertility cult!
Sean Gearhart The second part of your thought is even more trippy!
As good of an answer as any.
The horrifying truth is that the cardboard wasn't there when the film was released. Soon, it will start showing up in other films too.
It's Going to Become a Famous Slasher Villain Soon.
I saw the cardboard in Blade Runner just the other night. It has begun.
@Fawk Yuu get that garbage out if here
Did you type out of here or out if here, the effect is spreading XD
@Fawk Yuu The Mandela Effect is just an excuse for idiots with bad memories.
My grandmother, Doris Vogt (nee Naparstek) was a nurse in the 1950s, and she can confirm this was a common practice, especially with patients that had a weak constitution.
Makes sense. Not everyone would really need to do something like this so there probably wouldn't be as much demand for a full-on fixture. Besides, if you can get by with just a thing of cardboard and a clip then you don't really need to pay extra for a more proper device, right?
@@dethhollow A crew member should have had the foresight to have it removed because they believed this common practice would not exist in the future - a place where lamps have dimming switches.
"Hey get that cardboard outta there! The future people won't understand it !"
I still do it with my lamp whem im on my pc to light up my keyboard but not my face
@@nessnake123 I've put a folded pillow case on a lampshade before in the same manner. Just never used cardboard.
we still do shit like this in care giving esp if the resident needs 24/7 1:1 awake staff. who's gonna sit in the dark? not us
Only James Rolfe would make a 10 minute video on fucking cardboard.
You know whats buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuullshit?! -Cardboard!
fucking cardboard? Sounds like a Troma clip.
John Bender somebody tell Lloyd to get on it
Hugh Turner He can also turn The Berenstæin Bears into a discussion about alternate realities.
I just said the same fucking thing😂😂😂😂😂
According to my Grandmother, that was in fact a practice of nurses. But cardboard was not used. When my Great Grandmother got very sick and a nurse was needed at the house for a time, what was used was a spare pillow case folded in half and then pined on the lap shade with a cloths pin. Hope this sheds some light on the subject (pun completely intended)
spwolftech I *had* to like your comment, simply for the intentional pun 😘
I wish your comment would get pinned. :(
Interpreted by the lighting crew as a hunk of cardboard with a lighting clamp
@@targetedindividual7931 well...the idea is "anything" just use anything.
And just being from another hospital from having another kid...i notice that every time i was in a hospital at night, there are dimmed lights close to and around the patient.
They didn't have dimmers back then..and even at home, growing up in the 90s, my family used things like sheets, paper, books etc, to make a lamp not so bright.
Not something I personally would remember enough to put in a movie if I were to direct one.
So maybe it's a culmination of a lot.
Lights for the shot and dimming for the patient...AND it was forgotten to be moved for certain shots
In the film 'Carry On Nursing' from the late 50s they use a clip board.
I just watched a 10 minute video on cardboard. And enjoyed it.
MoreConsole didn't expect to see you here
I mean damn... I'm subbed to you
Well thats what james rofle does
I never expected to see you here
Isn't the internet great
Next year, for my Halloween costume , I'm going as that Dimming arrangement.
hahahahaha! That really made me laugh!!! So sweetie, what do you want to go as for Trick or Treating? I wanna be a dimming arrangement. LOL
@@Manish_3333 the future is now, old man!
Chris....No Soup for you! Just Snickers Fun Size candy bars and Candy Corns.
Pics or it didn't happen.
The time has come.
Easy explanation for this: people from the 1930’s couldn’t see cardboard.
Dracula can't see his reflection in the cardboard!!!!!
cardboard blind
I'm actually a little surprised it had been invented by then.
The simplest explanation is always the right one
Or: cardboard was so newback then, that the filmmakers thought it would make the movie indefinitely more interesting and give it a sci-fi touch.
That cardboard is the holy grail of movie collectibles.
I own that piece of cardboard now and would happily part with it for 1,000 US dollars.. or best offer.
If you watch the movie through a mirror, you can't see the cardboard
You can’t see Dracula either
Legend has it, the cardboard isn’t in the movie when you watch it in a church
Lugosi also mysteriously vanishes as well.
this was a common practice, my grand parents used to do this, except they typically used a pillow case
a 10 minute video on a piece of cardboard in a dracula movie analyzed at every possible angle is the most 'jame's thing' i think i have seen to date and i love it.
the person in the video
TigerU85 He wasn't asking who it was. He was making fun of your mistake. You said "Jame's" when it should be "James".
I think the correct spelling would be "James's thing"
*facepalm
Ossi Peltonen That's not even correct. It would be James'.
BCE - what is the meaning of life?
1100 - why do we desire the truth?
1600 - why do objects fall down?
2017 - why is there cardboard in Dracula?
Some of life's biggest questions.
I effing love this!😂💙💙💙
bc
finally we talking bout stuff thats important
It would seem at long last we're narrowing life's mysteries down to the questions that truly matter.
Cardboard, the true villain of classic film.
Or The True Star.
It has it's own IMDB page and everythin'
@@PaulScollon is that right
What a rollercoaster of emotions this video was!
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The video I never knew I wanted!
It's not the video you deserve, but it's the video you need.
My mother told me that when she was little, my grandfather used to put a paper sheet in front of her lamp when she was ill.
it definitely looks like a "nursing thing" the nurse is there, taking care of her, it looks like one of those "old believes from people" like dimming a light so they can get better or something of the sort
Why would you do that instead of shutting off the light? Did people not know how to shut off lights back then?
A lot of electrical devices simply didn't have on & off switches. But certainly not dimming switches. Might be the case.
But was the sheet of paper in the shape of Kansas or Washington State? The people need to know!
@@hoodedman6579Did you not listen at all?
My great grandmother, passed away in 98, was born in 1903 and I remember her doing this for all my childhood.
The bulk of the cardboard keeps Dracula framed in darkness, while the curved bite out of it was so that his face remained lit.
"Bite out of it". Good one!
a discussion on a piece of cardboard by James Rolfe is still more entertaining than 99.9938% of the videos in youtube
it's far better than most Dracula remakes since 1931
[Citation needed]
@@WarpRulez better than logan paul
Well put 😄
And still a better love story than Twilight. -Nick Clem
It's always fun to watch James talking about horror movies.
or random cardboards
even if the films are shit
Sumin, of course!
These videos are my favorite - James talking about stuff.
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you know what is eerie? I have a copy of the Dracula novel with a cover made out of CARDBOARD!
OMG that sent chills up and down me spine!!! LOL
I love it that we spend so much time considering something about which someone at the production company probably said, "don't worry too much about it. Nobody is going to notice anyway."
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@@mariehansberry4096 Are you OK, was that an error, or were you just screwing around on your keyboard? If it's the latter, please don't do that.
I would love a new series from James where he just talks about movie oddities like this
The Negotiator good idea
I second this
Him and CinemaSins should do a collab on it.
James Rolfe: Ace Attorney
Yeah! Would remove the sour taste of the playlist series.
Now that is awesome; Dracula's most famous pose is attributed to a missing shot where he's guarding his sight from wolfsbane as a nurse leaves the room..
Fun Fact: Draculas' coffin was made of cardboard.
How does one obtain cardboard that strong? It looked like a permanent material!
@@Skitrex I guess you never saw the corrugated cardboard people use to pack heavy furniture.
Well you can get modern cardboard coffins to be buried in. Dracula, eco warrior!
False. Corrected fact: Dracula's coffin was made out of dimming arrangements.
Vampires die unless they are in close proximity to cheap cardboard.
James talking and explaining about a bloody piece of cardboard somehow ends up being more intriguing and entertaining than any video of mainstream films and TV series theories on RUclips combined.
The way he delivers his lines and pauses for emphasis absolutely hypnotizes me.
James is great
This video is more interesting than some big budget pictures (Geostorm anyone?)
Its talent matures day by day.
Probably because he did actual research, deeply cares about the subject material and isn't in it to just bait clicks from YT's main page or side bar.
That cardboard was recycled and became the box of Castlevania 2
You know I played castlevania 2 on the nes and the only thing I did not think that was a bad part of the game and the only thing I hate about that game is It's one of those where the fuck do I go kind of games
Don't talk bollocks.
@@jeremy3261 What a horrible night to have a curse.
_SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LET ME PLAY!_
Simon's quest brings back violent memories.
Why was it there? As my dad would say “just to piss you off”
Dang my would say the same thing.
greetings from finland, this video has been featured on a major daily magazine over here. you've officially made it big haha.
Wait, what?
Whats the magazine called
Sauce
Is there a link??
ANSWER US DAMN YOU!!!!!!
This is interesting because I work in the hospital and do something like this when i have to sit with a patient over night. We are not suppose to have any lights on but sitting in the dark for hours on end will make you fall asleep. So if there is a lamp in the room I will tape a cross word puzzle book cover on the lamp shade to block the light from the patient. Then I can read a book or what ever. I dont know if this is something they did back in the day but it is something that i do.
They put the cardboard there to fuck with us.
That's not a bad theory.
I once actually said years ago "wow, James could probably make a simple piece of cardboard sound interesting" and it appears that I was correct.
I feel like James is the only person who could make a 10 minute video about cardboard interesting.
you've never seen @thereportoftheweek then!
What about "How It's Made?"
I hope to see cardboard in the AVGN Movie sequel.
Julian de la Peña agreed!!!
Zorak The Jerk no he dose
Aitor Molina put a piece of cardboard on a lamp
I hope to never see an AVGN movie sequel.
Have it be the main villain XD
Why is there cardboard in my room
Klay-Kremling And why do you wear a mask?
Why is there Dracula in my room?
bad parenting?
clearly its mistake
Those are your walls, ceiling and floor dude
Mandela Effect - We are living in the universe where the cardboards were left in the scenes by accident.
Somewhere out there is an universe where there are no cardboards in the movie.
In another universe entirely, there is no such thing as cardboard...
I always thought it was cool that Bela Lugosi who played dracula in this movie is my Great Great Uncle.
Cool
@MrSysdump
Universal is producing a Cardboard movie for the dark universe.
Metal Gear that is!
It would be better than the mummy movie
In all the decades I have watched this, I NEVER noticed the cardboard. It even changed shape between scenes.
It was in the SCRIPT!
Hahaha. That is awesome, especially after reading some of the comments from people who did not finish the video.
Dracula VR, for Google cardboard!
I'd buy that for tree fiddy.
I know that this is totally unrelated but your profile pic... I swear my friend has a clone of that cat.
Or Nintendo Labo.
"No matter what I say, there's contradictions" - life, in a nutshell.
fearlessjoebanzai bro, I can't thumbs up this hard enough.
FUN FACT: Had J.R.R. Tolkien lived, the next book in the Lord of the Rings series would have been called The Dimming Arrangement.
Book 5 would be The Dim Awakens....
@@VampireJack10 If it's book five wouldn't it be "The Cardboard Strikes Back"? : )
@@idontlikesports nah, Cardboard Of The Rings.
That sounds a lot more like C.S. Lewis to be honest...
We grew up in an old house and the way some of the wall were, the staircase, etc just "didn't make sense" when I would compare them to newer homes. My parents used to say, "the people in the 1850's didn't build this house for someone in the 1990's" and I think that logic can be applied here. Yes, it's a piece of cardboard and looks out of place to us but to the audience this movie was made for, this would have made perfect sense to them. We can't judge the past based on our modern perception of reality when they didn't live in that reality.
Exactly. Looking at any history through a present day lense will always lead to a bad interpretation of facts. I'm thinking of these so-called 'time travellers' in Charlie Chaplin movies. We've lost the historical context, but that doesn't mean there's some grand conspiracy hiding in plain sight. And in a hundred years, future generations will look at our media, and try to work 'what hell were we thinking doing such-and-such...'
lol it probably was intentional, but why the 'dimming arangment' had to be a piece of cardboard in the shape of Kansas, I just cant fathom.
I almost feel like cardboard hadn't been invented yet, it looks so out of place. It doesn't strike me as a house where there are just random piece of cardboard lying around.
Great Depression
In another shot it's in the shape of Washington
Damn thing is the shape AND size of Kansas!
And twice as ugly! ;p
What if James travel in time and put that cardboard in the lamp....
nintendo Granfan top 10 movie plot twist
definitely the most sensible use of a time machine ever
The same time-machine he used to go back and change Bearenstein to Bearenstain.
"Why was there cardboard in Dracula?" Because gold was too expensive.
You see... having cardboard tombstones was a common practice back in the day
I'm glad you've brought this issue... to light.
Damn it!
I was about to write this
YYYYYYYEEEEAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I read that in Bela Lugosi's voice...
I see what you did there CTFU
*Puts on sunglasses*
Collector's should watch out for counterfeit cardboard
*Collectors
"Dracula, 1931.
The epitome of classic chillers. The movie that started the Golden Age of horror, created the definitive icon of the popular vampire.
...has a big piece of ripped up cardboard hanging off a lamp."
James Rolfe-Nov 3,2017
I just watched a 10 minute video about a piece of cardboard in a movie.
A testament to the power of James' fascinating commentary.
Tackling the important issues of the day.
This is the most mysterious cardboard... is a sentence I never thought I’d say.
Why isn't there cardboard in more movies in general? Such an underutilized piece of material.
You don't watch many low budget films apparently.
What do you mean? I've seen Nicolas Cage in tons of movies.
I've always felt that way.
Simplest explanation: Bela Lugosi invented break dancing and needed a piece of cardboard nearby in case he wanted to bust a move.
Okay I'm into this theory 😂
Every time I get an Amazon delivery I can make myself a nice "dimming arrangement." Oh joy!
I bet the cardboard ended up in the briefcase from Pulp Fiction
It Went On to Become Very Successful In Film & Television. The Cardboard Even Got It's Own Star On the HOLLYWOOD Walk of Fame.
Dracula doesnt like light so he clamps cardboard on the lamps
The cardboard is always different because the humans keep throwing it away, forcing Drac to replace it from the stash he keeps under his cape.
cardboard is poormans garlic
Now I imagine him sneaking in to the bedroom every night to replace the cardboard. Eventually, people stop throwing it away and Dracula can finally walk around without the cape in front of his face.
True vampires don't like sunlight and light.
Cue the count. "One! Yes! One! cardboard screen! AH HA HA HA HA HA HA"
dracula: the mystery of the cardboard lamp
I fucking loved this video. I didn't know about any of this or the debate over cardboard in Dracula. More Extreme Nerdy Horror Trivia please!
Imagine if an old episode of the nerd had an ugly piece of cardboard to cover a lamp to homage this and we never noticed, that would blow my mind.
We all know he's capable of it. Maybe it's his way of sending a hint.
Gotta go back and watch the dracula episode of avgn and see if I see anything
If anyone finds this please let me know, my mind would also be blown lol
Plot twist: There's a piece of cardboard over a lamp in every single AVGN episode
It was left in the scene as a tribute to Drac's homeland.
The Cardboardthian Mountains....
Just off of the cardboardgo pass...
Brilliant! Mystery Solved!!!!
I always thought the cardboard was there to protect Dracula from the light. Then I realised that nobody anticipated his arrival so it wouldn’t make sense.
This is the greatest discussion of cardboard in a dracula movie of all time
it might be sloppy but in Metropolis, in a scene the protagonist is ill, there is that same contraption you spoke about
Biel Bestué de Luna Not to mention that Karl Freund, the main cinematographer in the production of Metropolis, was also the cinematographer for Dracula. Maybe there’s a connection.
It really is, directly fitted to the lamps itself, so definitely a feature and not a goof.
I heard that you cannot see vampires reflection in cardboard.
It even looks like Dracula had a hard time working around the damn thing and bit a chunk off of it.
That cardboard has to be there to properly light the room or else Dracula will be sent back to an alternate dimenshon.
The cardboard is the key to all of this
Because he’s a funnier character that we ever had before
That's my Halloween costume sorted. I'm going to be the mysterious bit of cardboard in Dracula. ;)
Remember to do it. It's October now!
He does cover his face earlier when he sees the cross in the castle scene.
I love that it’s November and thanks to James I can still get REAL horror content. I was so freakin’ happy when I saw this uploaded.
Now this is the Cinemassacare content I live for 👍👍👍
I'm gonna be honest James, this video was a fucking roller coaster from beginning to end. This has to be one of my favorite lost media videos.
When I was little the nurse placed pajama bottoms on the lamp to dim it and almost burned the house down.
I wish our news media put this much investigation into things
I honestly believe they probably wanted to use something else as the dimming arrangement, could not find anything, were in a hurry and just threw the cardboard up there because it was laying around.
"Look what you doing Barry, a piece of cardboard in Dracula!"
“Hey! I recognize that piece of cardboard”
I rather want to know whats the Deal with those Vampire Bees.
Plot Twist: The bees were foreshadowing to the 2006 Wicker Man. It was just delayed by 75 years.
BEES?! NOT THE BEES! NOT THE BEES! Aaaaaaaa-ghhhhffyfhxcnjj!!!
its actually a potato bug
They put the cardboard so people would talk about it in the future.
3:50 on: They removed the wall for the scene that shows Lugosi face-on. Set walls are often very light, and very easy to move; it means they can be stored for re-used. I know this because I've studied stagecraft.
Oh my god I'm loving this! This is a treat, such attention to detail and research. Good time specifications as well. Just bravo.
Chekhov’s cardboard
He's a sexy beast ^^
Flame of Udun my god you are everywere!
Flame of Udun I bet Billy edited this video.
Investigate cardboard
I don't get it what does Chekov's cardboard mean
Obviously, the lampshade had a copywritten logo on it, so the cardboard was put there to cover it!
Looks like the state of Washington in, at least, one shot.
Never before in history has there been so much philosophical commentary about a piece of paper. It is a privilege to be able to participate.
the cardboard looks like Washington state.
I thought so too...
And both "Washington" and "werewolve" start with "W". Coincidence?
Absolutely. Plus it's a a vampire movie anyways.
Lol true
Every piece of cardboard looks like an American state.
Torn and out of place?
James in a V-Neck?! Who is this guy?!!!!
And he has a tattoo too...lol.
James has had tattoos for years you just never see them with the nerd shirts
Or a woman lol
I blame Polybius.
Fair enough lol
Draculas cape pose being misconstrued is exactly like how frankensteins iconic walk is really because Igor is blind in his body
Is a known fact the vampires love cardboard
This is very interesting but... Dammit James, how the hell am I supposed to watch Dracula now knowing there's a stupid piece of cardboard in it?
The Cardboard is the Best Actor In the Movie.
@PhillipMargrave It is cardboard, but it's also a light dimming device to help Mina feel better. It's cardboard that serves a purpose and has a very good reason for being there.
But anyway, adjusting the light with the cardboard is an easy, fast, and effective way. You can throw it away right after you use it. Of course, it is a bit of a flaw as a movie props.
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That's my sons flat Stanley. He went back in time, and appeared in Dracula movies. I hope he gets an 'A'
I love these kinds of videos so much. I hope James keeps making more like this.
These videos have to be my favorite content