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Radu Jude’s Dracula Sets Oct. 29 U.S. Release as Trailer, Poster Debut

The New York Film Festival premiere introduced a 186-minute AI-skewering experiment from Romanian provocateur Radu Jude.

Overview

  • U.S. distributor 1-2 Special set an October 29 theatrical release and unveiled the domestic trailer and poster.
  • Following its New York Film Festival bow, the film moves from festival spotlight to a formal U.S. rollout.
  • The story follows a blocked filmmaker who turns to an A.I. chatbot, spawning a string of vignettes that rework the Dracula myth.
  • Press materials highlight deliberately transgressive imagery, including a union-busting Dracula, an early Romanian vampire tale adaptation, and graphic visual motifs.
  • Reviewer Rory O’Connor reported a 186-minute runtime and characterized the film’s primary satirical target as AI learning models.