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UNIVERSITE MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

BORDEAUX 3

HYBRIDITY AND INFLUENCES

IN MODERN VAMPIRE FILMS:

BLADE & UNDERWORLD

Master 2

Matthieu GANDIN

Mémoire dirigé par M. BAILLON

2009/2010

HYBRIDITY AND INFLUENCES

IN MODERN VAMPIRE FILMS:

BLADE & UNDERWORLD

This research project would not have been possible without the support of my

supervisor Mr Baillon. I am heartily thankful to him for always being available and

understanding, and for his patience and invaluable assistance from the initial to the final

level of this study.

I owe my deepest appreciation to my graduate friend Jeffrey for helping me with the

translation of this writing and to my friend Fabrice for his good advice on vocabulary and

cinematic terms. And special thanks to my friends Alex, Seph, Daniel and Ashe for their

great knowledge about cinema, video games, mangas and Anime – among other things.

I offer my regards and blessings to all of those who supported me in any respect

during the completion of this project. Most importantly, I express all my love and gratitude

to my family for their endless love and support. Finally, I wish to thank my parents and my

uncle Franck for being open-minded and not having everybody's tastes. Thanks for all

those amazing films you recorded that I was able to watch as a child. I guess my passion