Haxan (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]

Description: Johannes Andersen, Benjamin Christensen, Kate Fabian. A darkly humorous tale of possessed nuns, witches and psychiatric patients. 1922/b&w/104 min/NR/fullscreen. Witchcraft through the ages is explored with dark wit in this silent classic. Writer-director Benjamin Christensen uses a historical study of witchcraft as a jumping-off point for a fascinating film that is part science, part horror, and part social commentary. This Criterion edition uses a beautiful print, a rearrangement of music from the original Danish premiere, and the original Swedish intertitles (with subtitles). Goodies include commentary by Danish film scholar Casper Tybjerg, the option of watching a narrated version without intertitles, and test shots from the film. The test shots, in particular, give insight into the early filmmaking process, as when Christensen uses his own image to try out (and reject) a flying effect. This is a worthy edition to the collection of fans of horror films, silent films, and film in general. --Ali Davis

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ISBN: 0780024583

EAN: 9780780024588

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Brand: CRJ0W

UPC: 003742916172

GTIN: 00037429161722

Director: Benjamin Christensen

Studio: Criterion Collection

Format: DVD

Movie/TV Title: Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (Criterion Collection)

Sub-Genre: Drama-Classics (Silent Films)

Genre: Horror