Häxan
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2019.
Format: Blu-ray Disc
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Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary silent film anticipates gothic horror, documentary re-creation, and the essay film, making for an experience unlike anything else in cinema. Silent film with Swedish intertitles.
Other Authors:
Christensen, Benjamin, 1879-1959.
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.
Humair, Daniel.
Janus Films.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Christensen, Benjamin, 1879-1959.
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.
Humair, Daniel.
Janus Films.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
ISBN:
9781681436456
UPC: 715515235617
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BD PARANORMAL Haxan | Blythewood | Blu-ray Disc | In |
10/15/2019
Blu-ray disc.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1922.
Features: music from the 1922 Danish premiere, arranged by film-music specialist Gillian B. Anderson and performed by the Czech Film Orchestra in 2001; audio commentary from 2001 featuring film scholar Casper Tybjerg; Witchcraft through the ages (1968, 76 min.) alternate version of Häxan narrated by author William S. Burroughs, with a soundtrack featuring violinist Jean-Luc Ponty; director Benjamin Christensen's introduction to the 1941 re-release; outtakes; "Bibliothèque diabolique," a photographic exploration of Christensen's historical sources, created in 2001.
Director, Benjamin Christensen.
Benjamin Christensen, Astrid Holm.
Blu-ray.
Silent audio; English subtitles.
English dialogue; English subtitles.
Blu-ray disc.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1922.
Features: music from the 1922 Danish premiere, arranged by film-music specialist Gillian B. Anderson and performed by the Czech Film Orchestra in 2001; audio commentary from 2001 featuring film scholar Casper Tybjerg; Witchcraft through the ages (1968, 76 min.) alternate version of Häxan narrated by author William S. Burroughs, with a soundtrack featuring violinist Jean-Luc Ponty; director Benjamin Christensen's introduction to the 1941 re-release; outtakes; "Bibliothèque diabolique," a photographic exploration of Christensen's historical sources, created in 2001.
Director, Benjamin Christensen.
Benjamin Christensen, Astrid Holm.
Blu-ray.
Silent audio; English subtitles.
English dialogue; English subtitles.