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Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (Criterion Collection, Both 1922 & 1968 Versions)

Director: Benjamin Christensen

Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (Criterion

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CRIT 134D

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DVD Features:

Includes Witchcraft Through the Ages (1968): The 76-minute version of Haxan, Narrated by William S. Burroughs, with a Soundtrack Featuring Jean-Luc Ponty
New Digital, Speed-Corrected Transfer of the Swedish Film Institute's Tinted Restoration
Commentary by Danish Silent Film Scholar Casper Tybjerg
Benjamin Christensen's Introduction to the 1941 Re-Release
Outtakes
Rated: Unrated
Closed captioning available
Run Time: 1 hours, 44 minutes
Video: Black & White
Released: October 16, 2001
Originally Released: 1920
Label: Criterion
Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
Packaging: Keep Case
Single Side - Dual Layer
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:

Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround - English

Additional Release Material:

Introduction: Benjamin Christensen
Audio Commentary: Casper Tybjerg (Scholar)

Features:

HAXAN (1922 Swedish version with English subtitles; 104 mins)
WITCHCRAFT THROUGH THE AGES (1968 version with narration by William S. Burroughs; 74 mins)

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Directed by

Benjamin Christensen

Entertainment Reviews:

Uncut - 09/01/2007
4 stars out of 5 -- "[The film] gives an eerie sense of actually having been made during the 15th and 16th centuries."

Description by OLDIES.com:

Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the middle ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. But the film itself is far from serious - instead it's a witches' brew of the scary, gross, and darkly humorous. The Criterion Collection is proud to present two versions of this genre-defying "documentary," for the first time ever on DVD.

Product Description:

An terrifying assault on the eyes, Benjamin Christensen's 1922 documentary is a landmark film of witchery, possession, and sadism. Originally released under the Swedish title HAXAN, this eerie, unusual film experience uses seven chapters to illustrate a history of myths and beliefs regarding the occult. The film uses animation, creature effects, nightmarish sets, reenactments of satanic rituals and intense sexual imagery to weave a tale that ranges from being darkly humorous to severely disturbing. The original version ran 104 minutes and exists both in black and white and in a tinted Swedish Film Institute version.

HAXAN is commonly available as the re-cut WITCHCRAFT THROUGH THE AGES, a version that runs 74 minutes. Voice over narration by William S. Burroughs and a score by Jean-Luc Ponty in this cut only strengthened the film's status as a cult classic.

Plot Keywords:

Demonic Possession | Occult | Vintage | Witches And Wizards

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Sales Rank: 66,266
UPC: 037429161722
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