"Haxan"
Posted: May 30th, 2008, 12:56 pm
CHECK IT OUT ON IFC TONIGHT!
Just like the witches in "Haxan," Danish filmmaker Benjamin Christensen tossed many clever ingredients into his pot and brought forth this provocative 1922 silent feature filmlook at witchcraft in the Middle Ages.
I don't know why this film doesn't have a larger following...It is campy and creepy and fun and freaky...The ultimate "midnight movie!"
Christensen bewitches, bothers and bewilders us with cool "witch" illustration slideshows and amazing photoplay recreations.
The photography, sets and costumes are sublime.
And what a terrific cast...The faces, bodies and "performances" are what you would expect to have seen in the Middle Ages.
I guess there are a few "versions." The "version" I possess (videotaped from TCM) has a great score. There's another "one" with narration by William Burroughs.
I do not have IFC-so I'm anxious for someone to let me know what I missed...
I am pleased that I have "Haxan" on the same VHS tape with the Val Lewton/ Mark Robson classic, "The Seventh Victim."
Just like the witches in "Haxan," Danish filmmaker Benjamin Christensen tossed many clever ingredients into his pot and brought forth this provocative 1922 silent feature filmlook at witchcraft in the Middle Ages.
I don't know why this film doesn't have a larger following...It is campy and creepy and fun and freaky...The ultimate "midnight movie!"
Christensen bewitches, bothers and bewilders us with cool "witch" illustration slideshows and amazing photoplay recreations.
The photography, sets and costumes are sublime.
And what a terrific cast...The faces, bodies and "performances" are what you would expect to have seen in the Middle Ages.
I guess there are a few "versions." The "version" I possess (videotaped from TCM) has a great score. There's another "one" with narration by William Burroughs.
I do not have IFC-so I'm anxious for someone to let me know what I missed...
I am pleased that I have "Haxan" on the same VHS tape with the Val Lewton/ Mark Robson classic, "The Seventh Victim."