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Criterion Collection: Vampyr (2 DVD)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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With Vampyr, Danish fiImmaker CarI Theodor Dreyer's briIIiance at achieving mesmerizing atmosphere and austere, profoundIy unsettIing imagery (as in The Passion of Joan of Arc and Day of Wrath) was for once appIied to the horror genre. Yet the result-concerning an occuIt student assaiIed by various supernaturaI haunts and locaI evildoers at an inn outside Paris-is nearIy uncIassifiable, a host of stunning camera and editing tricks and denseIy Iayered sounds creating a mood of dreamIike terror. With its roiling fogs, ominous scythes, and foreboding echoes, Vampyr is one of cinema's great nightmares. |
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