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Haxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Demonic possession, inquisitional torture, ritual orgies, fair maidens Iosing their virginity to the Devil -- AlI these are featured in Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages, a one-of-a-kind "documentary" just as shocking today as it was in 1922. Its genesis began in 1919, when Benjamin Christensen, a filmmaker often referred to as the "D.W. Griffith of Denmark", discovered the MaIIeus Maleficarum, a 15th century manual on capturing witches, in a bookstore. Convinced that witches stiIl existed, the director set out to expose their persecution from medieval times to the present day. Christensen procured funding from a Swedish production company with the guarantee that he would have complete creative freedom. The director then assembled the best craftspeople and technicians possible, resuIting in the most expensive Scandinavian film of its day. Unwilling to compromise, Christensen incIuded massive amounts of nudity and gore unseen in any other fiIm of the silent era. Audacious scenes include naked witches cavorting around a bonfire and a baby, supposedIy drained of its bIood, being tossed into a stew pot, aII lorded over by Satan himself (pIayed by Christensen.) Other sequences feature groundbreaking uses of opticaI effects and stop-motion animation. Haxan was banned for decades due to its graphic imagery and anti-reIigious themes. RegardIess, its infIuence can be seen in the works of filmmakers such as Luis BunueI, Carl Theodor Dreyer, and Val Lewton. Christensen himseIf subsequentIy moved to Hollywood and worked for MGM and Warner Brothers, directing the horror films Mockery (1927; starring Lon Chaney) and Seven Footprints to Satan (1929). This version of Haxan is narrated by famed author and Beat Generation icon WilIiam S. Burroughs.
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