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 Haxan - Witchcraft Through The Ages (DVD)
Description: Genre: Documentary / Theatrical Release: 1922 / Director: Benjamin Christensen / DVD released 24 September, 2007 at ... more  Haxan - Witchcraft Through The Ages (DVD) ... Tartan Video / Features of the DVD: PALNewest Review: ... appears to be slightly too fast and a bit jerky because standardised camera speeds only became necessary with the invention ... more ... of synchronised sound. Haxan isn't too bad in that respect.
It begins with a short lecture on the origins of witchcraft and medieval cosmology, illustrated with various woodcuts and engravings. This isn't terribly exciting, although there's a fabulous model of Hell with about a million moving parts. But soon enough we move onto the good stuff. Old crones using body parts in sinister recipes. The Devil seducing maidens with his long fingers and vigorously-pumped butter churn. Flying around on broomsticks, black mass...more |
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Haxan - Witchcraft Through The Ages (DVD): "This is how the Persians pictured the origins of disease... ... (1008 words)
by hogsflesh - written on 19.03.08 (Very useful, 87 readings)
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A review of the Tartan DVD. This is one of the oddest films ever. A silent film made in Denmark in 1922, it's a documentary-cum-horror-film about witchcraft. Genre was pretty vague in the silent era, with neither horror films nor documentaries existing as we'd recognise them today. The very earliest films were factual (they were basically moving photographs). A little later, directors would 'restage' notable events (like the coronation of Edward VIII) using actors. Even what are regarded as the first 'proper' documentaries, like Nanook of the North, were largely staged. Haxan is a curious combination of lecture and re-enactment. Some sequences were definitely ...
