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Sammy 2022-08-16 18:28:03
"The Witch"-a victim of faith in the past
It seems that the earlier the film is, the more handy it is to play with montage art. The filming method of the film is absolutely eye-catching. In addition to allowing the imagination in the brain to be presented to the audience in an overlapping manner on the screen, there are even fast-reversed...
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Garett 2022-08-16 20:44:03
Transfer from NGA Introduction
One of the most fascinating works in the history of cinema is Christensen's visually stunning study of witchcraft, a blend of fictionalized vignettes and nonfiction texts exploring medieval sorcery practice. Frequently evoking paintings by Bosch, Häxan conveys a sense of dark emotion let loose on a...
Benjamin Christensen
Extended Reading
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Chief Inquisitor: Listen, Maria the Weaver, did you also see the devil put his mark on the witches' foreheads?
Marie, the Seamstress: Oh, learned men, I saw the witches kiss the evil one on his behind. And the mother of Anna, the printer's wife, wished me a scalding death - that damned woman, I saw her kissing the evil one so tenderly...
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Narrator (1968 re-release): The "painful interrogation" preferably began with a "lighter" torture: the Thumb-screw, for example. One of my actresses insisted on trying the Thumb-screw when we shot these pictures. I will not reveal the terrible confessions I forced from the young lady in less than a minute.
[see PHOTOS section]
