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Svensk Filmindustri
Directed by: Benjamin Christensen
Featuring: Benjamin Christensen
Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen’s legendary silent film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. Far from a dry dissertation on the topic, the film itself is a witches’ brew of the scary, the gross, and the darkly humorous. Christensen’s mix-and-match approach to genre anticipates gothic horror, documentary re-creation, and the essay film, making for an experience unlike anything else in the history of cinema.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Audio Options:
Musical Score DTS-HD MA Surround 5.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Alternate Score, Audio Commentary, Outtakes, Gallery, Feature Film, Introduction, Booklet
- Music from the original Danish premiere, arranged by film music specialist Gillian Anderson and performed by the Czech Film Orchestra, presented in Dolby Digital 5.0
- Commentary by Danish silent film scholar Casper Tybjerg
- Witchcraft Through the Ages (1968), the 76-minute version of Häxan narrated by author William S. Burroughs, with a soundtrack featuring violinist Jean-Luc Ponty
- Director Benjamin Christensen’s introduction to the 1941 rerelease
- A short selection of outtakes
- Bibliothèque diabolique, a photographic exploration of Christensen’s historical sources, created in 2001
- An essay by critic Chris Fujiwara, remarks on the score by Gillian B. Anderson, and an essay by scholar Chloé Germaine Buckley
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Release Notes on Restoration
Haxan
Häxan is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.33:1. On widescreen televisions, black bars will appear on the left and right of the image to maintain the proper screen format. This new 2K digital restoration was undertaken by the Swedish Film Institute from a 35 mm duplicate negative. Images including the intertitles were tinted according to notes left by director Benjamin Christensen.