{"product_id":"haxan-criterion","title":"HAXAN (CRITERION)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGrave 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecial Features and Technical Specs:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEW 2K RESTORATION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMusic from the original Danish premiere, arranged by film-music specialist Gillian Anderson and performed by the Czech Film Orchestra in 2001, presented in 5.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray and in Dolby Digital 5.0 on the DVD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudio commentary from 2001 featuring film scholar Casper Tybjerg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWitchcraft Through the Ages (1968), the seventy-six-minute version of Häxan, narrated by author William S. Burroughs, with a soundtrack featuring violinist Jean-Luc Ponty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirector Benjamin Christensen's introduction to the 1941 rerelease\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShort selection of outtakes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliothèque Diabolique: a photographic exploration of Christensen's historical sources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: An essay by critic Chris Fujiwara, remarks on the score by Anderson, and (Blu-ray only) an essay by scholar Chloé Germaine Buckley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CRITERION COLLECTION","offers":[{"title":"BLU-RAY","offer_id":48758732914907,"sku":null,"price":42.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/6379\/4395\/files\/78547_front.jpg?v=1778354010","url":"https:\/\/baystvideo.com\/products\/haxan-criterion","provider":"Bay Street Video","version":"1.0","type":"link"}