George Sluizer’s original 1988 version of The Vanishing is a thinking man’s suspense picture. It has the kind of creeping-up-behind-you dread that keeps you watching even when things on the screen are rather mundane (on the surface; this is a movie with tons of subtext), and its moments of tension are prolonged very satisfactorily. If the director’s own English language remake in 1993 took this golden source material and cheapened it somewhat, the original is still the real deal: a masterful examination of cunning evil masked by innocuousness.
Studio: Criterion
Distributed By: N/A
Video Resolution and Encode: 1080P/AVC
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audio: French 1.0 PCM (Mono)
Subtitles: English
Rating: Not Rated
Run Time: 1 Hr. 46 Min.
Package Includes: Blu-ray
keep caseDisc Type: BD50 (dual layer)
Region: A
Release Date: 10/28/2014
MSRP: $39.95
The Production Rating: 4.5/5
Video Rating: 4.5/5 3D Rating: NA
Audio Rating: 4/5
Special Features Rating: 3/5
Overall Rating: 4.5/5
Reviewed By: Matt Hough
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