dana martin
Senior HTF Member
First Time Viewing
27. Häxan
I had seen a brief snippet of the 4K restoration of this online, after Criterion had announced that they were going to release this. And that restoration definitely lives up to the hype beautiful print with appropriately associated music. Told in a series of seven vignettes, from medieval times until the early 20th century. All this is based on research filmed between 1919-1921. Told in a nice linear format, We are shown a progression , and given information with an approximation of how many were killed due to the persecution of possible witchcraft, as the progression goes on to where it gets to the end of the story. You notice a change and start to pick up small subtle hints that it's not witchcraft and maybe something else. A lot of this is explained that most of the issues or ailments that were inflicting these people wrongly accused of witchcraft were either hysteria or some other medical issue that today would be commonly treated. Mental illness, physical deformities or any other associated issues would have been persecuted by the church who at that time was the governing body.
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27. Häxan
I had seen a brief snippet of the 4K restoration of this online, after Criterion had announced that they were going to release this. And that restoration definitely lives up to the hype beautiful print with appropriately associated music. Told in a series of seven vignettes, from medieval times until the early 20th century. All this is based on research filmed between 1919-1921. Told in a nice linear format, We are shown a progression , and given information with an approximation of how many were killed due to the persecution of possible witchcraft, as the progression goes on to where it gets to the end of the story. You notice a change and start to pick up small subtle hints that it's not witchcraft and maybe something else. A lot of this is explained that most of the issues or ailments that were inflicting these people wrongly accused of witchcraft were either hysteria or some other medical issue that today would be commonly treated. Mental illness, physical deformities or any other associated issues would have been persecuted by the church who at that time was the governing body.
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