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Vampyr (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
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About Vampyr
With Vampyr, Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer channeled his genius for creating mesmerizing atmosphere and austere, unsettling imagery into the horror genre. The result a chilling film about a student of the occult who encounters supernatural haunts and local evildoers in a village outside Paris is nearly unclassifiable. A host of stunning camera and editing tricks and densely layered sounds creates a mood of dreamlike terror. With its roiling fogs, ominous scythes, and foreboding echoes, Vampyr is one of cinema's greatest nightmares. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES - High-definition digital transfer of the original German version of the film, from the 1998 restoration by Martin Koerber and the Cineteca di Bologna, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack - Alternate version with English text - Audio commentary featuring film scholar Tony Rayns - Carl Th. Dreyer, a 1966 documentary by Jorgen Roos chronicling Dreyer's career - Video essay by scholar Casper Tybjerg on Dreyer's influences in creating Vampyr - Radio broadcast from 1958 of Dreyer reading an essay about filmmaking - PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critics Mark Le Fanu and Kim Newman, a piece by Koerber on the restoration, and a 1964 interview with producer and actor Nicolas de Gunzburg - AND: A book featuring Dreyer and Christen Jul's original screenplay and Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 story 'Carmilla,'; a source for the film
