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Dessie 2022-08-16 20:19:06
It's hard to believe that this is a 1922 documentary, rich in expressiveness and fascinating plot. The film is divided into seven chapters, telling the history of the worship of demons, the emergence of witches, and the fear of unknown things in the Middle Ages. At the same time, a large description of the ignorance and madness of the Inquisition has made this film banned by countries with strong religious atmosphere for a long time! In short, a good...
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Greta 2022-08-16 18:51:12
Even if this is a work focused on popular science, the texture of Christensen's silent film is still amazing. The avant-garde and sharp design of light and shadow, and highly oppressive close-up shots fill the whole film. The description of nightmares in the film and the perfect restoration of medieval witchcraft scenes paved the way for the religious themes of later generations, horror and suspense, and finally One chapter compares old superstitions with modern psychology/pathology, which has...
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Kassandra 2022-08-16 16:53:45
Witches recorded cruises in the history of the Middle Ages and other dynasties, and were selected as the "Most Beautiful Photographic Films". It is indeed better to watch the...
Häxan Comments
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Title Card: Poor little hysterical witch! In the middle ages you were in conflict with the church. Now it is with the law.
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Title Card: Centuries have passed and the Almighty of medieval times no longer sits in his tenth sphere.
Title Card: We no longer sit in church staring terrified at the frescoes of the devils.
Title Card: The witch no longer flies away on her broom over the rooftops.
Title Card: But isn't superstition still rampant among us?
Title Card: Is there an obvious difference between the sorceress and her customer then and now?
Title Card: We no longer burn our old and poor. But do they not often suffer bitterly?
Title Card: And the little woman, whom we call hysterical, alone and unhappy, isn't she still a riddle for us?
Title Card: Nowadays we detain the unhappy in a mental institution or - if she is wealthy - in a modern clinic.
Title Card: And then we will console ourselves with the notion that the mildly temperate shower of the clinic has replaced the barbaric methods of medieval times.
