The Vanishing - Criterion Collection
by George Sluizer
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Actor: Bernadette Le Sach?, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Gwen Eckhaus, Johanna ter SteegeDirector: George Sluizer
Brand: Image Entertainment
Cinematographer: Toni Kuhn
Editor: George Sluizer
Producer: George Sluizer
Writer: George Sluizer
Editor: Lin Friedman
Producer: Anne Lordon
Writer: Tim Krabb?
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-09-18
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Criterion
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Movie Review: The Vanishing - Dutch version
Summary: 5 Stars
Super sophisticated thriller by George Sluizer. George is at his absolute best here.....and I should know...he's my Uncle by marriage. George's own dark, sexy persona is reflected in this film as the story of a vanished young woman and her lover, devestated by her loss and determined to discover what happened to her, draws him and the viewer into a series of twists and turns that culminates in a shocking end. Brilliant film that will stay with you for ages. Highly recommended classic.
Summary of The Vanishing - Criterion Collection
A young man begins an obsessive search for his girlfriend after she mysteriously disappears during their sunny vacation getaway. His three-year investigation draws the attention of her abductor, a seemingly mild-mannered professor who, in truth, harbors a diabolically clinical and calculating mind. When the kidnapper contacts the man and promises to reveal his lover's fate, The Vanishing unfolds with intense precision, culminating in a genuinely chilling finale that has unnerved audiences around the world.When a young Dutchman discovers that his girlfriend has gone missing during their return to Holland from a bicycling trip in France, he begins a three-year search that forms the basis of this unsettling psychological thriller from 1988, originally titled Spoorloos. The missing woman's whereabouts remain a mystery, but the film provides an early introduction to her abductor, a seemingly normal family man whose domestic tranquility hides a meticulous, methodical madness. As the despondent husband advertises all over France and Holland for his missing wife, this game of cat-and-mouse escalates into a strategy of psychological horror, revealing certain facts and merely suggesting others to create an intense atmosphere of dread and anticipation. A film that Alfred Hitchcock would certainly have admired, The Vanishing leads to an unforgettable conclusion that's sure to send chills down your spine. Ironically, this film's director, George Sluizer, also made the inferior 1993 American remake starring Kiefer Sutherland and Jeff Bridges. --Jeff Shannon
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