This article was published in conjunction with the screening of Vampyr on January 12, 2024 Almost every time one takes a closer look at a film that is world-famous one has to face the sad fact that the film does not really exist in a form that seems acceptable. This is true also for Dreyer’s … [Read more...] about Vampyr, the Restoration
Dreyer’s Waking Dream
A good many years ago, while I was watching a videotape of Carl Dreyer’s Vampyr (1932), my eight-year-old daughter came into the room and glanced at the screen for a few moments. What she saw unsettled her so much that she quickly walked away. She was disturbed not by any of the film’s more … [Read more...] about Dreyer’s Waking Dream