Film Screening and Artist Discussion
Film Screening and Artist Discussion
Thu, May 11, 6:00 PM
Bartos Theater, MIT List Visual Arts Center • Cambridge, MA
Free
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Screening: Häxan (1922)
A special Halloween presentation of this Swedish silent film from 1922.
By Scandinavian Cultural Center
When and where
Date and time
Sunday, October 30, 2022 · 7 - 9pm EDT
Location
Scandinavian Cultural Center 206 Waltham Street Newton, MA 02465
Refund Policy
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Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.
About this event
Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen’s legendary silent film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages and early modern era suffered from the same ills as psychiatric patients diagnosed with hysteria in the film’s own time. Far from a dry dissertation on the topic, the film itself is a witches’ brew of the scary, the gross, and the darkly humorous. Christensen’s mix-and-match approach to genre anticipates gothic horror, documentary re-creation, and the essay film, making for an experience unlike anything else in the history of cinema.
Music from the 1922 Danish premiere, arranged by film-music specialist Gillian B. Anderson and performed by the Czech Film Orchestra in 2001.
