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Vanishing, the

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu (Actor), Gene Bervoets (Actor), George Sluizer (Director) | Rated: Unrated | Format: VHS Tape
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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 Keifer Sutherland and Jeff Bridges. --Jeff Shannon

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Three years after his girlfriend disappears, a young man continues his obsessive search for her whereabouts. His search intensifies when he is contacted by the abductor, a man capable of diabolical terror in the body of a seemingly harmless professor. By agreeing to do everything the abductor says, the young man is led down a terrifying path to the answers he searches for. With one of the most startling and unforgettable conclusions ever filmed, this award-winning film from George Sluzier is tersely directed and supremely precise with its suspense. Home Vision Entertainment is proud to be releasing this classic film in a stunning new transfer, which restores the original theatrical aspect ratio.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A bit of a warning..., July 4 2004
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This review is from: Vanishing, the (VHS Tape)
I you haven't seen this movie yet, and plan on seeing it, skip the review entitled "A Horror Film In Every Sense Of The Word". This reviewer gives away the ending, which may ruin a really good movie for ya.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Freaking brilliant, Thinking Man's Thriller, Jun 24 2004
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J A W (Norman, OK United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Vanishing (Widescreen) (DVD)
First off, shame on the previous reviewers who gave away the ending. Yeah, if you've seen the blasphemously bad remake w/ Kiefer Sutherland (by the same director no less!), you know the ending.

Nonetheless, this movie is more than the tension. The characters are strong (particularly the villain), many of the visuals are strikingly visceral, and this nicely contrasts w/ the philosophical storyline. The villain is one of the most original villains in Film. He is an intellectual creature, not driven by anger or childhood trauma or emotional prejudice...rather cold, hard logic. His premises may be unsound, but you can at least you can understand the method to his madness.

They simply don't make movies, yet alone thrillers, like this anymore. Taking Lives? Your average Ashley Judd film? Puke. This is the type of movie for people who like Seven, Memento, Requiem for a Dream, Identity...not for the sunshine pumpers, I assure you. But fiction *should* test our boundaries and make us uncomfortable...

Don't see the remake. The remake trashes all the poetry and poignancy of the original.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Well made psychological thriller., May 17 2004
This review is from: The Vanishing (Widescreen) (DVD)
A very understated (although some might say boring) evenly, paced film -- yet it it somehow kept my attention to the disturbing end. Haven't seen the US remake to make any comparisons.

Unfortunately at the premium Criterion price, one would expect some extras beyond the standard trailer.

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