Highly Recommended The Movie: Though largely eluding popular acclaim while he was alive, Danish filmmakerCarl Theodor Dreyer is now recognized as a master of early film. His The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) is one of the most movingsilent films ever made, and Day of Wrath (1943), made in Denmarkduring the Nazi occupation, is a brooding and intense film that is oneof the best films to come out of Europe during that troubled time. For the film after The Passion of Joan of Arc , Dreyer chose to dabblein the horror genre, which was quite popular at the time. The resultis Vampyr (1932), an avant-garde film that, while difficult to understandon first viewing, is filled with the interesting images and moody atmospherethat his films are noted for. Because of the unusual narrative style,people searching for a s... Read the entire review ...
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Highly Recommended The Movie: Though largely eluding popular acclaim while he was alive, Danish filmmakerCarl Theodor Dreyer is now recognized as a master of early film. His The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) is one of the most movingsilent films ever made, and Day of Wrath (1943), made in Denmarkduring the Nazi occupation, is a brooding and intense film that is oneof the best films to come out of Europe during that troubled time. For the film after The Passion of Joan of Arc , Dreyer chose to dabblein the horror genre, which was quite popular at the time. The resultis Vampyr (1932), an avant-garde film that, while difficult to understandon first viewing, is filled with the interesting images and moody atmospherethat his films are noted for. Because of the unusual narrative style,people searching for a s... Read the entire review ...