The Vanishing (Spoorloos) (1988)

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" The Vanishing (Dutch: Spoorloos, literally: "Traceless" or "Without a Trace") is a 1988 Dutch thriller film directed by George Sluizer, adapted from the novella The Golden Egg (1984) by Tim Krabbé. It stars Gene Bervoets as a man who searches obsessively for his girlfriend following her disappearance at a rest area. The Vanishing was released on 27 October 1988, and received positive reviews. Sluizer remade the film in English in 1993; the remake was poorly received. Young lovers Rex and "

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"1.11."

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"23.9."

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" Date: 3/19/2022 Viewed: Criterion Channel First viewing Note: I'd heard about this film for years but had never seen it until now. Maybe I wasn't in the right frame of mind when watching this film, but I didn't enjoy it as much as the majority of people did. Don't get me wrong: The Vanishing is a good movie. However, I was not engrossed in the plot or characters. I found the film to be very slow at times, and I didn't care for the protagonist early on in the film. I enjoyed the eerie atmosp"

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"Re-watch - Dec. 11th This film is every bit as great as I'd recalled. Just a masterclass in storytelling with a perfect cast that works splendidly at every turn. There's nothing I don't love about it, though I'd love to see a 4K restoration at some point (no shade on my Criterion copy, but it was released prior to that technology being available)."

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" Notes: For years, I heard some great things about this movie and since it was apparently one of the best Dutch movies ever made, I was really dying to see the damned thing. So, I have been waiting all those years and even though I have been living in the Netherlands for almost 10 years, for some weird reasons, it was never on TV whereas the disappointing American remake had been broadcast at least 3 times already... Anyway, I wasn't disappointed. Indeed, to be honest, it might not be my favor"

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" Notes: For years, I heard some great things about this movie and since it was apparently one of the best Dutch movies ever made, I was really dying to see the damned thing. So, I have been waiting all those years and even though I have been living in the Netherlands for 10 years back then, for some weird reasons, it was never on TV whereas the disappointing American remake had been broadcast at least 3 times already... Anyway, I wasn't disappointed. Indeed, to be honest, it might not be my fa"

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"Make him search for her whereabouts knowing his own safety is implicated: "

A New Decade! A New Year! Movies Watched In 2020 (641 movies items)

"Rex and Saskia are enjoying a bicycling holiday in France when, stopping at a gas station, Saskia disappears. Confounded, Rex searches everywhere, but to no avail. Three years later, he’s still obsessed with finding her, pleading his case on television, putting up posters and ruining his new relationship in the process. Eventually an unassuming chemistry teacher, Raymond, approaches Rex, intimating that he knows what happened. This is a fascinating movie with an ingenious plot structure and a"

“Logic and lucidity propel the action from the outset of George Sluizer's Dutch thriller, as two lovers share loaded exchanges and portents on their road trip to France. Such deep significance and euphemism may seem innocuous at first, but once the titular vanishing occurs, the story shifts into atypical territory and every spoken word or gesture becomes relevant to the plot mechanics and methodical visual blueprint. Even though the two characters we invest in effectively end up as plot devices, the tenuous nature and essence of their implied relationship as soulmates, even if as characters they are only thinly drawn, generates a prevailing emotional weight as we grasp the finer points of the film. It is the affecting love story between them that extricates the film from the detached heartl” read more

Film Journal 2020 (125 movies items)

"The Vanishing isn't a great movie because it offers up a solid narrative that foregoes a traditional mystery in lieu of presenting a fascinating character portrait. It's a great movie because of a choice made in the end, as Rex's decision is truly one that is almost universally relatable, and yet, despite this aspect, it is one that makes one utmost uncomfortable. The final dialogue exchange of the film really highlights why, as it's a leap too far, the jump off a balcony 99.9% of humans won't b"