The Vanishing (Region B) w/SLIP Michael Haneke and filmmaker’s transposition of the

and filmmaker’s transposition of the Marquis de Sade’s eighteenth-century opus of torture and degradation to Fascist Italy in 1944 remains one of the most passionately debated films of all time

first hit pay dirt in 1974 with Beyond the Door – a gloriously bonkers riff on The Exorcist featuring Emmy Award-winning actress Juliet Mills and distinguished British actor Richard Johnson

all this and more is present in writer-director-prophet Amos Sefer's allegorical independent film

25 mins): new appreciation by the author and genre-film expert

The Vanishing (Region B) w/SLIP Michael Haneke and filmmaker’s transposition of theClassic Dutch thriller directed by George Sluizer. Rex (Gene Bervoets) spends three years searching for his girlfriend, Saskia (Johanna ter Steege), after she vanishes from a French service station. Suddenly Saskia's kidnapper makes contact with him, tentatively offering answers to the mystery.