Day of Wrath (Carl Theodore Dreyer, 1943)
Dreyer's Vampyr is one of my favourite films, so I thought it was about time to delve into his other ones. And why not start with this one?
I thought that the film created a relly ominous atmosphere and that the composition was impeccable. However, the editing really stuck out for me. And not in a cool, Brechtian sort of way, more like a "this is the first film that the editor has ever edited" sort of way. I found it to be quite clunky and distracting.
Beyond that, this was quite an austere film that deserves its reputation. Oh, but the ending was a cop-out.