film club XL: the vanishing

[sleepingjpb]

So, this week, Film Club continued our investigation into cinematic sociopaths by looking at George Sluizer's The Vanishing (the 1998 original).

The setup of The Vanishing is relatively simple: a Dutch couple, Rex and Saskia, are on a roadtrip together...

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[unrealfred]

I have to wonder if, without those final moments, if the film would be any more than an interesting but ultimately forgettable movie. They're certainly unforgettable.

Although Lemorne remains an interesting and horribly disturbing character. That moment when, as a boy, he decides "to go against what is predestined" and jump, for instance...

I've never seen the re-make. Have you?

[sleepingjpb]

No, but I read the Wikipedia summary to figure out how they changed the ending. Roger Ebert calls the remake "obscene."

[vingus]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iPNwMXDJe8

I'm sorry if everyone and their Aunt Faye is sending this to you but when I see raccoons shakin' it, I think of you.

[sleepingjpb]

Sweet!