What do people think of Dreyer's VAMPYR?

[Corvin]

For a film history class, I have to do a brief research paper contextualizing a foreign film made before 1940. We screened Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Ark in class, and I was floored by the film. Is his Vampyr comparable in quality?

I'd like to know.

[Playitagainsam]

It is a great film, undoubtedly, and has a very dreamy/trance-like quality... but different from The Passion...

[ytrez]

Originally posted by Corvin
For a film history class, I have to do a brief research paper contextualizing a foreign film made before 1940. We screened Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Ark in class, and I was floored by the film. Is his Vampyr comparable in quality?

I'd like to know.

Passion of Joan of Arc is one of my favorite films. Vampyr, while it has it's merits, comes no where close IMO. I doubt you would be "floored" by it. Also, the quality of the transfer of Vampyr I saw as terrible. Again, unlike the Passion.

[chente]

I'm hoping for a new DVD with a new transfer in 2005. I haven't found the Image disk for rental do I can finally see it and I don't want to buy it because of reports of a bad transfer.