| Notes | Criterion Collection Blu-ray edition
A young man embarks on an obsessive search for the girlfriend who mysteriously disappeared while the couple were taking a sunny vacation trip, and his three-year investigation draws the attention of her abductor, a mild-mannered professor with a clinically diabolical mind. An unorthodox love story and a truly unsettling thriller, Dutch filmmaker George Sluizer’s The Vanishing unfolds with meticulous intensity, leading to an unforgettable finale that has unnerved audiences around the world.
New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
New interview with director George Sluizer
New interview with actor Johanna ter Steege
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by critic Scott Foundas
New cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang |
