Our penultimate episode of this run is the first time we're discussing a director remaking his own film.
The Vanishing 1988 (AKA Spoorloos) is a meticulously structured, detail-driven psychological thriller, centred around a young couple who come into contact with a fiercely intelligent sociopath. Years after one of them goes missing, the other two meet up and the events that led to the titular vanishing will be revealed in the most twisted way imaginable. A classic foreign-language thriller, this is renowned for its thematic richness and brilliant, tension-inducing editing and excellent performances.
The remake (1993) teams the same director with Jeff Bridges, Kiefer Sutherland, Nancy Travis and a pre-stardom Sandra Bullock. And... we had some thoughts about it.
More than probably any film we've discussed yet, the original is a film you need to see before listening to this episode. We've done our best to avoid spoilers until they're clearly marked, but if you want to experience The Vanishing the way it was intended, get the 1988 film watched.
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Music is 'Bring Me the West' by phlaala
