Recorded in 2001, this commentary features Danish film scholar Casper Tybjerg, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of Copenhagen.
In 1941, HÄXAN director Benjamin Christensen filmed this short introduction for the rerelease of his film.
WITCHCRAFT THROUGH THE AGES, a version of HÄXAN released in 1968, represents one of several cinematic collaborations between avant-gardists Antony Balch, Brion Gysin, and William S. Burroughs. Daniel Humair wrote the jazz score, which features, among others, Jean-Luc Ponty on violin.
