George Sluizer's 'The Vanishing' (aka Spoorloos) (1988)
Her Head in FilmsMay 22, 202402:10:06

George Sluizer's 'The Vanishing' (aka Spoorloos) (1988)

In this episode, I talk about George Sluizer's 1988 film "The Vanishing." It's about Rex and Saskia, a Dutch couple who go on vacation in France and have their lives turned upside down when Saskia is abducted. To give away more would be to spoil this masterpiece of suspense. There are spoilers in this episode. 


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Full show notes:

• My episode on Lynne Littman's Testament (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.com/episodes/episode-115-lynne-littmans-testament-1983)
• Ted Bundy (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Bundy)
• I"ll Be Gone in the Dark (HBO Series) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ll_Be_Gone_in_the_Dark_(TV_series))
• Golden State Killer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_James_DeAngelo)
• Home Fires (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Fires_(British_TV_series))
• The Bletchley Circle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bletchley_Circle)
• The Crimson Field (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crimson_Field)
• Disappeared (tv show) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappeared_(TV_program))
• My episode on Charles Laughton's The Night of the Hunter (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.com/episodes/episode-112-charles-laughtons-the-night-of-the-hunter-1955)
• My episode on Bong Joon-Ho's Memories of Murder (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.com/episodes/memories-of-murder)
• BTK   (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Rader)
• My episode on Francois Ozon's Under the Sand (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.com/episodes/8d9e4608)
• The Stranger Beside Me by Anne Rule (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stranger_Beside_Me)
• Orpheus and Eurydice (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orpheus_and_Eurydice)
• Romeo and Juliet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet)

My sources:

• Criterion Collection edition of The Vanishing (https://www.criterion.com/films/677-the-vanishing)
• George Sluizer interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bit5bCmQXH0)