“The film creeps under your skin and offers a unique and as of yet, unreplicated, cinematic experience in dread.” -Justine Smith, Little White Lies
“It is a film that lingers long after the lights have come up, seeps into your dreams, and remains upon waking. Like a dark, mythic fable, it is deceptively simple in design, complex in its resonances, and timeless in its queasy appeal.” -Scott Foundas, The Criterion Collection
Wednesday, October 14, 8:15 p.m. | 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.
Awards & Nominations
1989 São Paulo International Film Festival - Official Selection
1991 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Nominee, Best Foreign Language Film
SAIC Film Club | Ongoing Monthly Series
SAIC Film Club is a monthly series of compelling repertory films selected by SAIC students and open to the public. This fall’s films were programmed by Siskel Film Center student worker Sofia Roberts, who will also introduce each screening.
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu