The Passion of Joan of Arc (#62) Michael Berryman an interview with visual effects

an interview with visual effects crew members Peter Kuran and Katherine Kean

a heroine worthy of a Douglas Sirk melodrama

and immediately falls in love with him

What’s in the Basket

The Passion of Joan of Arc (#62) Michael Berryman an interview with visual effectsSpiritual rapture and institutional hypocrisy come to stark, vivid life in one of the most transcendent masterpieces of the silent era. Chronicling the trial of Joan of Arc in the hours leading up to her execution, Danish master Carl Theodor Dreyer depicts her torment with startling immediacy, employing an array of techniquesexpressionistic lighting, interconnected sets, painfully intimate close upsto immerse viewers in her subjective experience.