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<BODY bgcolor="#CCCC99"> <font size="2"><p>DVD Review <font size="4"><br><i>The Vanishing</i></font> <br>by David Ng</font> <p>George Sluizer’s 1988 film <i>The Vanishing</i> (<i>Spoorloos</i>) occupies a rather unique spot in contemporary cinematic lore. The story of a young Dutch man Rex (Gene Bervoets) whose girlfriend Saskia (Johanna ter Steege) disappears while they’re vacationing in France, and who spends the next three years searching for her, <i>The Vanishing</i> was an international cult hit, spreading by word of mouth and critics’ nearly unanimous praise. It’s fame rests largely on the penultimate scene, a horrific fusion of dreams and phobias, in which Rex discovers, or shall we say, shares the fate of his beloved. <p><a href="default-nf.htm">Go to the review</a></font> </body>