{"product_id":"burroughs-william-haxan-witchcraft-through-the-ages-music-cd-769791954793","title":"Burroughs,william - Haxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages - Music CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary 1922 silent film Hexan uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. But the film itself is far from serious; instead, it's a witches' brew of the scary, gross, and darkly humorous. In 1968, Antony Balch prepared an abbreviated 77-minute version of the film titled Witchcraft Through the Ages. Balch had previously worked with William S. Burroughs in making the films Towers Open Fire (1963) and the Cut-Ups (1967), and this version features Burroughs' dramatic narration, delivered as an incantation in droning monotone. Daniel Humair's chaotic jazz score for the '68 release was played by a quintet that included Jean-Luc Ponty on violin and Humair on percussion. The artwork features stills from the film.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AEC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49206695821554,"sku":"SPKN67.2","price":24.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/7018\/9810\/files\/2816378.jpg?v=1778863377","url":"https:\/\/discandvinyl.com\/products\/burroughs-william-haxan-witchcraft-through-the-ages-music-cd-769791954793","provider":"DiscandVinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}