Big Picture: The Vanishing (1988)

For August, if you’ve ever been on a Florida beach on an August afternoon, you know that light and heat can be shockingly scary too. Even dangerous. And because Big Picture likes being contrary, we’ve decided to lead into spooky season this year with a sampler of frightening films that all operate in the sunlight, though each in different ways. There were a dozen more films we could have put together for this month's theme, and we’re excited to talk about those with you too some day. But for now, come sweat it out with Big Picture and Tampa Theatre. Revelation can be fearsome, and fear can reveal. FILM SYNOPSIS: 2h 2m / R / Crime, Thriller We’ve shown some shocking, challenging films here at Tampa Theatre over the years, some that are much more difficult to watch than The Vanishing. And we’re excited to present this film, which is a powerful and fascinatingly crafted work of art, but all the same, we almost feel guilty. Some people are going to watch this movie and regret it. Be sure that you’re ready. The Vanishing is composed of two stories, their intersection, and their separate consequences. One: a young Dutch couple, Rex and Saskia, deeply in love, decide to take a sweaty summer vacation in France. They stop at a rest area where they buy some snacks and fill up the gas tank. But Saskia disappears. The other: Raymond, a professor and devoted family man, decides to kidnap and murder a stranger. Anything else we tell you about the plot would blunt the impact of the film itself.

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