Andrzej Żuławski’s portrait of an unraveling marriage is finally available in the U.S. in a stunning new 4K restoration. I've been trying to watch the 1981 psychological horror film Possession for years. I'd seen the infamous subway scene meltdown and screencaps I'm sure I could've found a way, but I didn't want some weird online link, and I thought paying $165 for the Mondo Vision special edition Blu-ray was a little exorbitant. Directed by Andrzej Żuławski and starring an absolutely unhinged Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill, the film was shot in 1980 in West Berlin and premiered at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. Adjani and Neill play a husband and wife swept up in infidelity, violence—and, yes, possession. The movie is weird and beautiful and manic, and the performances are at a fever pitch of hysteria for almost the entire runtime. When Metrograph Pictures announced this fall that it was premiering a new 4K restoration, I was over the moon—and the film didn't disappoint. I wanted to give a few behind-the-scenes tidbits from the film here in the hopes of enticing you to see this complex, strange breakup horror masterpiece. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 11 October, 2021