Possession [Blu-ray]

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Daniel Bird here is joined by the film's American co-writer Frederic Tuten, whose thoughtful reflections prove every bit as revealing and entertaining as Zulawski's, covering new ground and bringing a welcome second perspective to previously discussed elements. Topics covered here include how Tuten came to be involved with the project, how it dented his liberal politics, his positive working relationship with Zulawski, the initial casting of Sam Waterston in the role of Mark, what Adjani brought to the character of Anna, working with Sam Neill, the subway scene, his disappointment that Zulawski chose to show the monster (which Bird convincingly counters), and a good deal more. Tuten and Bird are clearly on the same intellectual wavelength here, resulting in some fascinating and in-depth discussions on everything from politics to the cinema of Jean-Luc Godard. Again, a terrific extra. The excess and gore in this film effectively mask Zulawski's condemnation of the system. In 1978, this exact same approach within a different context was used by the Polish director in his On the Silver Globe, whose production was halted by the Polish authorities after they became suspicious of its intent. ( On the Silver Globe is a science fiction film but also with a clear political message). In other words, the "horror" in Possession is nothing more than a needed distraction in what is essentially an angry political film.

As is stated more than once in the extra features, Possession is a film you either love or hate, and if you loathe it then too bad because I adore every minute of the bold bugger. Gorgeously directed and featuring two genuinely extraordinary central performances, it's a unique and almost unclassifiable film, part relationship drama, part horror, part political allegory, and a good deal more. Second Sight has done the film proud with this Blu-ray, with a solid transfer of the director's cut of the film supported by an excellent selection of top quality special features. Highly recommended. became enamored of Bernstein's version of The Dybbuk, in fact, I went to the Jessica Lange film Frances, left of their attendant Hebrew word, since the left side is the end of the word. On the menu options we were

Our Friend in the West - in this video interview, legendary French producer Christian Ferry (John Guillermin's King Kong, Alain Resnais' I Want to Go Home) recalls his initial encounter with Andrzej Zulawski and discusses the production history of Possession. In English, not subtitled. (7 min). follow along in the chanted liturgy on High Holy Days, or stumbling through various Biblical passages to see what they

response to seeing things like "Based on a true story", but The Possession is so far fetched and outlandish that her money that Bernie Madoff made off with), as well as their two emotionally roiled daughters who are not responding Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.67:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Andrzej Zulawski's Possession arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Mondo Vision.

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And yeah, the Second Sight BD is based on the same transfer but is a bit brighter than the - in places quite dark - Mondo Vision. The differences aren't huge and they're certainly smaller than the difference between either of these and the LCQF master. been opened! It's just patently ridiculous, an insult to both folklore and religion in one fell swoop. somewhat unwieldy Shloyme-Zanvl). Dybbuks are malevolent spirits which possess people and they have long been a Movies featuring the important sounding imprimatur "Based on a True Story" or the like would seem to have a higher

really available to me, or frankly the desire to attend regular services, I turned instead to folklore and some of the really Repossessed - a visual comparison highlighting the key differences between the U.S. re-cut and the Director's Cut of Andrzej Zulawski's Possession. With English text. (13 min). With their marriage in tatters Anna (Adjani) and Mark’s (Neill) tense relationship has become a psychotic descent into screaming matches, violence and self-mutilation. Believing his wife’s only lover is the sinister Heinrich, Mark is unaware of the diabolical, tentacled creature that Anna has embarked on an affair with. The unhinged woman visits her monstrous lover in a deserted Berlin apartment and will stop at nothing to protect him. A difficult film to encapsulate in trailer form and I'm not sure this rather scattershot one nails it. It also shows way too much of the creature. summary really weird stuff. That's it. Mom and Dad forget they're divorced and attempt to figure out what's going on, atIt's interesting how he mentions that the previous transfer also had some inherent errors which had to be corrected - one of those being the same highlight clipping people have complained about with LCQF's transfer. The film was first restored a few years ago by Zulawski himself but the master had colorometry problems. Problems fixed, for the majority, on previous BLURAY releases abroad. Andrzej Zulawski Interview - in this video interview, director Andrzej Zulawski recalls how Possession came to exist and discusses the socio-political climate in Poland at the time when the film was made. The Polish director also discusses the unique qualities of the main characters in Possession, Isabelle Adjani's legendary performance, and the film's visual style. The interview was produced by Jerome Wybon for TF1 Video in 2009. In French, with optional English subtitles. (36 min).

That experience really fostered an extreme interest in that side of my genetic history, but without "formal" education A few words about the restoration of POSSESSION because the hustle is in place right now and that everything should happen before the end of the month. seventies, choreographed by his longtime collaborator Jerome Robbins. The ballet was based on a 1914 play in Yiddishlaughing at the depiction of a "minyan" gasping in unison when the box is mentioned and (even worse, heaven forfend) had a much more thorough education in Hebrew than I ever did, had to provide the actual translations. But here's the That is also what makes me wonder about Umbrella's statements. I have NEVER, not even once, in none of the boards and groups, heard or read anything about Zulawski approving a new 4K transfer before his death. All everybody has ever said is that he approved the previous 2K transfers before he died. That is it.