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Possession (1981) [Blu-ray] - Umbrella Entertainment (Import)
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Limited-edition O-ring packaging with exclusive new artwork and over 4 hours of special features.
Set in the shadow of the Berlin Wall, infused with Cold War-era paranoia and tension, Possession is a film that defies classification. One of the most tortured portraits of a disintegrating marriage ever presented on screen, visionary director Andrzej Zulawski masterfully blends horror and thriller conventions into an utterly unique cinema experience drawing on his own traumatic divorce and creative blacklisting in his native Poland.Spy Mark (Sam Neil) returns to West Berlin after a mission to find that his wife Anna (Isabelle Adjani) wants a divorce. She is having an affair, but insists that isn't the reason. When Mark hires a private detective to get to the truth, an even more disturbing secret is uncovered Anna keeps a separate apartment housing an otherworldly, tentacled creature with a ravenous sexual appetite (created by special effects legend Carlo Rambaldo of Alien fame).So continues the descent into a nightmarish maze of jealousy, carnality devoid of satisfaction, insanity, terror and murder where identity and reality are almost impossible to distinguish.
Notorious for the demands it placed on it's stars, Adjani's searing performance earned her the Best Actress award at Cannes in 1981. Savagely cut for the US market by bewildered distributors, banned in the UK for almost two decades, this restored edition showcases Possession as the director intended. It remains every bit as powerful and shocking today as it was on release.
Extras: Audio commentary with Director Andrzej Zulawski, Audio commentary with Co-writer Frederic Tuten, The Other Side of the Wall: The Making of Possession Interview with with Director Andrzej Zulawski, US Cut of Possession Repossessed - Featurette on the US Cut of Possession, A Divided City - Location Featurette, The Sounds of Possession - Interview with Composer Andrzej Zulawski, Our friend in the West - Interview with Producer Christian Ferry Basha - Poster Analysis, Featurette International Theatrical Trailer, US Theatrical Trailer
UPC: 9344256023316
Format: Blu-ray
Region: 0
Original Release: 1981
Release: 10/15/2021
Source: Umbrella Entertainment
Language: English
Time: 240 Minutes
Ships in 1 - 2 Weeks (Domestic Only)
Local Pick Up in Portland, Oregon
Limited-edition O-ring packaging with exclusive new artwork and over 4 hours of special features.
Set in the shadow of the Berlin Wall, infused with Cold War-era paranoia and tension, Possession is a film that defies classification. One of the most tortured portraits of a disintegrating marriage ever presented on screen, visionary director Andrzej Zulawski masterfully blends horror and thriller conventions into an utterly unique cinema experience drawing on his own traumatic divorce and creative blacklisting in his native Poland.Spy Mark (Sam Neil) returns to West Berlin after a mission to find that his wife Anna (Isabelle Adjani) wants a divorce. She is having an affair, but insists that isn't the reason. When Mark hires a private detective to get to the truth, an even more disturbing secret is uncovered Anna keeps a separate apartment housing an otherworldly, tentacled creature with a ravenous sexual appetite (created by special effects legend Carlo Rambaldo of Alien fame).So continues the descent into a nightmarish maze of jealousy, carnality devoid of satisfaction, insanity, terror and murder where identity and reality are almost impossible to distinguish.
Notorious for the demands it placed on it's stars, Adjani's searing performance earned her the Best Actress award at Cannes in 1981. Savagely cut for the US market by bewildered distributors, banned in the UK for almost two decades, this restored edition showcases Possession as the director intended. It remains every bit as powerful and shocking today as it was on release.
Extras: Audio commentary with Director Andrzej Zulawski, Audio commentary with Co-writer Frederic Tuten, The Other Side of the Wall: The Making of Possession Interview with with Director Andrzej Zulawski, US Cut of Possession Repossessed - Featurette on the US Cut of Possession, A Divided City - Location Featurette, The Sounds of Possession - Interview with Composer Andrzej Zulawski, Our friend in the West - Interview with Producer Christian Ferry Basha - Poster Analysis, Featurette International Theatrical Trailer, US Theatrical Trailer
UPC: 9344256023316
Format: Blu-ray
Region: 0
Original Release: 1981
Release: 10/15/2021
Source: Umbrella Entertainment
Language: English
Time: 240 Minutes