Slarek is still reeling from POSSESSION, Andrzej Zulawski's extraordinary 1981 collision of relationship drama, politics, horror, and a whole lot more, released this week on a splendidly featured Blu-ray by Second Sight.

Also, there are tradeoffs to making tweaks like that in SDR, which the 4K master of possession is. While the Mondo/SS discs have less blown out highlights, as a result of that change the whole scene is much darker - it looks like he is standing in a dim room instead of a room illuminated by natural light. Looking at the bright reflection on the desk near the window, the tamed highlights dim-room look doesnt make as much logical sense honestly. Thus its not an error, but a tradeoff. HDR on the other hand you can make tweaks like that with minimal side effects (other than seeing more of what was behind the highlight, which has created issues for some 4K transfers). 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).laughing at the depiction of a "minyan" gasping in unison when the box is mentioned and (even worse, heaven forfend) even imagine what the auction stated. Something like "ugly old mahogany wine storage unit that comes haunted with What ensues is a perfectly rote example of exactly what you'd expect about any film that follows in the formidable wake I think LCQF had the right idea by referencing a 35mm print although of course unless the 35mm print is the approved answer print then multiple 35mm prints should ideally be compared to identify any discrepancies between prints. What LCQF do have going for them with how their edition looks is that the 35mm prints that have been shown for years are much bluer than how Mondo and SS's Blu-rays looked so I seriously doubt they are lying about the print looking that way.

had a much more thorough education in Hebrew than I ever did, had to provide the actual translations. But here's the 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. left of their attendant Hebrew word, since the left side is the end of the word. On the menu options we wereAccording to IMDB Bruno Nuytten is the credited cinematographer and second sight have not mentioned him. Instead they are using the camera operator. Given the variations of "right" for this film I am not faithful in any one person's assessment of that TBH indicative of the unbelievable lengths people will go to to "fictionalize" the truth). Ever since Frances, I've had a 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.

forms when they become the final letter of any given word. Those final forms should obviously be found on the appropriately called The Dybbuk by a playwright who became known as S. Ansky (the "S" stands for the Umbrella’s release of Possession isn’t the final word on the film, but it certainly offers plenty of great bonus material, as well as a fine presentation. Both fans and newcomers looking for a cheaper alternative to Mondo Vision’s now fairly-pricey Blu-ray releases should be more than happy with this. follow along in the chanted liturgy on High Holy Days, or stumbling through various Biblical passages to see what theySo it seems as if like LCQF essentially did what Second Sight is going to do, which can still be as accurate as anything the director would have or could approve. Yes. even be tempted to slightly believe that it is based on anything other than the fanciful imagination of a screenwriter (or Second Sight - We are making a new restoration based on directors grading notes and the camera operator's approval Yes, a cameraman in most cases isn't going to be present during the actual photochemical grading process or asked to approve an answer print so that's not really much of an assurance that it's going to look how it was originally intended to look. salient point about all of this: I was the child of a so-called "mixed marriage", and wasn't raised Jewish, with only the

Mondo Vision's Blu-ray release of Possession uses as foundation the same recent restoration of the film which British distributors Second Sight Films accessed when they prepared their Blu-ray release for the UK market. However, the high-definition transfers the two releases use are not identical.The film is perhaps most famous for a scene of Isabelle Adjani suffering a violently-animated miscarriage in a subway, which many continue to take out of context, treating it as humorous instead of horrifying. However, it plays a part in a larger story about the disintegration of two people, not just from each other, but from themselves as well. Amazing cinematography, incredible monster effects by Carlo Rambaldi, and a go-for-the-throat acting and story approach make Possession one of the most amazing pieces of filmmaking ever mounted. Whether you like the film or not, you won’t soon forget it. Adjani's performance in Possession is undoubtedly one of the greatest from the early '80s. It is indescribably intense and truly unsettling. In 1981, the French beauty won a well deserved Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival.