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Ep 168 - Andrzej Zulawski's POSSESSION (1981) Turns 45 — Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
POSSESSION (1981) d. Andrzej Zulawski (France/West Germany)
Tonight, we dive deep into the abyss of challenging cinema with Andrzej Zulawski's Possession (1981). Deliberately abrasive and queasy, the idiosyncratic Polish director's best known film assails its audience from the opening scenes and never lets up for a second, leaving the viewer exhausted, exasperated, and exhilarated.
Returning home from a vaguely defined covert mission, Mark (played by the late great Sam Neill) is alarmed to find that the relationship with his wife Anna (Isabelle Adjani) has disintegrated into complete…
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