I woke with the taste of plaster in my mouth and went back to the Delancey the next day. The house smelled the same, but there were lights now—workman lamps, the thin cheer of people preparing to present the uncanny to strangers. The man—the curator?—wasn't there. Instead, a woman with a clipboard and nails polished the color of dried roses told me to sign a form if I wanted to enter early.
Instead I followed the woman to an inner room where the curator sat with his head bowed over a ledger. He looked up as if he had been waiting for me and smiled with a tired, hungry frankness. "Do you understand?" he asked. possession 1981 uncut edition exclusive
If you already own Possession on digital, why upgrade? Because previous versions were compromised. The old U.S. DVD release by Troma Entertainment (yes, the Toxic Avenger people) was notoriously pan-and-scanned and missing 12 minutes of footage. Even the 2014 Blu-rays, while admirable, suffered from a "teal push" in color timing that obscured the nuanced flesh tones of Adjani's breakdown. I woke with the taste of plaster in
Should the story lean into the of the original film? Instead, a woman with a clipboard and nails
We are currently living in a golden age of physical media restoration, but Possession remains a wounded beast. Andrzej Żuławski died in 2016, and the rights holders are notoriously difficult. There is no guarantee that this will ever be repressed once the license expires.