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Thursday 24 January 2013

Possession (1981)

An intense journey into the often hidden world of a crumbling relationship. It’s packed with allegory that unfolds at an unrelenting pace making it difficult to keep track of what you’re seeing. Is it internal fears externalised? Or external pressures warping perception? Maybe it's both or something in-between? It resembles a Cronenberg-esque horror movie at times but isn't that easily categorised. Just when I thought I had the answer it threw me against a wall and I was forced to delve even deeper, which was an unsettling experience.

NOTE: The edited US version cuts forty minutes, so avoid it at all costs.

4 halves of the face of God out of 5

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