Possession (1981)
I’m not entirely sure what to say about this film apart from WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED TO MY HEAD?
Set in 1980’s Berlin, Possession charts the falling apart of a marriage between Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill (fresh from his success as Damien Thorn in Omen 3). Directed by the slightly wayward Polish director, Andrezj Zulawski, this film has a questionable script, some of the most over-the-top acting I’ve seen in a while and possibly the worst private investigator in the history of cinema. But - and this is a very important but - it works. Sort of. It’s surreal, bizarre, surreally bizarre and, occasionally, bizarrely surreal. Like Eraserhead but with less singing hamster ladies lurking behind the radiator and more tentacles, people going insane and pink socks.
Think of it as a marriage guidance video directed by H.P.Lovecraft and that might stop you wondering who slipped mescaline into your cocktail.
Watch it if you like a splash of weirdness and chaos on your cornflakes but avoid if you prefer order and reason to rule your world.
