Possession

I was watching Andrej Zulawski's 1981 film Possession late tonight..I'll just say this movie gives new meaning to the word histrionics. The scene with an unhinged Adjani in a subway tunnel has to be seen to be believed. Sufficed to say, a marriage(between Sam Neill and Isabella Adjani)is tested in more ways than one. To say I'm at a loss for words in trying to describe this movie would be the understatement of the week. I think Adjani is one of the most beautiful actresses ever to grace the screen..she mesmerizes me. I can't take my eyes away from her even when she goes apeshit. Her lips, expressive eyes, her skin of white porcelain..I just adore her. It's a kind of beauty lacking today, the portrait beauty that artists are inspired by. Like Anna Karina. As you can see, I've kind of shied away from the movie which left me paralyzed in befuddlement. Sam Neill, I enjoy how he goes from one extreme type of behavior to another, like he's schizophrenic or something..his character is at odds with how he can not let Adjani's oddball Anna go. I can't recall a single scene where rationality is present..it seems almost everyone in the film operates in a weird fashion. How does one create the perfect lover, husband, and companion...hmm.. I would like to say, though, that I thought the Berlin setting is really perfect, the way the buildings look so deteriorated and ravaged by the elements and man, and that I have an affinity for beautiful people portraying nutty characters. I love how the cinematographer shoots Neill and Adjani up close and often, because both have such interesting faces. I enjoy crazy, so Possession didn't disappoint. The Heinrich fellow, in particular, sure belongs in my canon of the most bizarre I've seen in cinema..you never know with this guy what he'll be doing next. One thing's for certain, Anna will not allow her "lover" to be harmed by anyone who dares enter her new abode. And, where could any movie go wrong when you have Adjani fucking a slimy monster with tentacles?!