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Possession

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By (author): Alison Taylor

Premiering at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival, Andrzej uawskis Possession remains a distinct phenomenon. Though in competition for the illustrious Palme dOr, its art cinema context did not rescue it from being banned as part of the United Kingdoms video nasties campaign, alongside unashamedly lowbrow titles such as Faces of Death and Zombie Flesh Eaters. Skirting the boundary between art and exploitation, body horror and cerebral reverie, relationship drama and political statement, Possession is a truly astonishing film. Part visceral horror, part surreal experiment, part gothic romance dressed in the iconography of a spy thriller: there is no doubt that the polarity evinced by Possessions initial release was in part a product of its resistance to clear categorisation.

With a production history almost as bizarre as the film itself, a cult following gained with its VHS release, and being re-appreciated in the decades since as a valuable work of auteur cinema, the story of how this film came to be is as fascinating as it is unfathomable. Alison Taylors Devils Advocate considers Possessions history, stylistic achievement, and legacy as an enduring and unique work of horror cinema. Beginning with a marital breakdown and ending with an apocalypse, the films strangeness has not dissipated over time; its transgressive imagery, histrionic performances, and spiral staircase logic remain affective and confounding to critics and fans alike. Respecting the films wilfully enigmatic nature, this book helps to unpack its key threads, including the collision between the banal and the horrific, the socio-historical context of its divided Berlin setting, and the significance of its legacy, particularly with regard to the contemporary trend for extreme art horror on the festival circuit.

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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 135 x 190mm
  • Publication Date: 05 Jan 2022
  • Publisher: Liverpool University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781800857063

About Alison Taylor

Alison Taylor teaches at Bond University Australia. She is the author of Troubled Everyday: The Aesthetics of Violence and the Everyday in European Art Cinema and is currently co-writing a book with Jason Jacobs on the work of Nicolas Winding Refn for the SUNY Press 'Horizons of Cinema' series.

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