What will happen when these two monsters meet? Something ultimately destructive. Something without love. Third World War.
Possession is really only about the nightmare of a dying relationship. It's about divorce.
Either that, or something completely different!! It's meant to feel like a dream (like a lot of David Lynch movies), or a piece of sculpture, in order to provoke a physical and emotional response before an intellectual one. Just like love and/or hate.
Mark himself is consumed with jealousy at what he fantasises is really going on. He creates his own Anna doppelganger. The other Anna (Helen) is a schoolteacher. She is motherly, calm and instantly sexually available. She also has green eyes, betraying her true origins. She is an identikit woman, a typical male fantasy of a woman. The real Anna is something else, and her fantasies are something else. They symbolise more of what's really going on.
I believe that Adjani's character created the monster from her unconscious, including the trauma of a disintegrating relationship. She is recreating Mark from her own unspeakable desires and fears (such as his supposedly violent, secretive job). As a manifestation of her fantasies, obviously only the monster can satisfy her. She also does its bidding. She has given herself over to (Sister) chance.
At the end, however, she chooses to die alongside old Mark.
It doesn't matter who Mark is working for or why. He's just working for The Man. And he brings his (seemingly rather nasty) work home with him.
The pink socks man: they're just a cipher for the specious, double-dealing, psychologically destructive demands of the world outside. Its division and lies are reflected both in the marriage and in the divided city of Berlin.
New Mark is like the Angel of Death, but not in the religious sense.
As a shameless movie nerd myself, every now and then I come across a film that is a big WTF! The more I try to annalyze and explain to myself what the story is all about, I'll drive myself mad. It's like an abstract art sculpture.
You did a better job of pronouncing the director's name than the head of the academy did pronouncing the name of The Artist's director in the nomination ceremony. "Michel Hazanavisheezus"?!
A great concept is "the fear of the unknown". I believe that in this movie they put a load of imagery that seems to be meaningful in our culture but is only aimed at making a new mythology specially for this movie.
I have not seen this in twenty years so I'll have to re-watch this for a more detailed analysis. I'm intrigued. I don't seem to remember the pink socks for instance. Gimme a few hours and I'll get back to you on this.
Er, one last thing: I think the director's name is pronounced On-j'ai Zoolufski. Maybe...
avastyer 1 month ago
@avastyer Close.. ON-j'ai Zhoo-WAHF-Skee. In this case, the "L" in Zulawski is pronounced as a "W", believe it or not.
BrokeheartAudio 1 month ago
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avastyer 1 month ago
lampyman101(whose reviews are terrific) has slightly different different take from mine: it's all from Mark's point of view.
I can't paste a link but its called The Nasties Review: Possession.
avastyer 1 month ago
What will happen when these two monsters meet? Something ultimately destructive. Something without love. Third World War.
Possession is really only about the nightmare of a dying relationship. It's about divorce.
Either that, or something completely different!! It's meant to feel like a dream (like a lot of David Lynch movies), or a piece of sculpture, in order to provoke a physical and emotional response before an intellectual one. Just like love and/or hate.
avastyer 1 month ago
Mark himself is consumed with jealousy at what he fantasises is really going on. He creates his own Anna doppelganger. The other Anna (Helen) is a schoolteacher. She is motherly, calm and instantly sexually available. She also has green eyes, betraying her true origins. She is an identikit woman, a typical male fantasy of a woman. The real Anna is something else, and her fantasies are something else. They symbolise more of what's really going on.
avastyer 1 month ago
I believe that Adjani's character created the monster from her unconscious, including the trauma of a disintegrating relationship. She is recreating Mark from her own unspeakable desires and fears (such as his supposedly violent, secretive job). As a manifestation of her fantasies, obviously only the monster can satisfy her. She also does its bidding. She has given herself over to (Sister) chance.
At the end, however, she chooses to die alongside old Mark.
avastyer 1 month ago
Hi,
This is one of the greatest films ever made!
It doesn't matter who Mark is working for or why. He's just working for The Man. And he brings his (seemingly rather nasty) work home with him.
The pink socks man: they're just a cipher for the specious, double-dealing, psychologically destructive demands of the world outside. Its division and lies are reflected both in the marriage and in the divided city of Berlin.
New Mark is like the Angel of Death, but not in the religious sense.
avastyer 1 month ago
As a shameless movie nerd myself, every now and then I come across a film that is a big WTF! The more I try to annalyze and explain to myself what the story is all about, I'll drive myself mad. It's like an abstract art sculpture.
Hispandinavian 1 month ago
I think Sam Neil will take just about any job offered to him.
culwin 1 month ago
You did a better job of pronouncing the director's name than the head of the academy did pronouncing the name of The Artist's director in the nomination ceremony. "Michel Hazanavisheezus"?!
Sam Neil is in some very weird movies.
BaubleRob 1 month ago
great video hun. love ya.
CrucialSuicide 1 month ago
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A great concept is "the fear of the unknown". I believe that in this movie they put a load of imagery that seems to be meaningful in our culture but is only aimed at making a new mythology specially for this movie.
I have not seen this in twenty years so I'll have to re-watch this for a more detailed analysis. I'm intrigued. I don't seem to remember the pink socks for instance. Gimme a few hours and I'll get back to you on this.
PuppyZwolle 1 month ago
I don't know, this doesn't sound very Adam-safe... but it probably was all a dream like the end of Mario 2.
UnityPhreak 1 month ago
@UnityPhreak To coin a phrase:
"This is the stuff bad dreams are made of"
PuppyZwolle 1 month ago
Jurassic Park!
UnityPhreak 1 month ago
@UnityPhreak Just asking but:
Is Jurasic Park 100% Adam-safe? I'm still unsure what the 'base-line' is. ;^)
PuppyZwolle 1 month ago