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The Possessed

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The Possessed is a wonderfully atmospheric proto-giallo in accordance with one among Italy s most notorious crimes, the Alleghe killings, and adapted from the book on that case by acclaimed literary figure Giovanni Comisso.

Peter Stanley Baldwin (The Ghost, The Weekend Murders) stars as Bernard, a depressed novelist who sets off on the lookout for his old flame Tilde (Virna Lisi, La Reine Margot), an attractive maid who works at a remote lakeside hotel. Bernard is warmly greeted by the hotel owner Enrico (Salvo Randone, Fellini’s Satyricon) and his daughter Irma (Valentina Cortese, Thieves Highway, The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire), but Tilde has disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Bernard undertakes an investigation and is soon plunged into a disturbing drama of familial secrets, perversion, madness and murder…

Co-written by Giulio Questi (Death Laid an Egg, Arcana) and co-directed by Luigi Bazzoni (The Fifth Cord, Footprints at the Moon), The Possessed masterfully combines film noir, mystery and giallo tropes, at the same time as also drawing at the formal innovations of 1960s art cinema (particularly the films of Michelangelo Antonioni). A uniquely dreamlike take on true crime, The Possessed is presented here in a stunning new restoration.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

  • Brand new 2K restoration from the unique camera negative
  • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
  • Original Italian and English soundtracks, titles and credits
  • Uncompressed Mono 1.0 PCM audio
  • Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
  • New audio observation by creator and critic Tim Lucas
  • Richard Dyer on The Possessed – a newly filmed video appreciation by the cultural critic and academic
  • Cat s Eyes, an interview with the film’s makeup artist Giannetto De Rossi
  • Two Days a Week, an interview with the film’s award-winning assistant art director Dante Ferretti
  • The Legacy of the Bazzoni Brothers, an interview with actor/director Francesco Barilli, a close friend of Luigi and Camillo Bazzoni
  • Original trailers
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sean Phillips
  • FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing at the film by Andreas Ehrenreich, Roberto Curti and original reviews
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