Andrzej Zulawski’s POSSESSION Coming to Blu-ray

POSSESSION, 1981 – Limited Edition Custom Blue Velvet Boxset (2000 Numbered Units)

Runtime: 124 minutes
1. Original English Mono [dts-HD Master Audio] 2. Audio Commentary
3. Unauthorized Alternate Audio*
English, French, and Spanish Subtitles
(optional, in White or Yellow)
1.66:1
Dual Layer BD-50 + CD

Mondo Vision presents the first ever North American Blu-ray release of Andrzej Zulawski’s POSSESSION (1981) in an all new 2K digital transfer supervised and approved by the director. Uncut & fully uncensored, this edition also marks the first ever release of the film in North America in its original Director’s Cut. The film is presented in the original aspect ratio of 1.66:1 along with an uncompressed mono audio soundtrack. This Dual Layer disc has been transferred and encoded using a high-frequency process which preserves as much of the detail and texture from the original film as is possible on the Blu-ray format.

DISC 1: THE FEATURE FILM
Digitally Restored 1080p HD Transfer Approved by Director Andrzej Zulawski [124min]

EXTRAS: [4 Hr. 8 Mins.] [All extras except commentary come with Optional English Subtitles in White or Yellow] The Other Side of The Wall: The Making of POSSESSION [52min] Audio Commentary with Director Andrzej Zulawski [124min] Video Interview with Director Andrzej Zulawski [36min] Video Interview with Translator Eric Veaux [22min] Theatrical Trailer [3min]

Archival Essays & Interviews (retranslated and published for the first time ever in English) + Rare Photos and Artwork.

Exclusive
POSSESSION: A Brief Review By Tom Huddleston, TIME OUT (2012)
God Figured as a Public Whore Gone Crazy: Notes on Andrzej Zulawski’s POSSESSION (1981), An Essay By Daniel Bird (2009)
POSSESSION: An Essay By Jeremiah Kipp (2011)
Pink Socks and Monsters: Excess in Andrzej Zulawski’s POSSESSION: An Essay By Todd Garbarini (2010)

Archival
“Cinema Superactivity”: Extracts From An Interview With Andrzej Zulawski — By Daniel Bird & Stephen Thrower (Spring 1998)
Double Apocalypse in Berlin: POSSESSION: By Max Tessier (1981)
Doubles Working in Concert (POSSESSION): By Hubert Niogret (1981)
POSSESSION by Andrzej Zulawski: By Max Tessier(1981)
POSSESSION, Andrzej Zulawski: By Carine Varène(1981)
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters: By Stephen Thrower (1998)

8 [ 5×7 ] U.S. Lobby Card Reproductions Inside Custom Envelope
5 [ 4×6 ] Exclusive Art Cards [ Original Paintings Courtesy of French Artist Jean-Philippe Guigou ] 1 Japanese Movie Flyer Reproduction
Individually Numbered Certificate Of Authenticity With Unique Serial # [ Only 2000 Individually Numbered Sets Produced ]

Stay tuned for further info when the set becomes available for order.