Wow….it's the household of overactors (!!)
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franzkabuki — 12 years ago(July 04, 2013 09:02 AM)
Yeah, these two really found their match. And breed more of their kind, too.
Burton and Taylor in Virginia Woolf were beautifully measured in their loudmouthed mania though, poetic even, if youll allow. Also mixing it up with equally beautifully measured quiet moments. Here, things really seem to have gotten out of hand at times.
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PoppyTransfusion — 12 years ago(August 16, 2013 12:22 AM)
Anna/Adjani in the subway is one of the most intense and disturbing scenes I've watched on film. I'm not surprised your dog couldn't take it especially after listening to Mark/Neill's constant talk about dogs crawling under the porch to die.
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curious_chaos — 10 years ago(October 31, 2015 07:33 AM)
I do not think Neill was terrible, I think the overacting was most certainly part of Zulawski 's direction. It's part of the film's very unsettling atmosphere. Very intentional. Which therefore, makes it not terrible.
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pjk84 — 10 years ago(December 08, 2015 06:24 PM)
Sure, the overacting was likely intentional but that doesn't change the fact, that it was still absolutely ridiculous, not to mention irritating.
Throughout the film, the makers seem to have sought the most counter-intuitive ways of film making - and even story telling in itself - which easily makes
Possession
one of the worst and most amateurish looking professional movies I've ever seen.
It's not completely worthless, though. The hysterical overacting and overall weirdness makes it actually a pretty good backdrop for shts and giggles; if you have a bunch of pals over, getting high and drunk, it offers many a wtf/lol-moment.
On its own however, it's too slow-paced and boring (let alone non-sensical), so it probably shouldn't be the only activity to focus on.