Edition Exclusive | Possession 1981 Uncut

I left before midnight because leaving felt responsible in a way staying did not. The night had thickened into an accusation. On the walk home, the city seemed to recede, as if it had been shelled and the pieces left to count themselves. I worried, ridiculous and mortal, that there would soon be galleries devoted to the uncut, that museums would find a market for forgetting. I imagined a world where people would donate the edges of their lives like coins and hang them for others to stare at and misplace.

The 1981 film "Possession" directed by Andrzej Żuławski is indeed a very interesting and unique movie. Here's some background on the film and what makes the "uncut edition exclusive" so special: possession 1981 uncut edition exclusive

Days blurred into weeks. The exhibition drew strangers who wrote about it with a tender horror. Some left with a renewed interest in the tactile world: old kitchens resurfaced in anecdotes, names were remembered with a new hunger. Others left hollow. A man on the tube pressed his palms to his mouth and wept without sound for reasons that didn't register, for reasons that would not hold. I left before midnight because leaving felt responsible

To understand the value of the , one must first understand the war waged against the film. Upon its release at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival, Possession caused walkouts, fainting spells, and verbal tirades from critics. The MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) famously demanded over 40 seconds of cuts to avoid an X-rating, specifically targeting shots of the creature’s full articulation and the more graphic moments of self-mutilation. I worried, ridiculous and mortal, that there would

"At what cost?" I asked.