15.11.2010 22:36
pirihuora (15.11.2010 22:12)
pirihuora (Onkos toi Zulawskin Possessionin ruotsijulkaisu millanen, nimen perusteella pitäs ainakin olla ohjaajan versio mutta mistä näistä tietää. Ja onko toi se jossa ääniraita on melkosta puuroa? Linkki vielä: http://cdon.fi/elokuvat/possession_-_director's_cut-792981
Vittu, vastatkaa
Playlla myytävä versio ilmoittaa kestoksi "arviolta" 1h 59min, IMDB 127min, toi ruotsilevy 123min ja Umbrella World Cinema DVD:n "uncut uncensored"-version kansissa lukee 118min. Tossa Umbrellassa on tosiaan ääni ihan paska, että olis ainakin sitä parempi versio kiva löytää mutta sekin olis ihan kliffa juttu että sais ihan leffan kokonaisena. Enpä sitten tiedä onko tota 127min versiota dvd:llä yhtään missään, mutta sekin olis ihan kiva jos tietäs kandeeko ottaa toi ruottalainen vai Uk-levy noin niinkun äänen/kuvanlaadun kannalta.
Uk-versio (Second Sight) vaikuttaa ihan asialliselta. Sex Gore Mutantsissa on arvostelu http://www.sexgoremutants.co.uk/secsightposs.html josta siteeraan tärkeimmät pointit tähän alle koska sivuston lukeminen on äärimmäisen tuskallista silmille:
Second Sight's disc offers the film, uncut, in an anamorphic transfer which preserves its original 1.66:1 aspect ratio. The picture is very good, clean and bright with a healthy level of sharpness.
English 2.0 audio is provided (the film was shot in English) and is equally problem-free.
An animated main menu page leads into a static scene-selection menu allowing access to the film via 20 chapters.
This DVD has a couple of great extra features.
The first is "The Other Side Of The Wall: The Making Of Possession". This is a highly enjoyable and informative 51-minute documentary from 2009 narrated by Daniel Bird. Zulawski is on hand to offer his thoughts on his early career, his exile from Poland and the political motivations for making POSSESSION. We also learn that Sam Waterston was originally in the running for the role of Mark, hear about the uproar the film's appearance at Cannes caused, and much more.
Interspersed with clips from the film and interviews with producers, it's a great documentary despite no appearances from the cast. Most of the documentary is presented in English, but optional subtitles are available to translate those who speak in Polish.
Next up is an interview with Zulawski. This provides a further 36 minutes of illumination with the wise one, who this time speaks in Polish with the benefit of optional English subtitles offered for us ignorant Brits. Here, Zulawski elaborates on how the furore surrounding the filming of ON THE SILVER GLOBE (the Polish government ordered a halt to filming for fear of the film's intent) inspired him to go on to make POSSESSION.
An attractively compiled photo gallery completes a very nice set.
Obviously the dark shadow looming over this release is that Mondo Vision are currently preparing their own DVD version of POSSESSION stateside, and their Zulawski releases so far have been extraordinary. It's also a crying shame that Second Sight were unable to get hold of the Bird/Zulawski commentary track from Anchor Bay US's previous DVD release.
But, these qualms aside, this is an excellent release of a classic film and comes highly recommended.
Does this satisfy your question, Kiku?
