Isabelle Adjani | Sam Neill

Possession; dir. by Andrzej Żuławski in 1981

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Earth is what I feel for you.

— Andrzej Żuławski

People move on orbits that are so distant from each other. They encounter each other so rarely and when they do, they often aren't those who should've been brought together.

— Andrzej Żuławski; The Third Part of Night, 1971

Cinema is humble, aggressive, sincere. Good cinema is the one who gives blows, not which itself up.

— Andrzej Żuławski

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Romy Schneider | Klaus Kinski

L'important c'est d’aimer; dir. by Andrzej Żuławski in 1975

Possession; dir. by Andrzej Żuławski in 1981

Isabelle Adjani | Sam Neill

Possession; dir. by Andrzej Żuławski in 1981

Isabelle Adjani | Sam Neill

Possession; dir. by Andrzej Żuławski in 1981

Featuring what is arguably the bravest female performance ever put on film — namely, Isabelle Adjani's Cannes-winning turn of shamanistic intensity — the film dares its viewer to enter a trance-like state, in which genres blur and mate to yield a new level of cinematic expression. [...] There's no mistaking the fact that deep inside, Żuławski's cinema is all about searching for grace.

— Michal Oleszczyk

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Isabelle Adjani | Sam Neill

Possession; dir. by Andrzej Żuławski in 1981

To please the majority is the requirement of the Planet Cinema. As far as I'm concerned, I don't make a concession to viewers, these victims of life, who think that a film is made only for their enjoyment, and who know nothing about their own existence.

— Andrzej Żuławski