Andrzej Żuławski; ph. by Tony Frank

Er scheint einem Paralleluniversum zu entstammen, einem filmischen Kosmos, dessen genaue Koordinaten schwer zu bestimmen sind.

— A. O. Scott

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Isabelle Adjani | Sam Neill

Possession; dir. by Andrzej Żuławski in 1981

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Earth is what I feel for you.

— Andrzej Żuławski

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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

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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

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Possession; dir. by Andrzej Żuławski in 1981

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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

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