Film So Confusing Even Devoted Fans Admit Defeat Twice Over
KEY POINTS
- •Andrzej Żuławski directed 'Possession' in 1981, a film now available on multiple niche streaming platforms.
- •Viewers are encouraged to watch the film blind, without any trailer or synopsis, due to its complex narrative.
- •Even thorough engagement with podcasts and articles hasn’t yielded a universally accepted understanding of the plot.
Andrzej Żuławski’s 1981 cinematic maelstrom, 'Possession', available on Shudder, Criterion, Metrograph, Kanopy, and Hoopla, guarantees at least two viewings and three podcasts before you integrate even a smidge of clarity—assuming you haven't just skipped to reading The Verge’s explainers. Isabelle Adjani stars in a film so baffling detectives would struggle to follow, it’s both recommended as 'go in blind' and followed by a polite spoiler warning. Metrograph Pictures provided the poster, a dead giveaway this is ‘not one for the squeamish.’ Despite the exhaustive research, even the author admits lingering confusion, proving that sometimes, art doesn’t imitate life, it just rules it by chaos.
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Watch a movie so inscrutable people binge podcasts just to confirm they're equally lost. 'Possession': the cinematic equivalent of a Rubik's cube dunked in acid.
This film is less 'easy to grasp' and more 'hold my beer, watch me implode your brain.'
Two viewings later and I'm still not sure if it's a horror, a drama, or existential dread wearing a trench coat.
Source: Theverge | Published: 2/15/2026 | Author: Terrence O’Brien
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