The Possessed (1965) • Discape

The Possessed feels very much like what a proper giallo by the likes of Michelangelo Antonioni would have been like. Of course, the master of cinematic ennui had already dabbled in the genre with L’Avventura (1960) and would do so again with his landmark Blow-Up (1966), but neither film would really play by the basic rules of the genre. Directors Luigi Bazzoni and Franco Rossellini are more inclined to “color within the lines,” as it were, but the film is still very much in the vein of serious, artistically inclined cinema. Whether that is a good thing or not will inevitably depend upon the tastes of the viewer …

Troy Howarth, So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films, Volume 1, 1963-1973 (Midnight Marquee Press, 2015)

Selected disc options for The Possessed

Extras	Arrow BD-ALL/US 2019
Audio Commentary by Tim Lucas	has extra
Richard Dyer on “The Possessed” (25:11)	has extra
The Legacy of the Bazzoni Brothers - Interview with Actor/Director Francesco Barilli (30:35)	has extra
Lipstick Marks - Interview with Makeup Artist Giannetto De Rossi (11:51)	has extra
Youth Memories - Interview with Assistant Art Director Dante Ferretti (16:19)	has extra
English Theatrical Trailer (2:11)	has extra
Italian Theatrical Trailer (2:11)	has extra

Blu-ray comparison available on

Arrow’s Blu-ray includes a 40-page booklet with writing by Andreas Ehrenreich (“The Production of ‘The Possessed’”) and Roberto Curti (“The Secrets of the Lake”). It is also available (without booklet) in the “Giallo Essentials - Red Edition” box set with The Fifth Cord (1971) and The Pyjama Girl Case (1978).

Presentation	Arrow BD 2019 Video File 1 Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Resolution: 1080p23.976 Overall bit rate: 30.00 Mbps Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Length:1:25:06.016 File size: 19.40 GiB Notes: English Titles File 2 Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Resolution: 1080p23.976 Overall bit rate: 30.00 Mbps Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Length:1:25:06.016 File size: 19.40 GiB Notes: Italian Titles Audio File 1 Language: English LPCM 1.0 Sampling rate: 48 kHz Bit rate: 1152 kbps Bit depth: 24-bit File 2 Language: Italian LPCM 1.0 Sampling rate: 48 kHz Bit rate: 1152 kbps Bit depth: 24-bit Subtitles English English SDH
Extras	Audio Commentary by Tim Lucas Arrow BD
	Richard Dyer on “The Possessed” (25:11, 1080p) Arrow BD
	The Legacy of the Bazzoni Brothers - Interview with Actor/Director Francesco Barilli (30:35, 1080p) Arrow BD
	Lipstick Marks - Interview with Makeup Artist Giannetto De Rossi (11:51, 1080p) Arrow BD
	Youth Memories - Interview with Assistant Art Director Dante Ferretti (16:19, 1080p) Arrow BD
	English Theatrical Trailer (2:11, 1080p) Arrow BD
	Italian Theatrical Trailer (2:11, 1080p) Arrow BD