Possession

shockingly meaningful? possession is one of those films where the chaos isn’t just surface-level but it feels like a manifestation of everything rotting beneath the surface of relationships, society, and even identity. on one hand, it’s a marital breakdown so raw and unfiltered that it borders on grotesque; on the other, it’s a surreal critique of how we force people to fit into neat, idealized molds. anna and mark’s marriage isn’t just falling apart but i think it was very obvious in this film that it’s exploding into something monstrous, and the film seems to be asking if that monster was always there, just hidden under the pressure to be “normal.” i also appreciated the setting which is cold war berlin which honestly feels like its own character. maybe i'm just thinking too much but it showed the divide between public appearances and private implosions. also, anna’s breakdown and her otherworldly creation speak to the lengths we go to in order to escape suffocating roles, while mark’s descent into obsession shows how we weaponize love as control. the tentacle monster became like a symbol of liberation and destruction, all tangled together in a way that’s both fascinating and terrifying. it’s not an easy watch, but it’s one that sticks with you because of the questions it forces you to confront.