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Obsessions (1969) + Extra

Posted By: Helladot
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Obsessions (1969) + Extra

Obsessions (1969) + Extra
BDRip 720p | MKV | 1280 x 720 | x264 @ 2560 Kbps | 1h 30mn | 1,75 Gb + 403 Mb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: None
Genre: Thriller, Erotic | Director: Pim de la Parra

This gritty, psychedelic Hitchcockian mystery, which is notable for being the first Dutch film shot in English-language, starts in a savagely brutal fashion. When a bloody painting of Vincent van Gogh falls from a wall and exposes a makeshift peephole, student protagonist Nils Janssen (played by the film’s German co-producer Dieter Geissler) becomes an unwitting witness to a gruesome sex crime next door. When his young fiancée Marina (Alexandra Stewart of Truffaut’s DAY FOR NIGHT), an enterprising journalist, tells him about a report of a murder that she is writing, he naturally wonders if it’s the very same killing.


This classic exploitation film was the birth of auteur cinema in Holland, and inspired legendary filmmakers such as Paul Verhoeven to make their start in the industry. Originally distributed in over 100 countries, the film remained unreleased in the U. S. (and France) – until now. Perhaps most notably, the film was co-written by a young Martin Scorsese, who shot the legendary erotic dream sequence for his first feature WHO’S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR (1968) in Amsterdam, that same year. Additionally, the film also stars legendary Dutch filmmaker Fons Rademakers (MIRA, THE ASSAULT), is edited by Henry Rust (CHILDREN OF PARADISE) and scored by Hitchcock composer Bernard Herrmann (TAXI DRIVER, SISTERS, VERTIGO). OBSESSIONS is a curious cultural hybrid where late-1960s Dutch exploitation and classic Hollywood Hitchcock collide in a provocative and revolutionary fashion.
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Obsessions (1969) + Extra

Extra:
- Interview with Pim de la Parra - in this brand new video interview, director Pim de la Parra discusses in great detail the production history of Obsessions, his decision to shoot the film in English, his work with Martin Scorsese, how Bernard Herrmann allowed him to use some previously composed music in his film, the casing of Alexandra Stewart, etc. (20:27, in English only)