flawless except for the few seconds in the credits when r*man p*lanski's name is on-screen

If I lived in that fucking gorgeous apartment in The Dakota you wouldn't see me complaining about my demon baby

“One workday, while we were waiting to shoot, Roman was discoursing about the impossibility of long-term monogamy given the brevity of a man's sexual attraction to any woman. An impassioned John Cassavetes responded that Roman knew nothing about women, or relationships, and that he, John, was more attracted than ever to his wife, Gena Rowlands. Roman stared at him and blinked a few times, and for once had no reply.”
- from Mia Farrow’s memoir

ah! the anecdote that made me start a rumor that my ghost husband/short king john cassavetes actually directed this motion picture (don’t fact-check this)! now i can cope with giving it 5 stars :)

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wow! trust the devil to make such a great movie about the devil!

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my man satan got nothing on the sheer terror of gaslighting and gender roles

damn cant believe roman polanski made a movie about his own birth 😔😔 so powerful

rosemary

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The energy radiating off this thing is so unwelcoming and uneasy but so interesting. I feel like a lot of that comes from the performances, they were all so bizarre but so right. Felt like 90 minutes! One of the coolest movie posters ever also.

fuck off rosemary im not going to your fucking baby shower

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Polanski supports QAnon

“Shut up, you’re in Dubrovnik, I don’t hear you.”

I don’t love being a Roman Polanski stan in 2021, but here we are, this is undoubtedly one of my all-time favorites (and credit is due to also to Ira Levin’s acidic source material, Mia Farrow and Ruth Gordon, William A. Fraker’s naturalistically paranoid cinematography, Krzysztof Komeda’s earworm of a score, and so many others). 

A horror movie, a comedy of manners and also one of the great New York City time capsules, so endlessly funny and sinister and evocative of the time and place and people that made it. Leads you to such  an unexpected, absurd but strangely recognizable place, with such an inexorable, insidious internal logic.

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this movie is why i have trust issues

Didn't expect this to be so anxiety-fueled. Use of the score, and often lack of, makes it even more intense.

The Criterion Challenge 2021 | 4. Horror

HOLY FUCK

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The lullaby played in the beginning sequence of the film is a perfectly preparation for the next minutes of the film.
The scenario with a very rich content, will successfully challenge the viewers of the film with the elements of psychological tension, the evil that can be seen in even the most innocent person, what the ambition to be successful can cause, marriage, friendship, neighborhood, insecurity in patient-doctor relations and motherhood.

This film is just fantastic. The tone of this film is amazing and the ending is fucking nuts.

Criterion Challenge 2021

4. Horror

An uneasy, paranoia-filled nightmare of the occult. Rosemary’s Baby unravels like a blunt mystery where you know exactly what’s going to happen before each twist is revealed but still feel shocked and entertained along the way.

Surprising and eerie in every way - understandably a horror classic.