It throws the movie off in my opinion, I'm sure no woman back in the day would divorce their husband because of it, but
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BeOneOfUs — 10 years ago(March 16, 2016 11:53 AM)
Like I already said, whether the director wanted people to perceive it that way or not, I am not going to lol.
This a supernatural horror movie about a lady who is having the devil's baby
It's not a metaphor.
There is zero indication that it is all in her head.
Polanski is clearly confused about his own film.
I doubt he had this in mind when he made it back in the 60's.
Anyway, I don't really care if he did.
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kaskait — 10 years ago(March 17, 2016 06:51 PM)
Like I already said, whether the director wanted people to perceive it that way or not, I am not going to lol.
That is your choice, but the creator of this film clearly states that he encoded TWO stories into the film.
Polanski is clearly confused about his own film.
I doubt he had this in mind when he made it back in the 60's
No, the only one confused is you.
Polanski was quite clear minded about this film to the point of having the set designed to be a maze. You can see it in the documentary and the fact that everyone on set had a map to tell them how to get to certain areas. Kubrick used the same trick in The Shining. This was all to support the shadow story of insanity that was a theme in this film. -
MsLadybird99 — 9 years ago(May 11, 2016 03:35 PM)
As far as she knows her husband violently ravaged her while she was passed out cold, leaving bloody marks on her body, and then expects her to get up fix him breakfast. He was a pig, even without the Satan part. She was wimp for not punching him square in the nuts after he slapped her butt.
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kaskait — 9 years ago(October 14, 2016 01:13 PM)
Rosemary is present in the scene. We see her flipping out while little, old people seemingly tiptoe around her.
You would have a point if Rosemary was not in frame and we saw a true, third person confirmation of people using that door.
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fiatlux-1 — 10 years ago(March 18, 2016 07:15 PM)
Like I already said, whether the director wanted people to perceive it that way or not, I am not going to lol.
This a supernatural horror movie about a lady who is having the devil's baby
It's not a metaphor.
There is zero indication that it is all in her head.
Polanski is clearly confused about his own film.
I doubt he had this in mind when he made it back in the 60's.
Anyway, I don't really care if he did.
To me it will always be a literal, supernatural horror.
Good post. I agree 100%.
Its clear this was meant to be a horror tale. The original novel by Ira Levin never even suggests otherwise.
And Polanski has also said he wanted to 'be as faithful as he could' to Levin's novel.
And watching the film, he succeeded.
Why anyone even wants to believe otherwise is a mystery.
Is it so bad or hard to believe that its a horror tale???
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
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shoolaroon-9-43507 — 10 years ago(January 29, 2016 08:16 AM)
That doesn't even make sense and if Polanski believes that then even he didn't really understand the material and shouldn't have done the movie in the first place. I think what you're reading now from him is revisionist, looking backward. It's clear both from the book and what is shown in the movie, that Rosemary was the victim of a witches' coven to bear the devil's child. Obviously I'm not saying this is possible anymore than I'm saying vampires are possible, but there's a certain inner integrity in the movie.
Many things might be hinted at throughout the movie but the end reveals all. Ro walks into the Cassavets apartment through the closet and finds them worshipping her baby - Hail Satan - who is in the black bassinet. That's not a dream and it's not a psychological problem. It's obviously the reality in the world of the movie.
To try to make this out as a psychological problem within Rosemary is a cheat. Polanski should stop this nonsense as HE'S wrong and revising what he made 40 or so years ago. -
fiatlux-1 — 10 years ago(February 06, 2016 06:23 PM)
I suspect a troll started this topic, but even if not, I agree with you about Polanski if he did indeed think that.
Polanski is a nutbag, he's always been one. He makes decent films, but we know his history.
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
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Sugarminx — 9 years ago(July 18, 2016 06:15 PM)
Polanski did indeed say what Kaskait has been banging on about. Problem is in interpretation and context.
Watching that documentary, I am convinced that though Polanski himself may not believe in the supernatural, he made a film about a supernatural subject but deliberately and cleverly left it a little bit open (much like the first half of the Exorcist - initially everyone thought what was going on, was in Regan's mindand we all know how that ended).
RB was filmed in such a way that everything 'looked' normal and it 'might' have been Ro's imagination, but in the end we know that "this is really happening".
I don't think Polanksi is a nutbag at all, I think he's a brilliant talent and his personal history has zero impact on my opinion of his work.
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kaskait — 10 years ago(October 04, 2015 03:23 PM)
Rosemary was raped and beaten by her husband. The film shows this happening then his face is covered with a demonic face. Remember Rosemary was beaten during this attack. She was experiencing hallucinations and she would rather believe it was something else not of this world that attacked her. Anything than face that the one person she loved most in the world nearly killed her (smothering her screams with that pillow).
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kaskait — 10 years ago(March 17, 2016 06:42 PM)
Her body was covered in scratches. We actually see her being smothered and she passes out. Later she has awful pain during her pregnancy. I've read on pregnancy sites that an injury to the abdomen during pregnancy could cause terrible pain.
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Super68 — 9 years ago(April 08, 2016 07:57 PM)
You'e such a moron.'Guy got on top of her, and had sex with her, but Satan was using Guy as a vessel, so that when Guy shot his wad in Rosemary's pussy, it was really the seed of the Devil. Get it? Guy was just the mortal vessel used to impregnate Rosemary.
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kaskait — 9 years ago(April 19, 2016 07:41 AM)
Who is the Moron? You are the one thinking a fairy came out of nowhere and raped a woman. I'm telling you the REALITY, a woman who was mentally ill due to pregnancy hormones plus other pre-existing psychological problems hallucinated devils while her husband attacked her.
Get it?
Again, THE DIRECTOR OF THE FILM STATES THAT THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED. See the documentaries on youtube. But no one will watch it because they would rather believe in fairies attacking women to make fairy babies. -
LoupGarouTFTs — 9 years ago(May 09, 2016 04:27 PM)
Who is the Moron? You are the one thinking a fairy came out of nowhere and raped a woman. I'm telling you the REALITY,
It's a movie. There is no reality. Reality only exists for the people encoded on the celluloid or trapped in the digital bytes. If their reality includes Satan because the writer wants it to include Satan, then Satan exists in reality. Writers build worlds. Directors interpret them. Viewers have the privilege of observing them; however, it is not up to the viewers to state what reality exists in the writer-created world.