"Polanski never really struck me as a filmmaker who believed in a purely external manifestion of evil - say, as John Car
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fiatlux-1 — 10 years ago(October 04, 2015 06:40 PM)
Agreed. A good portion of what Ro sees is the fault of the drug they gave her. Its a drug induced hallucination (and, possibly, some Satanic mojo too).
It was Satan all along. Guy was just a part of the hallucination; either from Satan himself OR more likely just who Ro's mind was naturally expecting to see!
In the novel, Ro
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thinks its Guy! Her addled mind thinks she is at a costume party, and that Satan's leathery skin is Guy in a costume!
Right up until she sees Satan's yellow eyesthen has that moment we see in the film too where she panicsand they dope her up again with a drug-dusted pillow.
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
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lguandolo-24408 — 10 years ago(October 27, 2015 02:39 PM)
It's a psychological thriller, and it can be interpreted in a number of ways. I attributed the sequence of events to Rosemary becoming increasingly paranoid until she completely lost it and had a psychotic break. Her doctor was giving her tranquilizers and she quit taking them, so naturally the psychosis returned. I believe that if she had continued to take the medications and gotten herself out of that situation and away from those people (especially her husband), she would have been all right eventually. She could have married a normal man and had another (normal) baby.
But, and this is the great thing about these types of movies, what if Guy wasn't evil? Or the neighbors, for that matter? What if she had imagined the entire thing? I personally think she did; she read entirely too much and literally freaked herself out to the point of psychosis. Who among us hasn't Googled something about Satanism or witches and read obsessively about it until they became terrified and depressed? Those sort of things can just take a hold of us until we start to lose touch with reality ourselves. I also have a lot of experience with psychological issues as I see a doctor and take heavy psychiatric medications. Therefore, I was able to relate to Rosemary and the horror going on in her mind, and how very real it felt to her. -
karsul1 — 10 years ago(October 31, 2015 08:26 PM)
Did you read "Son of Rosemary?" It's the sequel written by Ira Levin. Without giving it away, I'll say you'd find it interesting given your theory. A lot of people didn't like it and called it kind of a cop-out but I thought it was pretty entertaining (although I'm one of those who find it extremely easy to suspend belief for the sake of entertainment). Give it a try, I'd love to hear what you think.
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InherentlyYours — 10 years ago(March 04, 2016 06:27 PM)
If it wasn't Rosemary Baby, the great film it is, would we be interpreting it a number of ways? Did Polanski say it's psychosis, all in her mind, hallucinations, etc? If it was a TV film instead of the classic it is, would it be taken at face value?
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InherentlyYours — 10 years ago(March 04, 2016 07:09 PM)
'I'm sure no woman back in the day would divorce their husband because of it'
How are you sure of it, back in that "day"? Are you very young, so you think the 1960's-70's is some surreal era? We do know you like the word "disgusting"
What's even more disgusting is that I'm sure the male audience would just have said the same thing.
How are you sure what the male audience would have said? You seem to have a disgusting sexist attitude towards men, based on your comments in general (on all boards) Maybe it was the home life you experienced, which makes you feel sure. -
lazarillo — 10 years ago(April 01, 2016 05:01 PM)
People often try to judge things from the past by modern standards. Spousal rape simply wasn't considered rape back then and women usually bore it in silence. He didn't actually rape her at all obviously, and even if he were telling the truth (that he didn't want to miss "baby night"), an "unliberated" woman in the 1960's might have consider it more important to have a baby than to worry that her own husband violated her drunken, unconscious body. You don't have to personally believe something is morally RIGHT to be able to understand why people do what they do sometimes.
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BobbyDupea — 9 years ago(June 23, 2016 07:14 AM)
What's even more disgusting is that I'm sure the male audience would just have said the same thing.
That's a wonderful stereotype of men. No, many of the men in the audience were appalled at Guy's behavior (or his claimed behavior - he was lying to hide the truth from Rosemary). But that is the whole point of the movie - Guy's behavior is horrible - he sacrifices Rosemary to his ambition in a sneaky, disgusting way.
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