"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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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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