Her reaction to the rape is so shocking
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Rosemary's Baby
LetThemEatCake01 — 10 years ago(September 22, 2015 11:41 AM)
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 she should have been livid at least until she found out she was pregnant, she could have turned around at that moment. And how much of a disgusting creep was guy? My god, don't say anything, I just clipped them, disgusting. What's even more disgusting is that I'm sure the male audience would just have said the same thing. The tv remake was so embarrassing, I don't even remember how they dealt with it.
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kaskait — 10 years ago(September 29, 2015 06:08 AM)
She did react although she didn't consciously realize it due to suppressing it. Instead of dealing with her husband's rape, she chose to believe that the devil did it and that her pregnancy was due to the devil.
Meanwhile the Devil was Guy. There was a reason why the monster face was superimposed over Guy during the attack. -
kaskait — 10 years ago(September 29, 2015 06:53 PM)
She saw her husband crawling on top of her then a demon face was flashed on top of his image.
This film is psychological. Rosemary would rather believe that something supernatural attacked her not her own husband. -
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kaskait — 10 years ago(October 04, 2015 03:18 PM)
No, I'm sorry you are wrong. You didn't understand the shadow story that the director encoded into the film.
Rosemary was attacked and beaten by her husband. It disturbed her so much, she internalized it and denied it. In the meantime she was already pregnant when the attack occurred. The hormonal flux in her body due to the pregnancy caused pre-partum psychosis. The psychosis brought out the repressed memories of the attack. But still she wouldn't face it.
She decided that it was demon that attacked her. That the old couple next door (who were connected to the theater industry which was the reason Guy hobnobbed with them) were an evil influence. She lost the baby due to her running all over the city in a crazed, fugue state. She couldn't even face that and decided her baby was alive and the devil himself.
All the clues to this hidden story are in the film. The director himself stated that this was fact. -
kaskait — 10 years ago(October 06, 2015 03:22 AM)
Nope, not a troll.
WATCH the recent documentary interviewing people behind the scenes. Polanski says point blank that he doesn't believe in the supernatural and he filmed the movie in a way that incorporates rational and supernatural explanations. I used to have a link to the documentary on youtube in one thread. But that clip was taken down. However if you have the special edition version of the film on dvd you will be able to see it. -
fiatlux-1 — 10 years ago(October 06, 2015 11:26 AM)
Well, you're creative I'll give you that.
But whether such a video even exists.its just not so.
The film is based on Ira Levin's novel of the same name. Polanski has said any number of times that he truly wanted to get as close to the novel as possible.
And he did! Its almost verbatim to the excellent novel.
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
Penfold, shush. -
kaskait — 10 years ago(October 06, 2015 02:12 PM)
It exists and this is the more recent Criterion documentary.
At mark 37:40, Polanski discusses the paranoia angle. Again the film supports both narratives: supernatural and insanity. As intended by the director. -
fiatlux-1 — 10 years ago(October 06, 2015 05:41 PM)
http://cinemasentries.com/review/rosemarys-baby-criterion-collection-dvd-review-a-masterful-film/
http://www.imdb.com/board/10063522/trivia
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
Penfold, shush. -
kaskait — 10 years ago(October 07, 2015 02:46 AM)
LOL
The IMDB thread is your proof? I can go on that and add in my own trivia. That is a thread result of any IMDB user.
And than you add a review of the documentary I linked to.
JUST WATCH THE LINK. Or don't you want to see the director himself stating that he was on the agnostic side and didn't believe in the supernatural. Therefore he allowed the story to be about a possible psychological problem on Rosemary's part. -
BeOneOfUs — 10 years ago(February 22, 2016 04:34 PM)
This is widely known as a supernatural horror film.
You theory makes the entire thing much less scary.
I don't know whether the directer actually wanted people to perceive it that way or not but I am certainly not going to lol. -
kaskait — 10 years ago(February 29, 2016 11:02 AM)
I don't know whether the directer actually wanted people to perceive it that way or not but I am certainly not going to lol.
Polanski says pointblank in TWO documentaries on the making of the film that the dual narrative was what he intended. I don't see how he can get more up front than that other than calling up each of the film's fans himself to say it over the phone. -
fiatlux-1 — 10 years ago(March 02, 2016 02:44 PM)
I've never heard Polanski say this, but if he did, it makes no sense.
He has clearly stated that he tried to be as faithful as he could be to Ira Levin's novel. The film is even widely known as one of the best adaptations of a horror novel!
So if Polanski did say that, he's more off his nut than everyone already can tell he is.
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
Penfold, shush. -
fiatlux-1 — 10 years ago(March 14, 2016 07:03 PM)
Well its safe to say the novel author NEVER intended it to be anything but supernatural.
And I HAVE heard Polanski say that he 'tried to be as faithful to Levin's novel as he could'.
He contradicts himself then, if he says anything to the contrary.
The novel & film Rosemary's Baby are both supernatural. If you want to believe otherwise, then by all means go ahead.
Polanski is a nutbag. A criminal one, to boot.
So I don't take anything he says too seriously.
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
Penfold, shush. -
kaskait — 10 years ago(March 17, 2016 06:47 PM)
Polanski was true to Levin's book. Levin also included reasonable doubt into his storyline. Especially since, yes, everything is in Rosemary's POV.
Again if the film and the book had at least one 3rd person scene, omniscient view scene we would all have definite knowledge whether or not Rosemary's story was psychological or supernatural. We don't. So everything is suspect. -
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kaskait — 10 years ago(March 17, 2016 06:44 PM)
It doesn't have flaws. It is craftily designed to leave out information in which you the audience member fill in with flights of fancy.
All evidence of witchcraft is created by the viewer himself/herself based on Rosemary's very questionable POV.