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Rosemary's Baby (1968)

It is now the appropriate time of year to discuss Rosemary's Baby. Roman Polanski was extraordinary faithful to Ira Levin's novel.

Mia Farrow leads an eerie ensemble; John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans, Angela Dorian, Charles Grodin, Elishia Cook Jr., Patsy Kelly, Phil Leeds, Hope Summers, and RALPH BELLAMY as Dr. Sapirstein.

With music by Krzysztof Komeda and an unsettling plot, the film became a critical and commercial hit, In fact, the film was so effective, Hammer Horror legend Christopher Lee said it was the scariest film ever made.

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by Anonymousreply 219October 28, 2024 5:43 AM

What have you done to its eyes??!

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by Anonymousreply 1October 3, 2024 3:22 AM

Currently streaming on Amazon Prime with a Paramount Plus Subscription

by Anonymousreply 2October 3, 2024 3:23 AM

Chocolate mouse!

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by Anonymousreply 3October 3, 2024 3:24 AM

The film is so good, that you start to believe that even Dr. Hill (Charles Grodin) is in "on it."

by Anonymousreply 4October 3, 2024 3:27 AM

Maurice Evans character was gay, right?

by Anonymousreply 5October 3, 2024 3:33 AM

How scary is this? I’ve never seen it and I positively loathe scary/horror movies.

Is it more psychological or is there actual bloody things happening ?

by Anonymousreply 6October 3, 2024 3:33 AM

Paging Dr. SAPARSTEIN, Dr. Saparstein will you please pick up?

by Anonymousreply 7October 3, 2024 3:36 AM

Does anyone have a Scrabble game I can borrow?

by Anonymousreply 8October 3, 2024 3:37 AM

R5. Well, we do meet his daughters at his burial but he also writes 'guide books' for young boys so who knows.

by Anonymousreply 9October 3, 2024 3:38 AM

Mia was robbed of an Oscar nomination. She's in every friggin scene and no one could have played Rosemary like she did.

by Anonymousreply 10October 3, 2024 3:39 AM

R6 It is more psychological. Think elevated horror before elevated horror. It is not a slasher or a gore fest.

It is a slow build with complex character development. The entire cast give excellent performances, with Mia Farrow, Ralph Bellamy, and Ruth Gordon being the standouts.

by Anonymousreply 11October 3, 2024 4:17 AM

It made me run out to buy some tannis root.

by Anonymousreply 12October 3, 2024 4:23 AM

That's not fair to Saperstein!

by Anonymousreply 13October 3, 2024 4:26 AM

Biggest takeaway is don't talk to your neighbors.

by Anonymousreply 14October 3, 2024 4:27 AM

He's a Charlie Nobody!

by Anonymousreply 15October 3, 2024 4:31 AM

Oh shut up with your "Oh, Gods" or we'll kill ya, milk or no milk.

by Anonymousreply 16October 3, 2024 4:43 AM

I'm dying for a Vodka Blush.

by Anonymousreply 17October 3, 2024 4:57 AM

Sidney Blackmer is no slouch either

by Anonymousreply 18October 3, 2024 5:32 AM

Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

by Anonymousreply 19October 3, 2024 5:48 AM

They’re a bunch of not very bright bitches who ought to mind their own goddamn business!

by Anonymousreply 20October 3, 2024 5:51 AM

This is my very favorite horror movie - maybe my favorite movie period.

It’s too bad Roman Polanski is such a horrible person, because that guy could DIRECT!

I love that all the witches are portrayed by old Hollywood character actors.

Just seeing Hope Summers scream “Hail Satan” is worth the price of admission.

by Anonymousreply 21October 3, 2024 6:48 AM

with Tony Curtis.

by Anonymousreply 22October 3, 2024 7:33 AM

[quote Just seeing Hope Summers scream “Hail Satan” is worth the price of admission.

Yes. Miss Summers would just randomly shout "Hail Satan!" Sometimes she varied it with "Worship the Dark Lord!" That's why she was kicked out of Mayberry Bapto-Methodist Church in a lost episode of TAGS, R21.

by Anonymousreply 23October 3, 2024 7:38 AM

Rosemary's lullaby

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by Anonymousreply 24October 3, 2024 7:41 AM

My mother used to sing this song to me when I was little.

by Anonymousreply 25October 3, 2024 7:42 AM

I liked the porn version, Rosemary's Booby.

by Anonymousreply 26October 3, 2024 7:46 AM

When a discussion turns to the idea if "a perfect film" this is usually the first that comes to mind for me. It's also a great favorite.

I've seen it many times and there is always some new detail or aspect to appreciate.

by Anonymousreply 27October 3, 2024 8:07 AM

Damn. This discussion is going to make me watch it again because I haven’t seen it in about 10 years and some bits are getting hazy.

by Anonymousreply 28October 3, 2024 9:02 AM

[quote]Just seeing Hope Summers scream “Hail Satan” is worth the price of admission.

I never really trusted Clara. There was something a little frightening about her.

by Anonymousreply 29October 3, 2024 9:56 AM

John Cassavetes was SO hot 🥵 in this movie.

by Anonymousreply 30October 3, 2024 2:49 PM

I was in 5th grade the first time I saw this with a friend, and just the intro credits with Rosemary singing REALLY creeped us both out, we were soo excited. It's been a favorite ever since the first viewing.

by Anonymousreply 31October 3, 2024 3:32 PM

Yes Mia was robbed of The Oscar, probably because no one wanted to piss off Sinatra. Who won that year? Streisand and Hammy Hepburn?

by Anonymousreply 32October 3, 2024 3:32 PM

It’s so good, especially for the period imagery of NYC and also the set and costume designs.

Ruth Gordon was amazing as Minnie. The whole idea of your irritating, nosy neighbors worshiping Satan feels close to plausibility when you own an older co-op in Manhattan.

Polanski’s use of nudity with elderly characters was probably shocking at the time.

by Anonymousreply 33October 3, 2024 3:39 PM

The horror of Rosemary’s Baby was what it represents on a nonsupernatural level - an abusive marriage to a malignant narcissist. That’s why the film still resonates, because there will always be that kind of relationship.

My interpretation of the story was always that Levin was writing about his parents. In that context, he himself would be “Rosemary’s Baby” - and that it represented the guilt he felt in being the cause of his mother staying in an abusive relationship with his father. Most women stay in abusive relationships for the sake of keeping their family together.

I know very little about Levin so I have no way of corroborating this. It just seemed like the kind of ironic autobiographical thing a writer would do.

by Anonymousreply 34October 3, 2024 3:48 PM

There is not a single bad performance

by Anonymousreply 35October 3, 2024 3:51 PM

How charmed was Mia Farrow’s life at this time? This film was such a big hit, and she was married to Sinatra, and had a hit tv show in her tailwind, too, I think.

by Anonymousreply 36October 3, 2024 3:56 PM

She was served with divorce papers during filming. Polanski ran over schedule so Mia wasn't able to co star with Frank in The Detective and he ended the marriage.

by Anonymousreply 37October 3, 2024 4:13 PM

Mia was on every movie magazine cover imaginable from 64-68.

by Anonymousreply 38October 3, 2024 4:15 PM

What makes the film more uncomfortable is that the coven is played by comfortable actors the audience would have known from their comedy film and television roles.

by Anonymousreply 39October 3, 2024 4:20 PM

Is there a curse attached to the film?

by Anonymousreply 40October 3, 2024 4:21 PM

R40. Nope

by Anonymousreply 41October 3, 2024 4:37 PM

I read the book a number of times as a teen and this is one of those books where I am convinced the book would be much better than the movie. So I've never seen it.

Ira Levin has written a number of great novels, my favorite being a 1970 gem entitled "This Perfect Day." Eerily prescient. Read it if you can find it. Do not read the Wikipedia, as it is entirely made up of spoilers!

by Anonymousreply 42October 3, 2024 4:52 PM

R42 Polanski gave a very accurate and close adaptation of the novel. It is worth a watch

by Anonymousreply 43October 3, 2024 5:01 PM

I like my movies extraordinary faithful two.

by Anonymousreply 44October 3, 2024 5:03 PM

The undertaste!

by Anonymousreply 45October 3, 2024 6:18 PM

[Quote] Is there a curse attached to the film?

Mafucken

by Anonymousreply 46October 3, 2024 6:23 PM

r43 the novel was easy to adapt to film. I think Levin purposefully wrote it that way. Very pragmatic author.

by Anonymousreply 47October 3, 2024 6:31 PM

Wasn't the husband meant to be a Robert Redford type? I think it's obvious from the start that Cassavetes is a bad guy. He's so shifty.

by Anonymousreply 48October 3, 2024 7:18 PM

[quote] Maurice Evans character was gay, right?

Grace Cardiff: Fag hag or FWB?

by Anonymousreply 49October 3, 2024 9:03 PM

John Cassavetes was good looking

by Anonymousreply 50October 3, 2024 10:50 PM

R50 = Gena Rowlands

by Anonymousreply 51October 3, 2024 11:07 PM

He was in Luther and Nobody Loves An Albatross.

by Anonymousreply 52October 3, 2024 11:31 PM

Be quiet, you're in Dubrovnik, I can't hear you.

by Anonymousreply 53October 4, 2024 1:25 AM

Yes Mia was robbed of The Oscar, probably because no one wanted to piss off Sinatra. Who won that year? Streisand and Hammy Hepburn?

Yes.

Also nominated were Patricia Neal for The Subject Was Roses, Vanessa Redgrave for Isadora, and Joanne Woodward for Rachel, Rachel. All excellent performances.

by Anonymousreply 54October 4, 2024 1:36 AM

“Its plain old Lipton’s Tea, now drink it!@

by Anonymousreply 55October 4, 2024 2:17 AM

“It is the Year ONE!”

by Anonymousreply 56October 4, 2024 2:18 AM

How scary is this?

I think you see a naked woman when Rosemary is being babied. But it's not Mia.

by Anonymousreply 57October 4, 2024 2:21 AM

You look like a piece of chalk.

by Anonymousreply 58October 4, 2024 2:21 AM

God is dead! Satan lives!

by Anonymousreply 59October 4, 2024 2:24 AM

I love how Elishia Cook Jr. is the real estate agent in the beginning.

You even think HE is in on it by the end!

by Anonymousreply 60October 4, 2024 3:16 AM

Isn't there a plot hole about the former tenant being an old lady who would have been incapable of moving the furniture to block the linen closet entrance to next door?

by Anonymousreply 61October 4, 2024 3:24 AM

R61 No, she dragged the wardrobe. You can see the drag marks. The characters thought it was odd too, given how old she was

by Anonymousreply 62October 4, 2024 4:17 AM

Not content with being Satan's mistress.... MIA IS BITCH!

by Anonymousreply 63October 4, 2024 4:46 AM

[quote]Also nominated were Patricia Neal for The Subject Was Roses, Vanessa Redgrave for Isadora, and Joanne Woodward for Rachel, Rachel. All excellent performances.

And it was Patricia Neal's comeback film after she suffered a debilitating stroke.

by Anonymousreply 64October 4, 2024 5:20 AM

Elf Shot Lame Witch

by Anonymousreply 65October 4, 2024 5:37 AM

No gore, just horror. Just the way I like it. Too, bad APARTMENT 7A sucked so badly. I wanted to like it. Only watch for the costumes and Minnie.

by Anonymousreply 66October 4, 2024 5:47 AM

This is no dream! This is really happening!!

by Anonymousreply 67October 4, 2024 5:49 AM

Is it a mental breakdown or is it really happening? Polanski did a great job directing. Whatever shortcomings he has as a person, he made several great films. I like his version of Oliver Twist. Also, like Chinatown.

by Anonymousreply 68October 4, 2024 5:55 AM

and The Pianist.

by Anonymousreply 69October 4, 2024 5:58 AM

Tennis, anyone?

by Anonymousreply 70October 4, 2024 6:00 AM

Frigging auto correct....

Tannis anyone?

by Anonymousreply 71October 4, 2024 6:01 AM

It’s in my top 10 favorite horror films for sure. I like it more than The Exorcist to be honest. The feeling of dread and oppression in it just grows and grows as the film goes on. Unforgettable. I highly recommend the book as well, which the film sticks to very closely.

by Anonymousreply 72October 4, 2024 6:04 AM

ooh this thread is still alive

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by Anonymousreply 73October 4, 2024 6:05 AM

In the 1968 film, Minnie said that Terry had stayed with them in their apartment. I wonder why in the prequel, "Apartment 7A" Terry is gifted her own apartment by the wealthy Castevets. The prequel producers could have simply made better choices so as to honor the classic original. A horror in and of itself.

by Anonymousreply 74October 4, 2024 6:22 AM

the satan costume which my much younger husband rolls his eyes at.

I don't remember this.

by Anonymousreply 75October 4, 2024 6:26 AM

[quote]R48 Wasn't the husband meant to be a Robert Redford type? I think it's obvious from the start that Cassavetes is a bad guy.

Yes. And the film was offered to Redford first, to star opposite Tuesday Weld. This would have given the newlywed couple a sunshiny, Barbie and Ken style wholesomeness.

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by Anonymousreply 76October 4, 2024 6:35 AM

Monsters… monsters! Unspeakable. Unspeakable!

by Anonymousreply 77October 4, 2024 6:48 AM

I do believe Sharon Tate is in the party scene. She is not the first blonde extra, she's the smiling (unmistakable) one with the headband. The mink fur you see in that scene belonged to Sharon. She lent the coat to the production. One of Sharon's best friends was also in the party scene, Wende Wagner. Alongside them in the same scene was Joanna Barnes who worked with Sharon in both THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES and DON'T MAKE WAVES which were both Ransohoff productions

Sharon wasn't showcased in RB because she wasn't loaned out by her studio, Filmways, which she was under contract to AND Polanski and Sharon's producer had a major falling out over the editing of a previous collaboration, THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS. I love that film, too.

by Anonymousreply 78October 4, 2024 6:49 AM

As a New Yorker, I am very jealous of the Woodhouses rent controlled apartment.

If I had a child I’d probably sacrifice it in exchange?

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by Anonymousreply 79October 4, 2024 6:52 AM

^Been there, done that.

by Anonymousreply 80October 4, 2024 6:58 AM

r79 That floorplan is flipped backwards and there wasn't a second bathroom, there was a butler's pantry between the kitchen and the living room.

by Anonymousreply 81October 4, 2024 7:02 AM

and Joan Crawford and Van Johnson.

A scene was shot, but not used, of the characters attending an off-Broadway play. Mia Farrow and Emmaline Henry attend a performance of "The Fantasticks" and meet Joan Crawford and Van Johnson as themselves. This was deleted to reduce the film's running time.

by Anonymousreply 82October 4, 2024 7:12 AM

[quote]Mia was on every movie magazine cover imaginable from 64-68.

Incidentally, she was on the very first cover of People magazine in 1974 to promote THE GREAT GATSBY.

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by Anonymousreply 83October 4, 2024 7:16 AM

[quote]R81 That floorplan is flipped backwards and there wasn't a second bathroom, there was a butler's pantry between the kitchen and the living room. — the floorplan troll

Well, that’s the floor plan author Ira Levin did for the book, so he could keep the setting straight in his head as he was writing. Roman Polanski wanted to follow the book as closely as possible… but he did make changes here and there (ie, adding the butler’s pantry so there’s the tension of more than one kitchen door to lock when Ro’s friends want to be alone with her at the party.)

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by Anonymousreply 84October 4, 2024 7:22 AM

The original Terry 1968 Playboy playmate of the year Angela Dorian.

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by Anonymousreply 85October 4, 2024 7:23 AM

[quote] my favorite being a 1970 gem entitled "This Perfect Day." Eerily prescient. Read it if you can find it.

R42, This Perfect Day is on Amazon, with a short, non-spoiler description.

by Anonymousreply 86October 4, 2024 9:12 AM

I love the party scene. Their eclectic group of friends says so much about Roe and Guy. They were the cool couple.

by Anonymousreply 87October 4, 2024 11:35 AM

R1's clip says it all---Mia was the weakest player in this melodramatic campfest. Tuesday Weld would have been interesting. Sandy Dennis would have been perfect, except it was too close to her role in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf".

by Anonymousreply 88October 4, 2024 12:56 PM

Mia Farrow is enchanting in her fragility; she's just about perfect for the role- Pauline Kael

I agree with Kael. Farrow's vulnerability works for the role. Dennis would have seen too old for the role and isn't the actress to get audience empathy.

by Anonymousreply 89October 4, 2024 4:18 PM

R74

“Given” not “gifted”

Gift is a niun

Give is the verb you’re looking for

by Anonymousreply 90October 4, 2024 7:50 PM

Dennis isn't the actress to get audience empathy.

She had it in a few other roles but she was too Actors Studio quirky to be an American sweetheart.

by Anonymousreply 91October 4, 2024 9:45 PM

R39- Imagine Lucy and Viv in those roles. Lucy could have played the role of Ruth Gordon.

by Anonymousreply 92October 5, 2024 4:19 AM

Tuesday Weld would have been interesting

But Tuesday was notorious for turning down quality roles.

by Anonymousreply 93October 5, 2024 7:03 AM

R93 yes, she famously turned down "Bonnie & Clyde" (1967) which made Faye Dunaway a superstar and earned her an Oscar nomination.

by Anonymousreply 94October 5, 2024 10:17 AM

Weld explained that she had chosen to reject these roles precisely because she believed they would be commercial successes: "Do you think I want a success?

What an idiot.

by Anonymousreply 95October 5, 2024 2:28 PM

Don't think Weld would convey the same fragility and vulnerability as Farrow. IMO, the casting was perfect.

by Anonymousreply 96October 5, 2024 8:43 PM

[quote]she famously turned down "Bonnie & Clyde" (1967) which made Faye Dunaway a superstar

It would have been like having Bonnie and Clyde played by Thalia Menninger and Warren Armitage.

by Anonymousreply 97October 5, 2024 10:17 PM

Weld also turned down Lolita, True Grit, Bob & Ted & Carol & Alice, Cactus Flower, Norma Rae, The Stepford Wives, Poltergeist, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Roman Polanski’s Macbeth - because she didn’t want to appear nude.

(European Francesca Annis had no such compunction.)

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by Anonymousreply 98October 5, 2024 10:49 PM

Mia's haircut took on a life of its own in the media at that time. I thought it looked great on her.

by Anonymousreply 99October 6, 2024 12:06 AM

They should have had Minnie get a Vidal cut too.

by Anonymousreply 100October 6, 2024 3:22 AM

R84 I've always thought the woman in the green pants suit at the party who is visible in that photo was played by Kenny Roger's ex-wife, Marianne Gordon, very early in her career (well before marrying Kenny). Marianne is listed as being in the movie and this is the only person who possibly could be her.

by Anonymousreply 101October 6, 2024 3:59 AM

That is her, r101.

by Anonymousreply 102October 6, 2024 4:26 AM

He was the object of Julie Christie's affections in Richard Lester's Petulia (1968)

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by Anonymousreply 103October 6, 2024 7:50 AM

^ I think this was meant for the George C Scott thread.

by Anonymousreply 104October 6, 2024 12:40 PM

Making of video.

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by Anonymousreply 105October 6, 2024 12:44 PM

Conversations Inside The Criterion Collection

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by Anonymousreply 106October 7, 2024 11:43 PM

Hey...let's make love

by Anonymousreply 107October 8, 2024 5:37 AM

Perhaps you’d better have your legs tied down, in case of convulsions.

by Anonymousreply 108October 8, 2024 5:44 AM

The R106 interviews talk about the tension between Roman Polanski and John Cassavetes.

by Anonymousreply 109October 8, 2024 10:13 PM

"Satan is his father now!"

by Anonymousreply 110October 8, 2024 10:49 PM

Cassavetes is very sinister as Guy and I love it. There's no doubt that this man would make a pact with the devil. He's also very sexy and you can understand why Rosemary is attracted to him. But Hutch clearly doesn't like him.

by Anonymousreply 111October 8, 2024 11:10 PM

I wonder if that hideous water fountain is still at the Dakota.

by Anonymousreply 112October 8, 2024 11:17 PM

I’m tired of hearing about how great Dr. Sapirstein is!

by Anonymousreply 113October 9, 2024 1:22 AM

"Why would she cover up her vacuum cleaner and her towels?"

by Anonymousreply 114October 9, 2024 1:31 AM

I knew this would happen. I kept telling my wife that she would kill herself, but she pooh-pooh'd me.

by Anonymousreply 115October 9, 2024 5:01 AM

Vodka blush? They're very popular in Australia.

by Anonymousreply 116October 9, 2024 6:04 AM

Carpet! (coughing and pointing) Carpet!

by Anonymousreply 117October 9, 2024 6:39 AM

John Cassevetes is sooooooo sexy in this film.

by Anonymousreply 118October 9, 2024 7:46 AM

John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands made one sexy couple!

I wish they had won Best Director and Best Actress for A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE.

They lost to Francis Ford Coppola for THE GODFATHER PART II and Ellen Burstyn in ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE.

He also directed her in her other Oscar-nominated role, GLORIA.

And their son, Nick Cassavetes, directed his mom in THE NOTEBOOK.

by Anonymousreply 119October 9, 2024 7:58 AM

My mom really liked this movie. When I got older I rented it and I thought it was great. I just watched it a few days ago. I know Roman Polanski is controversial and sick, but this movie still fascinates me. Especially John Cassavetes and Ruth Gordon. Later on I watched "Look what Happened to Rosemary's Baby" which wasn't all that great, but I wanted to see what happened to him. Steven McHattie reminds me of Joachim's Joker for some reason.

by Anonymousreply 120October 9, 2024 10:40 AM

All of them Witches

by Anonymousreply 121October 9, 2024 12:26 PM

There are no witches...really

by Anonymousreply 122October 9, 2024 1:02 PM

[quote]Mia Farrow is enchanting in her fragility; she's just about perfect for the role

Agreed; she's not just petite, but has a child-like quality about her, which is about the only way she could put up with an asshole like Guy. If anything, it's surprising the Devil didn't already *have* his soul (or even want it for that matter)

by Anonymousreply 123October 9, 2024 3:08 PM

[italic]Typhoon! Typhoon! It killed fifty-five people in London!

by Anonymousreply 124October 10, 2024 5:03 AM

I’m watching it again right now. I want to suck Dr. Hill’s dick. He’s hot.

by Anonymousreply 125October 10, 2024 5:04 AM

I don't find Cassevette hot in this film. I keep picturing him morph into Satan and it doesn't make me hot. Horrified, yes.

by Anonymousreply 126October 10, 2024 7:44 AM

You...while I was out?!

by Anonymousreply 127October 10, 2024 11:19 AM

John Cassavetes is NOT hot in this.

He’s creepy and annoying… as he was every second of his LIFE!

by Anonymousreply 128October 10, 2024 11:58 AM

I [italic]won’t [/italic]have an abortion!

by Anonymousreply 129October 10, 2024 12:06 PM

As long as she ate the mouse, she can't see nor hear. Now sing!

by Anonymousreply 130October 10, 2024 8:50 PM

I can no longer associate myself with............

by Anonymousreply 131October 10, 2024 9:26 PM

"He was in LUTHER and NOBODY LOVES AN ALBATROSS."

by Anonymousreply 132October 10, 2024 9:34 PM

Redundant..

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by Anonymousreply 133October 10, 2024 9:36 PM

Reply 132, metaphor for that line of dialogue that Luther=evil and albatross=curse that cannot be escaped from.

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by Anonymousreply 134October 10, 2024 9:41 PM

[quote]As long as she ate the mouse, she can't see nor hear. Now sing!

Eeeeuww.

by Anonymousreply 135October 10, 2024 10:02 PM

It's the first day of my period....

by Anonymousreply 136October 10, 2024 10:04 PM

What the hell is that?

by Anonymousreply 137October 10, 2024 10:25 PM

^It was intentional. Watch the damn movie.

by Anonymousreply 138October 10, 2024 10:46 PM

[quote] It's spelled mousse

Please leave this thread immediately.

by Anonymousreply 139October 10, 2024 11:00 PM

I ff’ed.

by Anonymousreply 140October 10, 2024 11:29 PM

Rosemary: I dreamed someone was raping me. Someone inhuman.

Guy: Thanks a lot!

by Anonymousreply 141October 11, 2024 6:02 AM

You don't mean my tie do you?

Well, he's got mine, and I've got his.

by Anonymousreply 142October 11, 2024 6:17 AM

Can anyone elaborate on the character Grace Cardiff? Is there more about her in the novel? Why is her last name a city in Wales but her accent is Eastern European?

by Anonymousreply 143October 11, 2024 6:58 AM

Don't you think we should talk about it? The way you haven't been looking at me.

by Anonymousreply 144October 11, 2024 7:57 AM

Catholics only. I wish we weren't bound by these prejudices...

by Anonymousreply 145October 11, 2024 9:35 AM

He sounds like a sadistic NUT!

by Anonymousreply 146October 11, 2024 9:36 AM

"...and those sisters"

by Anonymousreply 147October 11, 2024 10:03 AM

What's that?

I've been to Vidal Sassoon.

Don't tell me you paid for that?!

by Anonymousreply 148October 11, 2024 10:51 AM

The first few times I saw RB was on network tv where the devil rape sequence was cut to bits. It was nothing but Roe passing out, hearing chanting and seeing the look of horror on her face as she says THIS IS NO DREAM, THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING. So, imagine my peasant surprise when I finally saw the whole thing for the first time. What an amazing, trippy scene.

by Anonymousreply 149October 11, 2024 11:39 AM

r143, there's not much more about her in the book. I think just a passing reference to her calling Rosemary from time to time to let her know there's no change in Hutch's condition. The accent was purely an actor's choice; there's no mention of her background in the book at all.

I'm sure someone smarter than I could theorize about the meaning behind her name. I feel like Ira Levin often uses names to imply or evoke other meanings. Cardiff isn't far off from cardinal, a key role in the Catholic church.

by Anonymousreply 150October 11, 2024 1:19 PM

I think Grace Cardiff is kind of a red herring. Rosemary doesn't know who she is and she has this exotic European accent.

Is she a Satanist? A friend? Is she giving Rosemary the book to mislead or help her?

You never really know and THAT is a little terrifying.

by Anonymousreply 151October 11, 2024 2:44 PM

But does the book mislead her R151?

by Anonymousreply 152October 11, 2024 9:27 PM

You look great. It's that haircut that looks awful. If you want the truth, honey, it's the worst mistake you ever made.

by Anonymousreply 153October 12, 2024 3:37 AM

Oh, are you preg-a-nant?

by Anonymousreply 154October 12, 2024 3:54 AM

No marijuana?

by Anonymousreply 155October 12, 2024 3:56 AM

A “Let’s Be Rosemary’s Baby” thread is needed!

by Anonymousreply 156October 12, 2024 4:26 AM

We must assume Dr. Saperstein knows whereof he speaks. He should. He charges enough.

by Anonymousreply 157October 12, 2024 8:32 AM

"It's not fair to Saperstein!" for that reason alone, Rosemary should've been a kitchen knife in Guy's neck.

by Anonymousreply 158October 12, 2024 11:53 AM

I guess they didn't rehabilitate her very well....

by Anonymousreply 159October 12, 2024 5:34 PM

Muriel never visits a city when the press is on strike.

by Anonymousreply 160October 12, 2024 6:58 PM

I've seen this film countless times. There are a ton of interesting side facts about this movie. I just discovered that one of the minor coven members was played by Ryan O'Neal's mother, Patricia O'Neal. She is in the clip below, wearing a gray dress and remarks "We're your friends, Rosemary." (I'm not talking about Hope Summers/Clara from the "Andy Griffith Show; I'm referencing the other woman).

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by Anonymousreply 161October 12, 2024 7:47 PM

I just wonder if this film would still work if it was set in present times. The 1960s were really the last time women were meek and subservient to their husbands as a whole. Without a dominant patriarchal society, would Rosemary allow herself to be meek and isolated today? Would she let her override her on every decision?

by Anonymousreply 162October 12, 2024 10:40 PM

Err him

by Anonymousreply 163October 12, 2024 10:50 PM

R162 I mean maybe in a more subtle way the dynamic could still play out. I mean Guy basically told her, “Listen you dumb bitch. I’m not paying both Saperstein and Dr. Hill”. The dynamic could still play out to an extent if he is the breadwinner.

by Anonymousreply 164October 13, 2024 3:10 AM

Tannis root? You sure you don't mean anise or orris?

by Anonymousreply 165October 13, 2024 3:16 AM

[quote]I just wonder if this film would still work if it was set in present times.

What difference does it make? It would be pointless to remake it.

by Anonymousreply 166October 13, 2024 3:20 AM

r162 wasn't Mother sort of a remake of Rosemary's Baby?

by Anonymousreply 167October 13, 2024 3:26 AM

No pills.

Minnie Castevet has a herbarium. I'm gonna have her make a daily drink for you that'll be fresher, safer, and more vitamin-rich than any pills on the market.

by Anonymousreply 168October 13, 2024 3:31 AM

[quote] wasn't Mother sort of a remake of Rosemary's Baby?

Not at all

by Anonymousreply 169October 13, 2024 3:33 AM

R165, is that a quote from the film, or are you asking?

There's no such thing as tannis root. Ira Levin made it up. I guess he thought "Satan root" would be unsubtle.

by Anonymousreply 170October 13, 2024 9:45 AM

It's a quote from Hutch to Rosemary.

by Anonymousreply 171October 13, 2024 11:38 AM

Shhhh. I think I hear the Trench sisters.

by Anonymousreply 172October 13, 2024 2:07 PM

"Aren't you his mother?"

by Anonymousreply 173October 13, 2024 2:25 PM

Shhh. I think I hear the Trench sisters chewing.

by Anonymousreply 174October 13, 2024 5:56 PM

MAD magazine called it "Rosemia's Booboo" and it ended with the baby having Alfred E. Newman's face.

by Anonymousreply 175October 13, 2024 6:37 PM

I’ve always thought the Branford apartment building was American counterpart to the Three Mothers in Dario Argento’s Suspiria trilogy. The Trench sisters were probably on par with Mater Suspiriorum, Mater Tenebrarum, and Mater Lachrymarum.

by Anonymousreply 176October 13, 2024 7:27 PM

I just noticed he has pierced ears.

Pierced ears and piercing eyes.

by Anonymousreply 177October 13, 2024 8:40 PM

At first I thought they wanted me for some kind of a sex thing -Terry

by Anonymousreply 178October 13, 2024 9:03 PM

Dianne Wiest is amazing as Minnie in the prequel Apartment 7A.

by Anonymousreply 179October 14, 2024 2:33 AM

The old bat slaved all day, now eat it!

by Anonymousreply 180October 14, 2024 8:05 AM

Pain begone I will have no more of thee.

by Anonymousreply 181October 14, 2024 8:22 AM

Question. Was Dr. Hill (Charles Grodin) in on it or did he just think she had lost her marbles?

by Anonymousreply 182October 14, 2024 7:13 PM

R182 Saperstein was well respected in their profession. He's obviously going to think she lost it and Abe was to be trusted.

by Anonymousreply 183October 14, 2024 7:54 PM

111 West 50th Street.

by Anonymousreply 184October 15, 2024 11:54 AM

It's like a wire inside me getting tighter and tighter.

by Anonymousreply 185October 16, 2024 7:53 AM

I'm listening to the audiobook read by Kim Cattrall. She does an utterly fantastic job too.

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by Anonymousreply 186October 16, 2024 12:27 PM

So Guy pretty much admitted to Rosemary at the end of the novel that he'd done "faggy" stuff with Donald Baumgart to obtain his personal item.

by Anonymousreply 187October 16, 2024 6:22 PM

R187 I didn’t get that from it but let me rewatch that part again.

by Anonymousreply 188October 16, 2024 7:02 PM

Has anyone ever found it interesting that Cassavetes is so close to Castevet?

by Anonymousreply 189October 16, 2024 8:37 PM

R189 and the director was Roman Polanski, and one of the main characters was Roman Castevet. Lots of weird stuff going on with this great film. Didn't Sharon Tate name one of her dogs Dr.Saperstein?

by Anonymousreply 190October 16, 2024 9:18 PM

R182, I think he just thought she’d lost her marbles. Dr. Sapirstein was a respected doctor so her tales of witchcraft and conspiracy just sounded crazy. I’m sure he thought he was doing the right thing calling Guy and Dr. Sapirstein to come get her. Not part of the witch cult but a part of the patriarchal system that keeps women at the mercy of men

by Anonymousreply 191October 17, 2024 1:01 AM

The minute Rosemary realizes she's maybe gone too farm telling Dr. Hill about Saperstein, shows Mia at her best. She still lets herself feel a false security before she's betrayed.

by Anonymousreply 192October 17, 2024 2:48 AM

We're having a party a week from Sunday. It's for our old- I mean, our young friends. Minnie and Roman are not invited. Neither is Laura-Louise. Not is Dr. Saperstein. It's going to be a very special party. You have to be under 60 to get in.

by Anonymousreply 193October 17, 2024 6:25 AM

[quote]Question. Was Dr. Hill (Charles Grodin) in on it or did he just think she had lost her marbles?

They leave it open.

The only thing early on is when he asks Rosemary to come in for a second blood test and blames his nurse for a mistake. In the book, it did not ring true to Rosemary that the meticulous Dr. Hill would allow the nurse to draw less blood than necessary. She felt he was keeping something about the test from her.

We also hear that tannis root had turned Rosemary's breast milk green so it's possible Dr. Hill saw something in the lab tests that confirmed to him later on that she had indeed been a victim of witchcraft.

by Anonymousreply 194October 17, 2024 7:19 AM

I interpret Dr. Hill two ways:

(1) He honestly thought Rosemary lost her marbles and called Dr. Saperstein, a respected authority and her primary obstetrician.

(2) Saperstein and the Coven got to him or put a spell on him so he would call Saperstein.

Either way, you never really know and it is frightening that the ONLY person she thought she could trust turned against her.

by Anonymousreply 195October 17, 2024 5:28 PM

Dr. Hill's personality change was the movie's most chilling part for me. Going from kind and caring to sinister. The look he gave Rosemary as she was being led away was almost hateful. It was kept ambiguous thanks to the skills of Polanski and Grodin.

by Anonymousreply 196October 17, 2024 5:57 PM

If Dr Hill was in on it wouldn't he have alerted Roman and Guy sooner and had them at his office before Rosemary arrived?

by Anonymousreply 197October 17, 2024 8:11 PM

Dr. Hill is not in on it. He’s just rightfully alarmed when a former patient shows up with crazy stories and books on witchcraft, practically breaking water in his office.

If someone plunked down next to you with a suitcase and Rosemary’s manic story, would you believe them?

by Anonymousreply 198October 17, 2024 9:16 PM

R198 right 😂 . That’s exactly my take on this brilliant film too.

by Anonymousreply 199October 17, 2024 9:43 PM

Whatever Happened to Dr Hill?

Coming to a streaming service soon.

Chronicles his sudden rise from struggling young ob-gyn to Doctor of the Divas.

by Anonymousreply 200October 17, 2024 9:49 PM

It’s obvious Dr. Hill was a young handsome gayling ready to take the world by storm. And no he wasn’t in the witch cult but he was a petty bitch. He was getting Rosemary back for dropping him in favor of the big name doctor. She should have been a loyal faghag; now she must bear Satan’s child.

by Anonymousreply 201October 17, 2024 10:20 PM

I'm just giving a party. I'm not going to swim the English channel.

by Anonymousreply 202October 20, 2024 2:30 AM

R202 And you have to be under 60 to get in. Rosemary was tired of them old nosey creeps.

by Anonymousreply 203October 20, 2024 2:32 AM

I was bitten by a mouse...

by Anonymousreply 204October 20, 2024 2:52 AM

R21 Polanski did a superior job directing The Pianist.

by Anonymousreply 205October 20, 2024 2:59 AM

[quote] Rosemary was tired of them old nosey creeps.

I love that split second when we see those two old guys sneaking around behind her back.

by Anonymousreply 206October 20, 2024 3:14 AM

I have a question, especially after watching the prequel Apartment 7A. Terry Gionoffrio jumps out the window at a party Roman and Minnie are giving. Even with a back door, how do Roman and Minnie change clothes instantly and exit the building without being seen by anyone?

by Anonymousreply 207October 20, 2024 3:27 AM

R207 Wait I thought Apartment 7A is a story about the lady Rosemary meets in the laundry room in the beginning. Because in that film Roman and Minnie aren’t home when she jumps. Remember, they are walking up the block coming from somehwere. I guess just minor creative license.

by Anonymousreply 208October 20, 2024 3:30 AM

I want vitamins in pills like everyone else.

by Anonymousreply 209October 21, 2024 6:38 AM

They're a bunch of not very bright bitches who ought to mind their own goddam business.

by Anonymousreply 210October 22, 2024 4:46 AM

This is my sister, Edna. And her husband.

by Anonymousreply 211October 24, 2024 11:12 AM

[quote]R110: "Satan is his father now!"

I always heard Roman's line as "Satan is his father, not Guy!"

by Anonymousreply 212October 24, 2024 2:13 PM

[quote]R149: my peasant surprise

Now, that's funny! :D

by Anonymousreply 213October 24, 2024 2:18 PM

I think I made a similar joke when Suri Cruise was born.

The year is One!

by Anonymousreply 214October 24, 2024 4:38 PM

[quote]I'm listening to the audiobook read by Kim Cattrall. She does an utterly fantastic job too.

I had the Mia Farrow-read audiobook; she was also fantastic. She would've made a great Minnie in the remake.

[quote]and the director was Roman Polanski, and one of the main characters was Roman Castevet. Lots of weird stuff going on with this great film. Didn't Sharon Tate name one of her dogs Dr.Saperstein?

She did. Another moment in the movie that always creeps me out when I see it: the scene where Minnie's loud voice invades Rosemary's dream. as the camera pans from a sleeping Guy over to Rosemary, there are a few paperback books on her bookcase headboard, and one of them literally looks like the 70s paperback edition of "Helter Skelter" -- black paperback with a white "window" on the cover with red writing on the spine. Creepy as hell.

by Anonymousreply 215October 25, 2024 9:00 AM

Yes R215 it looked exactly like the paperback. The bloody head of Terry too, was a creepy foreshadowing. It is one of the greatest films of the 60's. I remember watching Dark Shadows around the time it came out, "Pray for Rosemary's Baby" and "Dracula Has Risen from the Grave" were 2 ads that ran during the summer of 68 during DS.

by Anonymousreply 216October 25, 2024 1:19 PM

Grace. That's one of my favorite names.

by Anonymousreply 217October 25, 2024 4:15 PM

In their rituals they often use the fungus called Devil's Pepper.

by Anonymousreply 218October 27, 2024 6:23 AM

Comes With the Fall

by Anonymousreply 219October 28, 2024 5:43 AM
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