Rosemary's Baby [1967] Roman Polanski | US
Main Cast: John Cassavetes, Mia Farrow
107 mins | IMDB: 7.5 stars
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Rosemary's Baby [1967] Roman Polanski | US
Main Cast: John Cassavetes, Mia Farrow
107 mins | IMDB: 7.5 stars
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In a well-paced, stylishly macabre film directed by Roman Polanski, John Cassavetes and Mia Farrow both give magnificent performances in this harrowing psychological thriller about an American couple who move into an apartment and prepare to have a baby, in a building located in a city where everything is orchestrated by a satanic cult.
Definitely not for the faint-hearted but well worth watching, not just for the outstanding performances and the compelling way the story unfolds in slowly revealing episodes, most of which involve their elderly neighbours [one of whom is chillingly underplayed by Ruth Gordon], but also for the extraordinary depiction of how easy it is for those who pull the levers of power to achieve any end, whether for good or for evil purposes.
As always, Cassavetes excels as Mia farrow’s menacingly charismatic husband but Farrow’s performance at such an early stage of her career is so outstanding that it’s all too easy to assume that playing opposite such a great actor and director brought out the very best performance of her glittering, Oscar-winning career.