Continuo a pensare che
Roman "mi piace lo stupro, molto meno la galera" Polanski sia uno dei registi più sopravvalutati della storia (a proposito: votate il sondaggio su
IMDbPY!)
Se
Rosemary's Baby era in effetti un gioiello, non trovo niente altro nella sua filmografia che ci vada anche solo vicino.
È naturalmente possibile che sia io a NCUCDC (
non capire un cazzo di cinema): del resto lui è così autoriale e ci fa sentire tanto importanti con quel suo amare alla follia l'Europa... (deve essere questo che lo ha tenuto decenni lontanto dagli Stati Uniti, già... questo o la prospettiva del carcere).
Anche tralasciando il suo essere una merda d'uomo, la visione di
Per favore, non mordermi sul collo - commedia parodia degli horror sui vampiri - non mi ha fatto cambiare idea sulle sue capacità artistiche: zero senso del ritmo, scene lunghissime ed inutili, personaggi ridotti a macchiette e (poche) battute stantie già all'epoca.
Qualcosa di carino c'è: la scena del ballo è in effetti ben architettata ed interpretata, ma per il resto si vede ben poco che faccia davvero ridere.
Poi c'è
Sharon Tate, che non per caso all'epoca era nota come una delle donne più belle del mondo. E quando è in scena è uno spettacolo.
Nel genere, imparagonabile a perle come
Spider Baby od i classici di
Mel Brooks.
Voto: 4 (Roman, va a lavorare!
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Brooks, Mel (I)
Nome di battesimo: Kaminsky, Melvin
Data di nascita: 28 June 1926
Altezza: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Coniuge: Anne Bancroft::(5 August 1964 - 6 June 2005) (her death) 1 child, Florence Baum::(1951 - 1961) (divorced) 3 children
Ultimi lavori: Trivia random: Part of his duties in WWII was defusing landmines in areas before the infantry moved in.
Citazione random: "I cut my finger. That's tragedy. A man walks into an open sewer and dies. That's comedy."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Tate, Sharon
Nome di battesimo: Tate, Sharon Marie
Data di nascita: 24 January 1943
Data di morte: 9 August 1969
Altezza: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Coniuge: Roman Polanski::(20 January 1968 - 9 August 1969) (her death)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Sharon's early life was one of constant moving as her father served in the military. When she lived in Italy, she was voted "Homecoming Queen" of her high school. After being an extra in a few Italian films, Sharon headed to Hollywood where she would again start as an extra. Her first big break came when she was cast as the shapely bank secretary, Janet Trego, in the Television Series "The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962) (1963-1965)". In 1967, she would meet her future husband, Director Roman Polanski, on the set of the English film _Fearless Vampire Killers, The (1967)_. Sharon's big role would be that same year when she was the starlet in Valley of the Dolls (1967). With her marriage to Roman, her life became one of parties, travel, and meeting influential movie people. She would appear as a red haired beauty in the spy spoof The Wrecking Crew (1969) working with Dean Martin and the equally beautiful Elke Sommer. Sharon then took time off from films as she awaited the birth of her first child. On August 9, 1969, a pregnant Sharon Tate and four other people where murdered by members of the "Manson family".
Trivia random: When, in 2003, E! Entertainment Television ranked the "101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment", the murder of Sharon Tate was listed at number nine.
Citazione random: "My whole life has been decided by fate..."
Salario massimo: $125,000, per The Wrecking Crew (1969)
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Regista: Roman Polanski Scrittore: Ira Levin,
Roman Polanski Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Valutazione: 8.0/10 (26272 voti) [#227 nella top250]
Durata: 136 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:Trama:Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse move into an apartment in a building with a bad reputation. They discover that their neighbours are a very friendly elderly couple named Roman and Minnie Castevet, and Guy begins to spend a lot of time with them. Strange things start to happen: a woman Rosemary meets in the washroom dies a mysterious death, Rosemary has strange dreams and hears strange noises and Guy becomes remote and distant. Then Rosemary falls pregnant and begins to suspect that her neighbours have special plans for her child.
Trivia random: This was Roman Polanski's first American film. His first American film was going to be Downhill Racer (1969), but Robert Evans of Paramount decided that "Rosemary's Baby" would be more suited to Polanski.
Citazione random: Rosemary Woodhouse: What have you done to him? What have you done to his eyes, you maniacs!::Roman Castevet: He has his father's eyes.::Rosemary Woodhouse: What do you mean? Guy's eyes are normal!
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Polanski, Roman
Nome di battesimo: Liebling, Roman
Data di nascita: 18 August 1933
Altezza: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Coniuge: Emmanuelle Seigner::(30 August 1989 - present) 2 children, Sharon Tate::(20 January 1968 - 9 August 1969) (her death), Barbara Lass::(19 September 1959 - 1962) (divorced)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Roman Polanski's parents returned to Poland from France just two years before the World War II began: both were taken later to concentration camps where his mother eventually died. Young Roman managed to escape the ghetto and learned to survive wandering through the Polish countryside and living with the different Catholic families. Though local people usually ignored cinemas where mostly German films were shown, Polanski seemed not very much concerned about patriotism and frequently went to the movies. In 1945, he reunited with his father who sent him to technical school, but young Polanski seemed to have already made his choice. In the 1950s, he took up acting, appearing in Andrzej Wajda's Pokolenie (1955) before studying at the Lodz Film School. His early shorts such as Dwaj ludzie z szafa (1958), Gros et le maigre, Le (1961), and Ssaki (1963) showed his taste for black humor and interest in bizarre human relationships. His feature debut, Nóz w wodzie (1962), was the first Polish post-war film not associated with the war theme. Though being already a major Polish filmmaker, Polanski yet chose to leave the country and headed to France. Being down-and-out in Paris, he befriended young scriptwriter, Gérard Brach, who eventually became his long-time collaborator. The next two films, Repulsion (1965) and Cul-de-sac (1966), made in England and co-written by Brach, won respectively Silver and Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festivals. In 1968, Polanski went to Hollywood, where he made the psychological thriller Rosemary's Baby (1968). However, after the brutal murder of his wife Sharon Tate by the infamous Manson gang in 1969, the director decided to return to Europe. In 1974, he again appeared with a US release of Chinatown (1974). It seemed the beginning of the promising Hollywood career, but after his conviction for the statutory rape of a 13-year old girl, Polanski fled from America to avoid prison. After Tess (1979), which was awarded several Oscars and Cesars, his work became intermittent and rarely approached the level of his better known films. The director also stretched his talents to include occasional work in theatre. He still likes to act in the films of other directors, sometimes with interesting results as it was in Pura formalità, Una (1994).
Trivia random: In 1969, while he was on out-of-town business, his wife, actress Sharon Tate was brutally murdered by cult leader Charles Manson and his cult members. She was eight-months pregnant with their first child at the time. He has said that his life's biggest regret was not being present at the house on Cielo Drive, Beverly Hills the night his wife Sharon Tate and four others were brutally murdered.
Citazione random: "Every film I make represents a departure for me. You see, it takes so long to make a film. By the time you get to the next one you're already a different man. You've grown up by one or two years."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb. 
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