(aka "Dziecko Rosemary" or "La Semilla del diablo")
USA 1968
Perhaps not worthy of the fright-fest moniker it seems to have achieved, 1968 Roman Polanski's "Rosemary's Baby" is a taut psychological thriller anxiously building in tension with suburb performances by Cassavetes and Farrow. Adapted from the chilling novel by Ira Levin it attacks the one vestige of normal society that all child-rearing parents must cross - pregnancy and the desperate fear for a healthy newborn. Yes, it certainly is a horror with its satanic overtones but I would say the most abundant expression might be one of paranoia. Certainly this continued to announce Mr. Polanski as a viable directorial force and easily ranks as one of his best films.
Gary W. Tooze
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Theatrical Release: 12 June 1968
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| Runtime | 2:11:0 (4% PAL speedup) | 2:16:30 |
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| Audio | English Dolby Digital Mono, German Dolby Digital Mono |
English Dolby Digital Mono, French Dolby Digital Mono |
| Subtitles | Arabic, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Polish, Swedish, Turkish, Hungarian, Bulgarian, English, Dutch, Norwegian, Rumanian, Czech, German, none | English, None |
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Not an appreciable difference here. I think the PAL edition may be
marginally sharper, but I suppose only you can judge whether it is
enough for an upgrade. The Pal edition has the preferable white
removable subtitles as opposed to the gaudy yellow of the NTSC. Both
offer an audio dub and subtitle options are more plentiful in the PAL
release. The digital extras are the same but the PAL "Golden Classic"
gives and extra slipcase and booklet. PAL is marginally superior in all
areas.
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Gary Tooze This is the
Paramount PAL Golden Classic edition which compares very favorably
with the Paramount Region 1 release (we will compare a frame soon). It
is the same as the original release but with an extra slipcase and a
booklet. Lines are tight and the image is excellent. Color balance is
good and its only flaw is that it may look a bit heavy, but not to the
level of saturation. Strongly recommended!
This is my favorite Polanski movie, its
the second one in his building block trilogy. The other ones are
Repulsion and
The Tenant. I really like the performance of the two
main characters played by Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes. -
Arvid
The Region 1 NTSC DVD
comes from the same color-poor analog master Paramount used for TV
broadcast and the old 12" LaserDisc, material obviously repeated for the
PAL version. After having the NTSC edition for a long while, I had a
chance to screen the film in a decent 35mm print and was shocked just
how superior the colors were on film with a difference that should not
be the case versus the DVD format. The sound was also more compressed on
the DVD than expected. Since they are supporting HD-DVD, Paramount
should make this one of their first classic titles to get the upgraded
treatment. Hopefully, the fact that it has monophonic sound will not
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