Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Rosemary's Baby

Debut: 1968
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Mia Farrow, Ruth Gordon

Pretty long, but I guess good. It was a pinnacle of it's time, but I don't think it would fare in today's world.

Anyways, Rosemary gets pregnant and starts to suspect that her neighbors want her baby as a sacrifice, or for some sadistic cause in general. She begins to suspect everyone is in on it, and they are.

She finally gives birth and her baby happens to be the spawn of Satan. And the movie ends there.

It was terrific acting, but I suppose the movie carried on a little longer than it needed to. I loved the story - it probably was quite horrifying when it was made, but it's something that's a challenge to love because of where we are today, but on the same hand it's wonderful to appreciate because of how ahead of its time it truly was.

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