ROMAN POLANSKI

[KERMIT]

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roman polanski:
"REPULSION" 1965
catherine deneuve as a young belgian woman working as a manicurist in london is repelled by sex. when her room-mate sister (yvonne furneaux) leaves for vacation with her married boyfriend (ian hendry), she quits her job and shuts herself into her apartment. her mental state deteriorates as she sees arms reaching out of the wall to grab her, and she kills her would be boyfriend (john fraser) and a lecherous landlord ( patrick wymark). polanski's first english-language feature is an esentual classic. music by chico hamilton. watch for polanski playing spoons.

originally i was looking for bad films made by good directors, but this one look very interresting indeed.
anyone ever see this one ?

[Christopher]

Out of the Polanski movies I've seen, Repulsion is my favorite.

Are you trying to start a topic about bad movies made by good filmmakers?

[KERMIT]

Out of the Polanski movies I've seen, Repulsion is my favorite.

Are you trying to start a topic about bad movies made by good filmmakers?

that was my aim. 

[KERMIT]

Out of the Polanski movies I've seen, Repulsion is my favorite.

Are you trying to start a topic about bad movies made by good filmmakers?

criss, would  you care to give a brief description concerning this being your favorite polanski film ?  thanks 

[Christopher]

The only Polanski movies I've seen besides Repulsion are Rosemary's Baby and Chinatown, all of which I like. There's just something about Repulsion. It's worth a look.

That's not much of a description, I know, but I haven't seen any of these movies in quite some time.

[Poggle]

Update yourself and see The Pianist. Great film!

[KERMIT]

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[Blueberry]

This Polanski box is what I want:

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=srmr&page=title&r=R2&title=123238

I think he's great, have any of you seen the disturbing
The Tenant? Pretty weird and pretty good. A quite modest film he made after Chinatown, the absolute masterpiece.

[cigar joe]

I watched Repulsion last night on an old VHS tape, very good flick of a women's decent into madness.

[Juan Miranda]

I'm a huge fan of Polanski's work, and I've seen most of his movies. If you want a stinker I can recommend PIRATES, a "comedy" from 1986, starring Walter Matthau. I must admit I've never seen the whole thing, as it is actually unwatchable rubbish.

What was Polanski thinking?

The pint sized Pole's idea of humour has always left me a bit puzzled. DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES has never struck me as at all funny, and his Capri comedy CHE? is pretty poor stuff too.

However, he has made so many outstanding films, I'll forgive him those ones, CHINATOWN, ROSEMARY'S BABY, CUL DE SAC, REPULSION, and THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH, to name just a few.

Talking of big name directors making bad films, what about Kubrick and EYES WIDE SHUT? It is bloody awful! Or closer to a recent discussion, Sam Pekinpah's CONVOY.

[cigar joe]

"Eyes Wide Shut" was ok up to the orgy sequence, I still can't believe exactly what he was thinking, no anchor to reality, a shut-in's from the outside world weird fantasy idea of an unlikely elaborately staged orgy.  Everybody go to the cloak store and grab cloaks & masks, lol.

[dave jenkins]

We don't know if the image has been improved yet, but here's hoping: http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=65393

[Noodles_SlowStir]

   Dave thanks for the heads up.  I'll be wishing and hoping.  I wish they'd get Polanski in a studio and include a commentary.

[mike siegel]

Polanski is one the last few GREAT film makers.

Like Kubrick and Peckinpah (they all made about the same amount of movies) he made only two or three lesser films, the rest is totally unique inspired fascinating well-crafted stuff.

He's favorite is DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES, because it was his happiest time, he was in nlove and it marked his start as an international A-director.
(of course) I love it, but even more CUL-DE-SAC, WHAT? and REPULSION of course.
Most of his stuff is like 2 years of (A-grade) film school packed into one single film.

PIRATES sucked. But most great directors had a difficult time in the 80's. (Sergio made the best film )

How about a thread GREAT films by mediocre/bad film makers?
I need to see a good Castellari film yet. Or Franco...

[Jill]

Macbeth is very good, very bloody...