Roman Polanski
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi Repulsion England 1965 Director: Roman Polanski Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, Yvonne Furneaux, John Fraser Roman Polanski’s first English-language film uses the labyrinthine symbolism of cracks and fissures to explore the mind of a deranged woman and, perhaps unconsciously, reaffirm Woman’s pagan association with Earth. When it gets going, Repulsion is full of cracks Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #23: Macbeth (1971)
#23: Macbeth (1971) Early on, this Roman Polanski film from 1971, the year of my birth, looks like every non-Shakespearean’s nightmare about what Shakespeare is like: forgettable characters braying gibberish that is meant to set the scene, but in essence makes us not especially want to watch the story at all. Jon Finch, our Macbeth Continue reading
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