pretense of reason

Rating: 8/10 (6 March 2012)

Drawing upon a feminine sense of horror, the film adopted the axiomatic horror film principle: never trust intimacy. The betrayal was conducted by Rosemary's husband in pursuing personal fame, while the completion of this Faustian Pact thoroughly destroyed the intimacy displayed from the beginning of the film. This typical element of contemporary horror/detective films was remarkable under Polanski's direction hitherto, for it directly attacked the pretension of an age of innocence, in which the feminine sensitivity of truth should not only not be deserted, but trusted by themselves. A fascinating demonstration against the cult of truthfulness and the pretense of reason.