Different idea about the film

Rating: 7/10 (31 July 2005)

Actually, after thinking about this movie a bit more, I tend to think that this subject has absolutely nothing to do with Satan or devil worshipers. Repeatedly we are remind that Rosemary's due date is June 28 This date so coincides with the beginning of the First World War that I often wonder if that was what the author of the book had in mind. If there was one day in human history that marked a sudden and irreversible change, I would have to pick June 28, 1914
Suddenly the world powers of the day begin to arm and arm heavily as they prepared to do battle. This marked the up swing in war technologies on an unimaginable scale. Airplanes were introduced, machine-guns, armored vehicles, giant battle ships and of course chemical warfare. Trench warfare and "no man's land", we are reminded through Hollywood and even my own grandfather, was indeed hell on earth. Soon after royal governments ceased to exist as a new idea was born. The Tsar was disposed soon after as well as the Kaiser at the end of the war. This would not be the end of weapon research nor global atrocities on civilian populations. In less than 20 years a new idea blossomed as Fascism took hold of Italy, Germany and Japan. The end results of the Second World War need not be discussed here.
So that is my slant on an otherwise interesting thought provoking film.