Lullaby

Rating: 10/10 (17 March 2005)

I just saw Rosemary's Baby from beginning to end after not having seen the film from what I can recollect as more than seventeen years. When the singing started in the beginning of the film, I found it quite reminiscent. For some reason I thought someone I knew had played the track. Hmm. I realized this was one of the first movies I had retold just after seeing it. I specifically remember recounting the beginning theme song as I started the retelling and reiterating the lullaby on the retelling's ending. Upon finishing the film, I had to replay the ending to confirm the period of the recollection. Pulling from the building and bridged with the lullaby, my recollection was confirmed. As I listen to this film while the visuals are hidden under these text, Sidney Blackmer as Roman Castevet sounds like a low key Thurston Howell. The lullaby track was haunting, yet fascinating as it was used throughout the piece. I must say, I love Roman Polanski's soundtrack choices. Call me an old fart for liking the Ninth Gate soundtrack but there's something awesome about the orchestra in that one. At any rate, if you pop in the Konigzucker album from Stein, track two "Camilla" sounds so very close to the same lullaby. Compare them, it's fun. And if your lucky enough to have a copy with the featurette of the film you may love Mia's chart and Polanski's chart called "Mia's chart". She keeps track of who has been nice or mean to her while Polanski keeps track of her acting behaviorism. And one final bit of excellence about this poetically narrated featurette is Polanski's commentary on Concentration & Relaxation and M.O. to allow the actors to go. Ending this for now. Time for sleep.