Product: Rosemary's Baby (El Bebe de Rosemary) [ NON-USA FORMAT, NTSC, Reg.4 Import - Latin America ] (1968)
Rating: 1.0
Well-made movie, terrible horror story.
Movies are amazing vehicles for art, expression, and entertainment, and art films are one of my favorite ways to interact with society. But here's a film that makes it seem like the world has no place for love, trust, and justice. It's beyond pointless; Rosemary's Baby is destructive to society.My favorite cinematic works are not always "pleasant" or beautiful; but none of the movies I value exist to perpetuate or elicit a massive hatred. That's what Rosemary's Baby accomplishes; it makes one feel disgust, paranoia, and rage.Watching this movie is traumatic, especially if you're a feminist or a woman. You'll see a woman living in an era and a time where she is beyond safety and compassion, in spite of closely interacting with her family. She's double-crossed, poisoned, profoundly and repeatedly violated in various ways,and anyone who responds to her cries for help is eliminated by those in collusion against her. It's despicable. And -- spoiler alert -- in the end, she likes it; she becomes complicit.So, my movie companions, I urge that Rosemary's Baby be struck from the film record along with the violence against women that is its topic. I know the violence, collusion, and violation exists, but is not hampered by this "work of art".