Product: Rosemary's Baby (El Bebe de Rosemary) [ NON-USA FORMAT, NTSC, Reg.4 Import - Latin America ] (1968)
Rating: 5.0
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you've all said everything, so i'll just add a few nerdy things about a movie that is that rarest cinematic thing: perfect.mia farrow is in every-that's right, every single-scene, which is remarkable confidence for a world-famous director like polanski to repose in a little-known (TV) actress, but he evidently knew what he was doing...there is a scene in a phone booth, filmed in a single take, five minutes long, which establishes farrow's acting chops beyond a shadow of a doubt, capped by the producer's (william castle) sudden appearance at the door-which is polanski's quirky way of showing off the talent he mustered in this film.fans of john cassavettes say he did these acting gigs in order to make his own vastly superior films, but the fact is, cassavettes never made a film as good as this, however little money they may have made. and he's so good because polanski simply let him exercise his natural charm, which suited his duplicitous character.angela dorian introduces herself to rosemary by her real name (victoria vetri), which is an inside joke first applied to ralph bellamy in 'his girl friday'-and bellamy appears in this movie as dr. sapirstein. oh the horror, the horror!