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Dr Giggles · Camera Operator Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 84

Anyone seen it?

Its selling in a Polanski trilogy with Cul De Sac and another.

Thinking about buying it.

What are your thoughts?
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matt header · Posted: 11.18.2003 12:18 am Post subject:

I haven't seen Cul de Sac, but Polanski is one of my favorite directors, and Repulsion is one of my favorites by him. It's his second scariest film, after Rosemary's Baby, but both of them are really terrifying - Repulsion has some major shocks in it, but it's more chilling in the way it gets under your skin, how the terror feels tangible. Repulsion is on my list of favorite movies - I'd say go for it.

Dr Giggles · Camera Operator Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 84

the night watchman · Posted: 11.18.2003 2:07 am Post subject:

Like Matt said, Repulsion is really a movie that gets under your skin. It probably has one of the most ambiguously unsettling final images I've ever seen. The score sucks, though.
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beltmann · Posted: 11.18.2003 3:45 am Post subject:

REPULSION is indeed a remarkable movie, and rather vile. I agree with Matt that ROSEMARY'S BABY is superior--I think that's one of the finest horror pictures ever made.

I don't think CUL-DE-SAC is available in the US on DVD. Am I wrong? I'd love to see it.

Eric

Dr Giggles · Camera Operator Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 84

The Third movie is Knife in the Water.

Im looking forward to watching them all.
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beltmann · Posted: 11.23.2003 10:58 pm Post subject:

I really like Knife in the Water. In Communist Poland, a sophisticated married couple almost run over a hitchhiker. The husband invites the student on their weekend sailing trip, and thus begins a spitting contest in which each man--the condescending older success and the envious younger student--tries to outspar the other. Only the wife (played by the beautiful amateur Jolanta Umecka, who progresses in terms of beauty, spunk, and insight as the story deepens) recognizes how each man is a mirror image of the other, separated only by years. Credible drama perfectly acted, with lots of interesting sailing information, dollops of genuine suspense, and tiny bits of social critique. I was engrossed throughout, and would rank it highly among Polanski's works.

Eric

Dr Giggles · Camera Operator Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 84

Im wrapped with the purchase.

The artwork is sensational.

$54 AU, bargain!

Let the screenings commence.

They seem to be all pretty good movies, as opposed to most box sets,

that generally have an average movie in them.
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filmsRpriceless · Camera Operator Joined: 26 Jun 2003 Posts: 65

Definitely pick up that set; three great Polanski's, imo.

I've had the Criterion for A Knife in the Water for a while, but like many other movies, I haven't gotten around to watching it yet.
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Dr Giggles · Camera Operator Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 84

Yeah I've bought it,

Its great!

Only seen Repulsion so far, and liked it alot.

Pretty full on for a 60's flick.
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