Roman Polanski‘s singular classic film adaptation of Ira Levin‘s novel Rosemary’s Baby remains one of the greatest supernatural/horror films ever made. At it’s core, it is also a bit of a women’s liberation tale wearing a thriller costume, following the story of Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow), whose choices are all systematically stripped away from her as she carries her first child. Rosemary’s suspicions of a Satanic cult’s meddling and the unraveling of the circumstances around her baby, from its conception to its birth, spell the movie’s unforgettable horror.
- New, restored digital transfer, approved by director Roman Polanski, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New documentary featuring interviews with Polanski, actress Mia Farrow, and producer Robert Evans
- Interview with author Ira Levin from a 1997 broadcast of Leonard Lopate’s public radio program New York and Company, about his 1967 novel, its sequel, and the film
- Komeda, Komeda, a feature-length documentary on the life and work of jazz musician and composer Krzysztof Komeda, who wrote the score for Rosemary’s Baby
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Ed Park; Levin’s afterword to the 2003 New American Library edition of his novel; and Levin’s rare, unpublished character sketches of the Woodhouses and floor plan of their apartment, created in preparation for the novel
Riveting performances by Farrow, John Cassavetes (Rosemary’s husband Guy) and Sidney Blackmer and an Oscar-winning Ruth Gordon as Rosemary and Guy’s overly-friendly, overbearing and eccentric neighbors are unforgettable in this landmark psychological thriller that has never been paralleled.
(Personally, I think the supplementary documentary with Polanski, Mia Farrow and Robert Evans is worth the price of admission alone.)
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