Early in the summer of 1969, four members of the "Manson Family" cult received secret orders to kill Hollywood arranger Terry Melcher.
Unfortunately, Melcher sold the villa to Polanski a few days ago. Polanski was filming in Europe at the time, and his wife, Sharon Tate, was spending the weekend at the villa with three other friends.
Suddenly, four hippie cultists rushed into the villa and slaughtered wildly. Polanski's pregnant wife was stabbed 18 times in a pool of blood, and all three of her friends were spared.
The vicious thugs slashed 178 knives at 4 people, and then wrote bloody "PIG" on the wall with Tate's blood!
The "Manson Family" has always been an American nightmare. The cult leader, Charles Manson, was born in 1934. His mother, Katherine, a prostitute, gave birth to Manson at the age of 16. She didn't even know who the child's father was. !
The misfortune of childhood made Manson rebellious and irritable. He has a serious anti-social personality. He claims to be "the reincarnated Jesus" .
Manson had devised a deranged "ultimate plan" to wage apocalyptic race and class war, threatening that only his followers would survive.
Life is often crueler than movies, and just one year before Polanski's family was devastated, his first Hollywood horror film "Rosemary's Baby" was released in the United States . Dramatically, this happens to be a movie about a cult.
"Rosemary's Baby" is also called "The Devil's Baby". There are almost no scenes of bloody violence in the whole film, but the psychological fear and mental depression make people shudder. This is an extremely important masterpiece in Polanski's artistic career .
The characters in the film are devoured by ferocious demons, and the terrifying plot is strikingly consistent with the fate of Polanski's family. So, what kind of bizarre movie is this?
Rosemary and husband Guy arrive in an old Manhattan apartment to rent and settle down. Guy is an 18-line young actor, and Rosemary is all about having a baby.
Although their lives are ordinary and ordinary, the two are sweet and happy.
There are many ominous rumors in this old apartment. Rosemary's good friend said that this apartment once lived in a wizard, some people did human experiments here, and some people cooked children here .
However, the room was spacious and comfortable, and Rosemary and her husband did not care about the rumors and insisted on moving in. However, after moving in, strange things still happened.
From time to time, strange noises could be heard in the room, and while lying on the bed, the shadow of the monster would be projected on the window. What is even more strange is that the adopted daughter of an old neighbor couple suddenly committed suicide by jumping off the building . Instead of being sad, the old couple showed excessive enthusiasm for Rosemary.
They greeted Rosemary, invited Rosemary to dinner, and they gave Rosemary a herbal amulet.
The naive Rosemary would not have imagined that the demons of hell were approaching her step by step. On this day, the old Minnie and his wife gave Rosemary a chocolate mousse with a strange taste. Rosemary became drowsy. She dreamed that a monster was raping herself in a trance, and there were a group of naked old men standing around. aunt.
This is not a dream. The devil Satan raped Rosemary. These neighbors are all followers of Satanism . They used the dark ritual of wizards to put Rosemary in a pentagram pose and let Rosemary conceive and give birth to Satan's son.
Waking up in a daze in the morning and seeing many scars on his body, husband Guy explained that it was because he was too passionate last night. Poor Rosemary, believing her husband's nonsense.
Guy has made a deal with the devil long ago, Guy sacrificed his wife, and Satan helped him reach the top of his career.
"Rosemary's Baby" has too many metaphors and hints , various details, and textbook-like camera language and lighting effects, creating a terrifying rhythm of step by step, and the increasingly depressing atmosphere is as irresistible as the liquor above.
In order to succeed, Guy trades with the devil, blinds his competitors, and easily obtains the opportunity to become famous. Satan promises Guy that he will not hurt Rosemary, but that Rosemary will be his son's host.
However, after pregnancy, Rosemary lost weight and often suffered from unbearable abdominal pain. Good friend Hess suspects that the apartment has been occupied by the devil, and wants to tell Rosemary the truth, but is cursed to death.
Before dying, Hess left Rosemary a book, which described the details of the wizard, and Rosemary suddenly realized that she decided to resist, but just when everyone hoped that God would come to save her, Polans Kei gave the audience a loud slap in the face in despair and helplessness.
Rosemary gets rid of Dr. Shapitan arranged by the cult and turns to Dr. Hill for help. But Dr. Hill felt that Rosemary's prenatal anxiety was talking nonsense, and Hill informed Guy and Shapitan to pick up Rosemary . Rosemary was eventually dragged into hell.
"Rosemary's Baby" is a film that doubles the fears of women, when Rosemary's beloved husband sacrifices her to the devil for fame and fortune. She suffered enormous pain just to welcome the arrival of the baby, but in addition to the pain, she also faced the mistrust of those around her.
Women are pregnant, out of shape, and mentally anxious, but just like Dr. Hill, all kinds of abnormalities during pregnancy are mostly treated as prenatal anxiety. After the understatement of caring, few can feel the bitterness of a pregnant woman .
Rosemary opened the door hidden behind the wardrobe. She was holding a sharp knife, ready to die with these evil devils. But when she saw her pupilless devil baby, a mother's smile appeared on her face again.
At the end of the film, Rosemary has finally become the "devil family" she hates the most. She swings the cradle of the Son of Satan and still can't get rid of the roles of "wife" and "mother".
Polanski is really a great artist. He brings the audience into a close contact with the devil with his usual black gloom. His brilliant artistic charm and natural control of the film are amazing. Who would have thought that this is a work from 1968 .
Play is like life, life is like play. "Rosemary's Baby" made Polanski popular in Hollywood, but it was a prophecy that made him experience a family nightmare. The glamorous wife was brutally murdered shortly after the movie was released. Once the golden boy and girl, now the yin and yang are separated.
In 1977, Polanski committed sexual harassment of a girl by having sex with 13-year-old Samantha Gamer at Jack Nicholson's home . He was imprisoned and freed again.
Polanski, 87, may be the most legendary and controversial filmmaker in the world. He is a frequent visitor to the Oscars and the three major film festivals. He has won numerous awards. While people are addicted to his dreamy and treacherous movie world, they cannot extricate themselves from it, and at the same time they hate him for sexually abusing girls.
Human beings are between gods and beasts, sometimes tending to one, and sometimes to the other . Some are becoming more sacred, some become beasts, and most remain moderate.
I hope that Polanski will put his outstanding wisdom into his lifelong film career and create more shocking classics.
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