Sunday, January 23, 2022

Repulsion (Polanski, 1965)

 Dumb poster; movie only slightly less dumb, except in black and white (which makes it look more hip).

My Netflix review:
Ah, Bad Boy Polanski, here of the rotting potatoes and rabbit... If you're looking for a psychological thriller along the lines of Hitchcock's "Psycho" or "Marnie," you didn't come to the right place. "Repulsion" isn't a movie with a plot or reason, but rather a series of well-shot poses and "Incidents." Deneuve looks blank and lovely, as usual; but her character is not a real woman, just a canvas upon which Polanski plays out his own neuroses (just as many other directors have done). 

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