The Tenant, starring and directed by Roman Polanski, is one of my absolute favorite movie. Surprisingly, Polanski gave an excellent sensitive performance. The movie is criminally underrated.

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December 8, 2020 10:51 PM

"Criminally" underrated? Not liking a movie is now a crime?

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December 6, 2020 7:08 PM

"Surprisingly"? He has always been an actor.

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December 6, 2020 7:12 PM

I love this movie and have seen it probably a dozen times. I love everything he does but refuse to say that aloud due to the shrieking it invokes.

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December 6, 2020 7:14 PM

Polanski should have done more acting. I think he said that's one of his regrets.

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December 6, 2020 7:15 PM

R3 I also love most of Polanski's work. Too bad his personal scandals overshadows his work.

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December 6, 2020 7:16 PM

That's a face that belongs behind the camera.

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December 6, 2020 7:20 PM

I relate too much to his character in the movie.

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December 6, 2020 7:21 PM

He played Mozart in his own productions of "Amadeus" in Paris and Warsaw.

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December 6, 2020 7:21 PM

Oh yes, quite the actor. His performance in Fearless Vampire Killers was superb.

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December 6, 2020 7:22 PM

I just saw this tonight. He was great. The film gave me non stop anxiety, until it was over.

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December 7, 2020 7:00 AM

According to my analyst in my early 20's, the movie gave me lots of anxiety because I saw myself as confused about my identity as the tenant was. Needless to say, that statement gave me more anxiety than the movie itself. Fortunately, I'm completely cured now.

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December 7, 2020 4:12 PM

You're not allowed to like his movies. We will now track you down through your computer, find out who you are and cancel you for wrongthink.

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December 7, 2020 5:10 PM

It is conflicting, to be sure. I hate the rapist, love the filmmaker.

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December 8, 2020 2:37 AM

I too have something to confess, I- I actually *LIKE* Polanski's version of Macbeth. Ok, I will slink off to oblivion now.

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December 8, 2020 2:50 AM

I haven’t seen his Macbeth. I heard it was intense. What is its reputation? I mean, I’m guessing it’s bad, but why?

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December 8, 2020 3:11 AM

His rat face and his 5'4" body kinda worked against him as an actor, didn't they? And I watched this movie just for Isabelle Adjany only.

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December 8, 2020 3:22 AM

R18, MacBeth is excellent. Very, very bloody and very memorable.

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December 8, 2020 3:26 AM

The film is more anxiety-provoking than Rosemary's Baby. I was cringing at least 50% of the time.

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December 8, 2020 3:27 AM

I just posted on a thread about his film Repulsion (1965) and stated that it was the first of what some dubbed Polanski's apartment trilogy followed by Rosemary's Baby and of course The Tenant. The Tenant is an effectively creepy tale with some memorable scenes and Polanski is well cast in the lead as a man who seemingly allows others to dominate, shape and control him and the ultimate consequence of this repression. It has his themes of fear and paranoia running through it and it might be an allegory of the effects of governmental control like Polanski experienced in his native Poland. It was not generally well-received in the US and was not widely seen. Coming after his huge critical and commercial success Chinatown it might have been a disappointment. I saw kit years after its released and thought it under appreciated.

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December 8, 2020 3:27 AM

Did anyone here love Bitter Moon? I found it gripping from start to finish. Very fucked up but I would rank it with Polanski's best.

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December 8, 2020 3:29 AM

I love Bitter Moon too. Peter Coyote is in the zone in his crazy role.

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December 8, 2020 3:40 AM

R18 Macbeth is cool. Especially scenes with the witches. It’s cold, gothic, violent. Francesca Anus was annoying in it and walked around nude showing gingey muff. Marion cotillard is the best screen lady Macbeth IMO.

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December 8, 2020 3:45 AM

R25, everyone in Bitter Moon goes insane. And we feel their insanity every step of the way.

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December 8, 2020 3:50 AM

I liked Macbeth. A lot of it was shot in Wales in the rain. John Stride was hot as Ross.

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December 8, 2020 3:58 AM

I love Polanski. I think I'll look to see which of his films are on Netflix. I just enjoyed The Crown and now I feel the need to watch some cinema.

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December 8, 2020 4:02 AM

I can't lie - Polanski is my favourite filmmaker.

Like William Friedkin, he has a skill for creating and increasing tension - Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, The Tenant, Frantic, The Ghost Writer.

And he brings compelling female characters to the screen - Repulsion, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, Tess, Death and the Maiden.

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December 8, 2020 4:26 AM

R30, he does have great skill with actresses.

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December 8, 2020 10:42 PM

I saw it in New York in 1976, and really liked it. Can't remember a thing about it.

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December 8, 2020 10:48 PM

Love Bitter Moon. I saw it again recently. One of the darkest looks at matrimony I have ever seen, from the master of the dark.

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December 8, 2020 10:51 PM