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Re: 630 Rosemary's Baby
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:35 am
by escobar741
I would certainly welcome a Criterion of Macbeth, as the current Region 1 is totally bare-bones and certainly has imperfections (like tram lines in one scene). I think the widescreen Todd-AO process for Macbeth, which looks amazing in the cinema, merits a BD. The current Region 1 for The Tenant is quite good but in all cases a commentary would be wonderful.
Re: 630 Rosemary's Baby
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 10:58 pm
by HistoryProf
Finally got to sit down with this last night and it's as wonderful as I hoped. pristine transfer and the retrospective is phenomenal. Mia on Sinatra and Polanksi on Cassevetes is the kind of thing I long for with every film doc. One of the best extras of the year for sure.
Not much else to say other than it remains one of if not the greatest horror films ever made. I had forgotten how truly unsettling the dream sequences are. Sadly my 13 year old who is a fan of scary movies found it "boring" and declared "no one is even getting killed?!?!" *sigh*
She did, however, provide the greatest comic relief I've had in a long time. Following the scene where Mia gets the book from Hutch's friend and is told "it's an anagram", I asked her if she knew what an anagram was. She responded: Is that the machine women have to put their boobs in that squeezes them together?"
I'm still laughing.
Re: 630 Rosemary's Baby
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 7:42 pm
by zedz
In the olden days, they had to squeeze the boobs between the pages of a book.
Re: 630 Rosemary's Baby
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 12:34 am
by domino harvey
When Rosemary’s Baby was about to be released in 1968, LaVey, besides playing the part of the Devil, attended advanced screenings set up by the studio’s publicity department to elicit his observations as various religious groups previewed the film. It was, after all, a metaphorical as well as a very real offshoot of LaVey and the Church of Satan. (LaVey has said Rosemary’s Baby “did for the Church of Satan what The Birth of a Nation did for the Ku Klux Klan, complete with recruiting posters in the lobby.”) Taking advantage of the High Priest’s high visibility, small black buttons were passed out at the screenings which said, “Pray for Anton LaVey,” a variant on the “Pray for Rosemary’s Baby” buttons also being handed out as a promotional item. LaVey remembered the audience’s reaction to the ending of the film, when it clearly showed the Satanists had no intention of hurting the child, as everyone expected, but glorified it as the son of Satan. “People got very angry—stomping their feet and showing general disapproval. Sometimes the reality of Satanism is a lot more terrifying to people than their safe fantasies of what it’s supposed to be. For the first time, they’ve been confronted with a Devil that talks back.”
from The Secret Life of a Satanist: The Authorized Biography of Anton LaVey by Blanche Barton
Re: 630 Rosemary's Baby
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 4:07 pm
by domino harvey
If you've ever thought this story would be better told as an NBC miniseries,
good news!
Re: 630 Rosemary's Baby
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:52 am
by Mr Sausage
Stephen King discussion moved
here.
Re: 630 Rosemary's Baby
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 4:44 pm
by acroyear
I just re-watched this film last night and couldn't help noticing some clever framing on the part of the director... In the moments Rosemary is waiting downtown for her lunch meeting with Hutch there is a shot of a building displaying a large digital clock. In that composition the "Radio City Music Hall" neon sign is cropped just so it reads "Dio" City.
I have not done much outside reading on the film and don't know how widespread this in-joke is known about.
Re: 630 Rosemary's Baby
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 8:24 pm
by Emak-Bakia
I finally picked up a copy of this from the Barnes and Noble sale, but I was disappointed when I opened it to find that the booklet was beat to shit. And not just your usual wear from bouncing around in the case - three edges were really creased and wrinkled and even had a few small tears. Also, it wasn't visible with the plastic wrap on, but the artwork had lots of subtle creases, as if someone had taken it out and handled it roughly. It clearly was not a new copy.
I know there have been reports of B&N rewrapping returns, so I figured I just had a bit of bad luck. I waited a week for my local store to get another in stock, and, fortunately, they exchanged it, albeit with some confusion and suspicion. But wouldn't you know that as soon as I got to the parking lot, I opened up the replacement, and it's in the same condition! What's happened to Rosemary's Baby? Anyone else have problems with the condition of this particular title?
Off to Mulvaney I'm going with this one. And I'll definitely be praying for Rosemary's Baby.
Re: 630 Rosemary's Baby
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 8:29 pm
by Ashirg
Your discs were possessed and someone tried to exorcise them....
But seriously, I've received discs from B&N sale that were re-wrapped, but never seen damaged booklet or disc. One of the immediate signs is a missing blue sticker...
Re: 630 Rosemary's Baby
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 8:39 pm
by Emak-Bakia
Yeah, I did take note of the missing sticker, and I thought that might be an indication. I just can't believe it happened twice in a row, especially since I had to wait a week for them to get the replacement in, so it clearly came from a different shipment. Maybe my post is more appropriate for the Barnes and Noble complaints thread....
Hopefully Criterion don't try to charge me for the replacement booklet and artwork.
Re: 630 Rosemary's Baby
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 8:46 pm
by cdnchris
If you can show you bought it from a retailer they're usually good about it. It's when you've bought it from a place like ebay or second hand where they will probably charge you for it. At least in my experience.
Re: 630 Rosemary's Baby
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 8:48 pm
by swo17
You might just need to lower your standards. Sometimes the replacement packaging that Criterion sends is in no less ratty condition.
Re: 630 Rosemary's Baby
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 2:13 am
by bugsy_pal
I have received damaged booklets in Criterions that appear to have original shrinkwrap with stickers. I think that the process of packaging booklets inside cases is a bit fraught - it's obviously done by humans, and I think they often just jam them in there. I have been surprised at how many booklets I've had with small tears, dog-eared corners and creases across the whole booklet. But in the grand scheme of things, I can put up with that. What I can't stand is digipaks where the plastic holders have been smashed into many pieces - have to get them replaced.
Re: 630 Rosemary's Baby
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2016 1:43 am
by flyonthewall2983
Re: 630 Rosemary's Baby
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2019 5:44 pm
by colinr0380
The VHS Video Vault channel has unearthed
the 1991 BBC introduction to Rosemary's Baby by Howard Schuman, with a nice touching on The Seventh Victim too!
Re: 630 Rosemary's Baby
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2025 8:02 pm
by Swift
Emak-Bakia wrote: Tue Jul 26, 2016 8:24 pm
I finally picked up a copy of this from the Barnes and Noble sale, but I was disappointed when I opened it to find that the booklet was beat to shit. And not just your usual wear from bouncing around in the case - three edges were really creased and wrinkled and even had a few small tears. Also, it wasn't visible with the plastic wrap on, but the artwork had lots of subtle creases, as if someone had taken it out and handled it roughly. It clearly was not a new copy.
I know there have been reports of B&N rewrapping returns, so I figured I just had a bit of bad luck. I waited a week for my local store to get another in stock, and, fortunately, they exchanged it, albeit with some confusion and suspicion. But wouldn't you know that as soon as I got to the parking lot, I opened up the replacement, and it's in the same condition! What's happened to
Rosemary's Baby? Anyone else have problems with the condition of this particular title?
Off to Mulvaney I'm going with this one. And I'll definitely be praying for
Rosemary's Baby.
Responding to a near decade old post here, but I recently unopened my copy of this film to find the same thing regarding the booklet. The edges were wrinkled in a way that made it look like the booklet had been caught up in some machinery. I haven't a clue where I bought it from (slowly going through some years old kevyip) but it's less likely to have been from Barnes and Noble as I think I've only participated in one of their sales once. Again, the mechanical look of the creasing indicated a production issue to me.