Repulsion [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] [1965]
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- Release Date: 07/28/2009
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- Repulsion [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] (Black & White) (English) 1965
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Special Features
- Audio Commentary featuring Polanski and Actress Catherine Deneuve
- A British Horror Film (2003), a Documentary on the making of Repulsion, featuring interviews with Polanski, Producer Gene Gutowski, and Cinematographer Gilbert Taylor, among others
- A 1964 French television documentary filmed on the set of Repulsion, with rare footage of Polanski and Deneuve at work
- Original Theatrical Trailers
- Plus: A Booklet featuring essay by film Scholar and Curator Bill Horrigan
Synopsis
Repulsion
The first English-language film of director Roman Polanski is a psychological thriller in the vein of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) and his own later film Rosemary's Baby (1968). Catherine Deneuve stars as Carol Ledoux, a Belgian manicurist living with her sister, Helen (Yvonne Furneaux), in a London flat. Simultaneously attracted and repulsed by sex, Carol is a virgin who finds her sister's relationship with a married man, Michael (Ian Hendry), extremely disturbing. When her sister and Michael go on holiday, Carol begins to disintegrate mentally, hallucinating bizarre encounters, being forced into taking a sabbatical from her job and ultimately committing a pair of murders in her deranged state. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
The first English-language film of director Roman Polanski is a psychological thriller in the vein of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) and his own later film Rosemary's Baby (1968). Catherine Deneuve stars as Carol Ledoux, a Belgian manicurist living with her sister, Helen (Yvonne Furneaux), in a London flat. Simultaneously attracted and repulsed by sex, Carol is a virgin who finds her sister's relationship with a married man, Michael (Ian Hendry), extremely disturbing. When her sister and Michael go on holiday, Carol begins to disintegrate mentally, hallucinating bizarre encounters, being forced into taking a sabbatical from her job and ultimately committing a pair of murders in her deranged state. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
Cast & Crew
Catherine Deneuve - Carol Ledoux
Ian Hendry - Michael
John Fraser - Colin
Patrick Wymark - Landlord
Yvonne Furneaux - Helen Ledoux
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Be repulsed by Deneuve
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early, early Polanski will chill and spellbind you. works even better as B&W due to the shock factor for a film from the 60s. Deneuve has a way to attract, annoy, and disgust as she goes mad in this classic. find "The Tenant" by Polanski as a companion to "Repulsion
I would recommend this to a friend