Rosemary’s Baby
Rosemary’s Baby by Michael Newton, published by Bloomsbury Academic on May 28, 2020, is a detailed exploration of one of the most significant horror films of the late 1960s. This edition, comprising 136 pages, delves into the film’s development during a transformative period in Hollywood, highlighting the contributions of key figures such as producer Robert Evans, director Roman Polanski, and stars Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes. Newton’s study presents a close textual analysis that captures the film’s modern Gothic essence and its place within the broader context of cinema history.
Readers will find that this book examines not only the film’s narrative and artistic elements but also its cultural impact and reception over time. Newton discusses how Rosemary’s Baby has become intertwined with real-life events, including the tragic murder of Polanski’s wife and the controversies surrounding the director. The analysis also reflects on the film’s legacy, situating it at the intersection of performing arts and film criticism, making it a significant resource for those interested in the history and evolution of horror cinema.
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Rosemary’s Baby is one of the greatest movies of the late 1960s and one of the best of all horror movies, an outstanding modern Gothic tale. An art-house fable and an elegant popular entertainment, it finds its home on the cusp between a cinema of sentiment and one of sensation. Michael Newton’s study of the film traces its development at a time when Hollywood stood poised between the old world and the new, its dominance threatened by the rise of TV and cultural change, and the roles played variously by super producer Robert Evans, the film’s producer William Castle, director Polanski and its stars including Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes.
Newton’s close textual analysis explores the film’s meanings and resonances, and, looking beyond the film itself, he examines its reception and cultural impact, and its afterlife, in which Rosemary’s Baby has become linked with the terrible murder of Polanski’s wife and unborn child by members of the Manson cult, and with controversies surrounding the director.
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