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It had to be asked, after all the hoopla.  I didn't list every movie he directed, for space reasons, but feel free to add your own choice.  I haven't seen them all, but "The Tenant" is my personal favorite.  Not as good a film as "Chinatown" or even "Rosemary's Baby," perhaps, but I kind of like Polanski's acting in the main role, and for sheer creepy extremity it is great.  I highly recommend it if you liked "Repulsion" or "Rosemary's Baby."

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I'm a fan of "the Tenant" as well. Very creepy.  :D

I dunno, all things considered, I never really considered his films all that.
Sure Chinatown is a classic, but it's actually a better screenplay than a film.
Rosemary's Baby?  Meh.  Exorcist pwn3d it and set the bar for Satan shit.

Brian de Palma has a better body of work anyhow.

The Pee Nest.  Very good film, it will hold up.  Already mentioned that Chinatown is overrated.  Saw a bit of Rosemary's Baby and was not impressed.

Liked a few of his earlier body of work, but I'd vote Rosemary's Baby, just cause the Devil gets laid in it.

Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 29, 2009, 05:38:42 PM
Brian de Palma has a better body of work anyhow.

The last de Palma I saw was his adaptation of James Ellroy's "Black Dahlia."  The movie was okay, but I'd read the book before, at a more impressionable age, and it couldn't match it in impact.

Quote from: Capetan Mihali on September 29, 2009, 05:42:28 PM

Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 29, 2009, 05:38:42 PM
Brian de Palma has a better body of work anyhow.

The last de Palma I saw was his adaptation of James Ellroy's "Black Dahlia."  The movie was okay, but I'd read the book before, at a more impressionable age, and it couldn't match it in impact.

Wasn't too thrilled with it.  But, I'll put up "Dressed To Kill", "Scarface", "Body Double", "The Untouchables", and especially "Carlito's Way" up against the Kiddiefucker's list.

Is there a connection between De Palma and Polanski?

I think Republsion.

Catherine Deneuve :mmm:

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on September 29, 2009, 05:49:01 PM
Is there a connection between De Palma and Polanski?

Other than they have furriner names, no.

The Pianist, it's the only one I've seen all the way through.  Was good, but not drug a chick and fuck her butt good.

Tried to watch Chinatown yesterday, thought it was going to be about Chinese immigrants or Chinatown society or something.  Stopped half way through.

So you missed the PURE AWESOMENESS of the "I'm her sister, I'm her mother" scene.

Quote from: DisturbedPervert on September 29, 2009, 06:14:22 PM
Was good, but not drug a chick and fuck her butt good.

:lol:

Chinatown is simply a great film, and I really enjoyed Vampire Killers, seeing it 20 years after Famous Monsters Magazine told me about it, but I voted for Macbeth. I liked a lot of the little things he did with that.

I have to admit to not having seen many of them. The Pianist was pretty good.

Tenant
Chinatown very close # 2 (if I took more time to think, may have picked Chinatown.)

PS there are no earlier (features anyway)  Polish films

you also missed "Cul De Sac" which is better than any others except Repulsion which is #3

Voted "Fearless Vampire Killers" for the poll, as the only other one on the list I have watched is Pirates, a film which sits in the "so bad it's good category".

My favorite is his upcoming film: Roman Polanski stars and directs his memoirs: Assrape in Prison or Why Karma Is a Bitch to Child rapists.

Haven't seen any of them.  :blush:

Quote from: Jaron on September 29, 2009, 09:11:54 PM
My favorite is his upcoming film: Roman Polanski stars and directs his memoirs: Assrape in Prison or Why Karma Is a Bitch to Child rapists.

I was about to post basically this.  :mad:

Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on September 29, 2009, 09:00:48 PMPS there are no earlier (features anyway)  Polish films

Knife in the Water's on the list.

Fearless Vampire Killers since it is even better than the films it parodies  :)

Macbeth (despite the butchered ending), followed by Chinatown and Rosemary's Baby.

Fearless Vampire Killers

It reminds me of home  :(

Quote from: Sheilbh on September 29, 2009, 10:48:04 PM

Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on September 29, 2009, 09:00:48 PMPS there are no earlier (features anyway)  Polish films

Knife in the Water's on the list.

that's what I meant. none earlier than the ones listed.

The Pianist is the only one I've seen in modern times. Voted same.

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PS there are no earlier (features anyway)  Polish films

I was just going off the IMDB list, didn't check to see if they were shorts or not.

I have never liked his movies, I have watched only one of them from start to finish, 'Chinatown'. 'Fearless Vampire Killers' had some mildly fun jokes but I didn't watch the ending (can't remember exactly why, it was many years ago). 'Chinatown'  had good acting and started quite well, but then the story drifted until the ending, which was just awful IMHO, rushed and failed.

Quote from: Alatriste on September 30, 2009, 03:36:29 PM
I have never liked his movies, I have watched only one of them from start to finish, 'Chinatown'. 'Fearless Vampire Killers' had some mildly fun jokes but I didn't watch the ending (can't remember exactly why, it was many years ago). 'Chinatown'  had good acting and started quite well, but then the story drifted until the ending, which was just awful IMHO, rushed and failed.

??? not confusing in the least.

Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 29, 2009, 05:38:42 PM
Rosemary's Baby?  Meh.  Exorcist pwn3d it and set the bar for Satan shit.

While I agree that Rosemary's Baby is over-rated, and that The Exorcist is a much better film, you do know that Rosemary's Baby came out 5 years earlier, right?

Chinatown (my #2 of all time)
Repulsion (in my top 50)

The Pianist and Rosemary's Baby - excellent ****1/2

Tess ****

Quote from: Habsburg on September 30, 2009, 10:09:03 PM
Chinatown (my #2 of all time)
Repulsion (in my top 50)

The Pianist and Rosemary's Baby - excellent ****1/2

Tess ****

What is # 1?

Quote from: The Brain on September 30, 2009, 12:18:32 PM
The Pianist is the only one I've seen in modern times.

Did you time travel to 240 B.C. or something to see the others?   :D

I think the only Polanski movie I've seen was Macbeth, which didn't exactly thrill me.

Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on September 30, 2009, 09:54:29 PM

Quote from: Alatriste on September 30, 2009, 03:36:29 PM
I have never liked his movies, I have watched only one of them from start to finish, 'Chinatown'. 'Fearless Vampire Killers' had some mildly fun jokes but I didn't watch the ending (can't remember exactly why, it was many years ago). 'Chinatown'  had good acting and started quite well, but then the story drifted until the ending, which was just awful IMHO, rushed and failed.

??? not confusing in the least.

??? It's not confusing, it's too fast (rushed) and avoids a real conclusion killing one of the protagonists almost by accident. And somehow the original story of corruption and fraud gets completely forgotten along the way, if my memory doesn't fail me.

Quote from: PRC on September 30, 2009, 10:42:47 PM

Quote from: Habsburg on September 30, 2009, 10:09:03 PM
Chinatown (my #2 of all time)
Repulsion (in my top 50)

The Pianist and Rosemary's Baby - excellent ****1/2

Tess ****

What is # 1?

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I am quite shoked at some of the Chinatown comments, and suggest another viewing.

Evelyn Cross-Mulwray's death is not an accident.

I am struck by a small amount of irony between RP's towering masterpiece Chinatown and his current situation.  Consider Chinatown's thematic narrative and Polanski's position.  Just to be clear, I'm comparing his actions to Noah Cross, not Evelyn Cross-Mulwray.

Quote from: Alatriste on October 01, 2009, 12:03:08 AM

Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on September 30, 2009, 09:54:29 PM

Quote from: Alatriste on September 30, 2009, 03:36:29 PM
I have never liked his movies, I have watched only one of them from start to finish, 'Chinatown'. 'Fearless Vampire Killers' had some mildly fun jokes but I didn't watch the ending (can't remember exactly why, it was many years ago). 'Chinatown'  had good acting and started quite well, but then the story drifted until the ending, which was just awful IMHO, rushed and failed.

??? not confusing in the least.

??? It's not confusing, it's too fast (rushed) and avoids a real conclusion killing one of the protagonists almost by accident. And somehow the original story of corruption and fraud gets completely forgotten along the way, if my memory doesn't fail me.

It does. :contract:

Quote from: Jaron on September 29, 2009, 09:11:54 PM
My favorite is his upcoming film: Roman Polanski stars and directs his memoirs: Assrape in Prison or Why Karma Is a Bitch to Child rapists.

Stole my line, motherfucker. :bash:

Quote from: dps on September 30, 2009, 11:13:16 PM

Quote from: The Brain on September 30, 2009, 12:18:32 PM
The Pianist is the only one I've seen in modern times.

Did you time travel to 240 B.C. or something to see the others?   :D

I'd rather be a Detroit ghetto dweller thank you very much.

Quote from: The Brain on October 01, 2009, 12:24:49 PM

Quote from: dps on September 30, 2009, 11:13:16 PM

Quote from: The Brain on September 30, 2009, 12:18:32 PM
The Pianist is the only one I've seen in modern times.

Did you time travel to 240 B.C. or something to see the others?   :D

I'd rather be a Detroit ghetto dweller thank you very much.

lol

Quote from: Habsburg on October 01, 2009, 10:36:18 AM

Quote from: PRC on September 30, 2009, 10:42:47 PM

Quote from: Habsburg on September 30, 2009, 10:09:03 PM
Chinatown (my #2 of all time)
Repulsion (in my top 50)

The Pianist and Rosemary's Baby - excellent ****1/2

Tess ****

What is # 1?

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I am quite shoked at some of the Chinatown comments, and suggest another viewing.

Evelyn Cross-Mulwray's death is not an accident.

:huh: Your favorite movie is The Rock?

The Birdman of Alcatraz, duh.  :rolleyes:

 :rolleyes: I don't think he'd put a porno as #1.

Vertigo :mmm:

Quote from: dps on September 30, 2009, 10:04:19 PM

Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 29, 2009, 05:38:42 PM
Rosemary's Baby?  Meh.  Exorcist pwn3d it and set the bar for Satan shit.

While I agree that Rosemary's Baby is over-rated, and that The Exorcist is a much better film, you do know that Rosemary's Baby came out 5 years earlier, right?

Yeah.  So?
The Exorcist changed the entire paradigm for the Satan/possession/demon genre, and made Rosemary's Baby completely forgettable.

Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 01, 2009, 10:04:11 PM

Quote from: dps on September 30, 2009, 10:04:19 PM

Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 29, 2009, 05:38:42 PM
Rosemary's Baby?  Meh.  Exorcist pwn3d it and set the bar for Satan shit.

While I agree that Rosemary's Baby is over-rated, and that The Exorcist is a much better film, you do know that Rosemary's Baby came out 5 years earlier, right?

Yeah.  So?
The Exorcist changed the entire paradigm for the Satan/possession/demon genre, and made Rosemary's Baby completely forgettable.

Well, usually when somebody says something "set the bar" they're speaking in relation to what comes after.  I didn't think that you thought Rosemary's Baby came out after The Exorcitst, but I wanted to make sure.

Someone is grumpy tonight. What's wrong, find one of your runaway ex girlfriends underwear under the couch and got all nostalgic on us?