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Repulsion |  | Director: Roman Polanski
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Yvonne Furneaux, Patrick Wymark
Studio: ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMS INC.
Category: DVD
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Rating:  123 reviews
Sales Rank: 22483
Format: DVD, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: KCHDEPR2119D
UPC: 016226211922
EAN: 0016226211922
ASIN: B0007GAG42
Theatrical Release Date: October 3, 1965
Release Date: February 8, 2005
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Product Description
Left alone when her sister goes on vacation a sexually repressed young beauty goes insane with surreal fantasies of seduction and rape Studio: E1 Entertainment Release Date: 03/08/2005 Starring: Catherine Deneuve
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Roman Polanski was still a newcomer to the world of cinema when he unleashed this unforgettable exercise in skin-crawling terror. Repulsion was the Polish director's first film in English, but that hardly mattered: much of the movie is as wordless (and as weird) as the silent Nosferatu. The young Catherine Deneuve plays a Belgian girl stranded in '60s London, a shy beauty with no social skills. When her sister leaves their shared flat, Deneuve goes gradually, quietly, completely mad. Her world becomes Polanski's paintbox, as the devilish director distorts reality via a series of surrealistic touches (grasping hands that protrude from elastic walls) and out-and-out murderous horror. Very few films cast the kind of eerie spell that this 1965 classic achieves, and it clearly points the way toward Polanski's Rosemary's Baby. As with most of the director's work, what is unsettling is not the overt violence, but the terrifying sense of emptiness and isolation, and the boiling unease inside one's own mind. --Robert Horton
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 I love the movie but the dvd is horrible July 24, 2010
Chris
I recently received this dvd as a birthday present. Repulsion is a must have Polanski film, but the quality on this dvd hardly does it justice. Be aware that some of the reviews on this page is for the criterion version and not this film. I was miss led and now I am stuck with what is almost unwatchable. I am pretty familiar with older films and I own a lot, including some rare foreign films, and I have never encountered quality this bad on a purchased dvd. It is a shame because this film is amazing and a must own for those who appreciate fine film. However at nearly half the price of the criterion dvd it might still be worth the purchase.
 It Feels Sooooo Good When It's Over. May 3, 2010
Yasha Banana
0 out of 8 found this review helpful
Roman Polanski, you'll excuse the expression, *violated* the first law of movie directing; and that is, when you have a beautiful woman in a movie, as the director, you must bring out her full beauty. Put another way: a director must know how to film a beautiful woman.
And, surprisingly enough, Roman Polanski didn't do that in "Repulsion." Didn't do that with a 21-year-old Catherine Denueve -- Catherine Denueve generally regarded then and for many years thereafter as "the most beautiful woman in the world."
If you don't believe me, check out the extra on this DVD that is a documentary on the making of "Repulsion." In that documentary we see Catherine Denueve rehearsing with Polanski and also speaking to the camera, i.e., speaking to the documentarian. And therein we see Catherine Denueve in all her glory -- *glowing* with beauty.
But Polanski blew it. He didn't film Denueve properly. Now, you may say he did that on purpose, for the purposes of the story. But I don't think so; I doubt that very much. The entire movie was basically a knock-off; it had a limited budget and it showed it.
In fact, had not Polanski gone on to make several excellent movies, it's unlikely this movie would ever have been re-issued, by Criterion or by any other company.
The movie is choppy, disjointed, poorly photographed (and not just of Denueve), and after a while it's just plain annoying. Especially the music. Time and again the music telegraphs the "horror" of a scene. So that boring as the movie is, don't try falling asleep while you're watching it because every 10 minutes the music *SCREECHES* at you, for one simple reason -- to scare you with the sheer volume of its SCREEEEEEECH!
In other words, a scary movie shouldn't be scary because the music punctures your eardrums.
If the music in a movie is telling you how you should react emotionally, it's probably not a good movie. It's the *movie* that should be telling you how to react to it, not loud, annoying, telegraphed" music.
Everybody's talent in this film is wasted. Polanski's considerable talents are wasted, Denueve's talents are wasted. But, then again, what can you expect, the movie was made on the cheap.
I have the feeling that Polanski himself was surprised that it was re-issued; so that when they asked him to do a director's commentary for the DVD, what was he supposed to do, admit this wasn't such a great movie? Actually, in the first part of his commentary he does admit that one of the opening scenes was not shot very well.
A well made movie needs to be subtle. It's a good movie's underlying subtlety that makes you want to see it over and over, getting something new from it each time you see it.
But this ain't that.
Buying this movie is like paying a hooker to hit you over the head with her high heel shoes. Why? Because it feels sooooooooooo good when it's over.
 Great transfer of a great film!!! April 13, 2010
Josh (Los Angeles, CA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a superb psychological thriller, in the vein of hitchcock, but perhaps a bit more twisted even. The film starts with a general sense of foreboding and the tension and paranoia mount throughout the film. The mood is expertly maintained by creative camera work and set design and a haunted performance by Catherine Deneuve. The transfer looks great on bluray and highlights the wonderful cinematography, lit starkly and reflecting the mental deterioration of the character throughout the film. Very recommend for fans of classic thrillers, and a good introduction to the "art house" for the uninitiated.
the horror ... the horror ... February 12, 2010
Arnold Cusmariu
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Yes, outer beauty can indeed hide inner ugliness. There is bound to be a conflict between the two at some point and, when that happens, it is the inner, twisted soul that will win out with disastrous consequences for anyone who gets too close -- the theme of this chilling and repulsive movie that accounts for its originality. Polanski, being a clever fellow, uses a variety of effective techniques to get the story across, including casting Deneuve as the troubled Carole in the bait-and-switch role of a beautiful beautician gone mad -- paradox and perversity are Polanski's stock-and-trade. One keeps asking not just "how can this be?" but also "how could she have turned out that way?" and maybe also "where's Dr. Phil when you need him?" The middle question is answered in the film's final scene by means of a still photo of Carole as a young girl with a fearful, demented look in her eyes (to indicate she may have been abused by a family member.) In the last shot, the camera closes in on an eye -- allegedly the window to the soul -- at the same time closing the circle, a fitting ending because that is how the film starts. (We should note that the film's disturbing theme hasn't deterred Polanski in the least from chasing after beautiful women all his life.) The DVD I watched comes with commentary by Polanski and Deneuve.
Criterion does it right again. January 23, 2010
Michael Gillett
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Criterion's Blu-ray release is another fine example of how film should look when on video. The film is gorgeous in black and white and quite creepy at times. I highly recommend this disc for anyone who is interested in horror films of the good old days, i.e. before today's 'torture porn' came along. If I had to compare this film to any one other film it's be 'Psycho', where the main character is awkward and violently insane, yet you have an understanding of them. That is of course what makes this film so creepy.
As for the extras, you'll have to get someone else's opinion. They are there, and I'm sure they are good, but I don't buy discs for the extras. As such I haven't watched them.
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