Rosemary's Baby Book vs Movie Review

Ira Levin's novel was adapted into the famous movie starring Mia Farrow.

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00:00 intro
01:34 Ana Luisa
02:28 spoiler free
05:37 book and movie plot
08:27 getting pregnant
11:48 the pregnancy
15:50 Guy
18:51 Hutch
21:34 Terry
22:42 the ending
25:01 religion
26:40 Roman Polanski
28:20 book vs movie

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[dovecraplin]

Don't think Guy was drugged, just wanted to trade her for fame.

[liirthropp]

Both the book and the movie really messed me up. To be in poor Rosemary's situation. Literally everyone around her was either in on it or thought she was crazy. The few people who tried to help ended up having "accidents". She was completely alone and could trust no one. Especially her own husband. What a nightmare ordeal. And I love how subtle it was at first. IS Rosemary crazy or is there something seriously wrong with the people around her? The paranoia is suffocating at times. Ira Levin was a brilliant storyteller.

[Dparish]

Every time Guy was onscreen I just wanted to punch him out, he was so despicable major credit to John Cassavetes who played it so well. I think the ending is more effective with just visual of Rosemary's maternal instincts kicking in, Mia's face at the end says 1000 words and leaves us to imagine what happens next.

[WolfShadowwhisper]

Both the book and the movie was equally brilliant. A sentence I almost never say, but the source and adaptation was fantastic.

[lucasorlando]

You should review The Stepford Wives and its adaptations which is based on another Ira Levin novel

[melissagerber]

The end of the movie just made Rosemary look crazy, and, the cult women wanted to cast her aside, after her purpose was served.
In the book, she had actual clout as " Rosemary, mother of Satan".
She used it, to insist that her son be named Andrew, after her brother.
She chose to accept her baby, because he was half human, with wonderful men, on her side.
She thought she could influence him to reject his diabolical nature and turn to the good, human side.
That was very hard to bring across, in the movie. Some girls in my high school class were all squicked out, about, " Ew, how could she accept that baby?"
I told them what the reason was, in the book.

[adriancrook]

I give the edge to the movie because of Ruth Gordon's sensational performance

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[MsBluheart]

If you have not read Ira Levin's other book, The Stepford Wives, you should, and then watch the 1975 movie version. If you think Guy is a nasty piece of work, wait until you meet Walter in The Stepford Wives! I'd lovs to hear what you think of that book and movie.

[asdlogician]

Big big fan of both, and I’ll admit it never occurred to me that Roman and Minnie might have drugged that first dessert. Both Ira Levin and R. Polanski didn’t seem shy on any other details like that. Further, it seems clear that Levin intended this as a metaphor for how some men have no problem treating their wives as both property and ladders to success, without consideration for their feelings or personhood. It seems unlikely he’d give Guy a verdict of not guilty by reason of bewitched dessert. Guy wanted that other actor’s part, and Roman knew it. That older witchy ladies were glad to subjugate both Teri and Rosemary might also be seen as a criticism of 70s women like Phyllis schlaffly going after the equal rights amendment, even to the point of campaigning against their own interests. Given Polanski history, combined with levin’s seeming sincere desire to portray a scary good metaphor for 70s misogyny, much as Stepford Wives told a fabulous fable about antifeminist reactionaries makes the book a clear winner. (Without those caveats? Tie. They. Both do what they came to do, are faithful to each other and their respective mediums.)
And apropos of nothing, Ruth Gordon stole every scene she was in.

[winslow-ehkv]

Concerning your issue stated at 17:12, the conversion of Guy isn't shown (as you noted yourself) and that Roman fellow was elderly and had been a Satanist his entire life (as suggested at 21:01), so then he presumably would've been pretty experienced and skilled at it, so it seems quite plausible to me that he could've swung him so easily. Who knows WHAT tactics and methods were used on him.

[hdervish]

Son of Rosemary was an interesting read, i wouldn't say a must read, but pretty good.
My favorite Ira Levin is definitely Stepford Wives

[patrickm]

I watched the movie first and later listened to the audiobook that was read by Mia Farrow, so it even felt more like the film. She even nailed the neighbor's accent.

I never understood why Guy told that lie about that night. He could have made her seem more crazy and him less guilty for her not remembering what went down (as if she was the aggressor with him). Instead, he sort of cast it all in a suspicious way.

[dariapetca]

You should definitely do 1984. Similarly to Rosemary's Baby, the movie is very faithful to the book, and lines are taken verbatim from the book.
Love your videos btw, so insightful!!

[stashiagoray]

He also wrote “A Kiss before Dying” which is a good book and I think has been made into movies twice.

[whataboutrob]

I always wondered what the "he was beaten outside the Bramford and not in the loby" meant.

[LucyLioness]

One of the best horror films to exist & the book is also a great read. I listened to it on audiobook many years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Ira Levin had a good track record with the adaptations of his two most famous novels & despite them being virtually identical, you can still enjoy either one depending on your mood

[globetrekker]

Shoutout to the late Krzysztof Komeda for the soundtrack. He composed the most sinister yet soothing lullaby

[audreyquinn]

"The Silence of the Lambs" (1991) is another very faithful adaption. Not perfect, but very close, with axlot of the dialogue taken directly from the book.