12 Great Parting Shots
July 16, 2012
Film Info
- United Kingdom
- 1965
- 105 minutes
- Black and White
- 1.85:1
- English
- Spine #483
Roman Polanski followed up his international breakthrough Knife in the Water with this controversial, chilling tale of psychosis. Catherine Deneuve is Carol, a fragile, frigid young beauty cracking up in her London flat when left alone by her vacationing sister. She is soon haunted by specters real and imagined, and her insanity grows to a violent, hysterical pitch. Thanks to its disturbing detail and Polanski’s adeptness at turning claustrophobic space into an emotional minefield, Repulsion is a surreal, mind-bending odyssey into personal horror, and it remains one of cinema’s most shocking psychological thrillers.
Cast
| Carol | Catherine Deneuve |
| Michael | Ian Hendry |
| Colin | John Fraser |
| Helen | Yvonne Furneaux |
| Landlord | Patrick Wymark |
Credits
| Director | Roman Polanski |
| Screenplay | Roman Polanski and Gérard Brach |
| Adaptation and additional dialogue by | David Stone |
| Producer | Gene Gutowski |
| Cinematography | Gilbert Taylor |
| Editing | Alastair McIntyre |
| Associate producers | Robert Sterne and Sam Waynberg |
| Art direction | Seamus Flannery |
| Music | Chico Hamilton |
| Orchestrated by | Gabor Szabo |
| Sound | Leslie Hammond |
Disc Features
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Roman Polanski, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- 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 Gil Taylor, among others
- A 1964 television documentary filmed on the set of Repulsion, with rare footage of Polanski and Deneuve at work
- Original theatrical trailers
- PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar and curator Bill Horrigan
New cover by Steve Chow
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