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Roman Polanski Collection (Chinatown, Rosemary's Baby, The Tenant) [DVD] [1968]
 
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Roman Polanski Collection (Chinatown, Rosemary's Baby, The Tenant) [DVD] [1968]

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  • Format: Box set, PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 3
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 1 Sep 2008
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001B2S3ZK
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 14,924 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Synopsis

This collection of films by acclaimed director Roman Polanski includes Rosemary's Baby, The Tenant and Chinatown. When Rosemary Woodhouse and her husband, Guy, move into a new apartment block, they find themselves surrounded by some rather odd elderly neighbours. Rosemary soon falls pregnant after a disturbing dream and the neighbours start to pay a lot of attention to the expectant child. In the horror-comedy The Tenant, a timid Polish file clerk moves into a new apartment after the suicide of the previous tenant, only to find that paying the rent is the least of his worries. In Chinatown a private eye is involved in a seemingly routine snoop job that snowballs into a murderous regional and personal scandal.

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Rosemary's Baby
Language: mono English, German
Subtitles: English for the hearing impaired, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish.
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Run time: 131mins approx.

The Tenant
Language: mono English, German, Spanish, Italian
Subtitles: English, English for the hearing impaired, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish.
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Run time: 120mins approx.

Chinatown Special Collector's Edition
Language: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, mono French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish
Subtitles: English, English for the hearing impaired, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish.
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Run time: 125mins approx.

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Buyer beware 19 May 2011
By Ashmore
Format:DVD
A good low budget collection, but please note that most of the 4 or 5 star reviews on this page are NOT for this collection, they are for the far more expensive Cul de Sac / Repulsion / Knife in the Water Polanski collection. Amazon, this needs your attention.
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71 of 76 people found the following review helpful
By Jason Parkes #1 HALL OF FAME
Format:DVD
This boxset shows how capable DVD is of offering a great film package to the cineaste- this set focuses on the early work of Roman Polanski, prior to his descent into mediocrity with films like Pirates, Frantic & The Ninth Gate (with the odd good film like Tess, Bitter Moon & Death and the Maiden) Included in this set are not only great documentaries on those early films (featurettes/trailers etc) but a series of surreal short films (Two Men & a Wardrobe, When Angels Fall, A Murderer etc) that rank next to the best of European cinema (Antonioni, Bunuel, Herzog,Vigo) & are worth the price of entry alone. Here we can see how vital the short film is, & how Polanksi began to deal with certain themes that would recur, notably in the periof from his debut Knife in the Water to The Tenant (1976).

Knife in the Water (Noz w Wodzie, 1962) was Polanski's Oscar-nominated debut- detailing a young couple intersecting with a lone hitchhiker on a yacht. Predating Dead Calm (1989) by a few decades &, like Hitchcock, there is a sense of sex & violence lurking beneath the surface. A bold debut & the kind of thriller that is sadly not seen these days **** Repulsion (1965) saw Polanski come to the UK, personally I think this is his strongest film, just pipping Chinatown (1974) in the masterpiece stakes. Here Catherine Deneuve plays a lone Belgian manicurist in swinging London, slowly going insane & drifting into psychopathic behaviour- somewhere between Blow Up (1966) & JG Ballard's book The Atrocity Exhibition (1968) in tone. Elements are shared with Hitchcock (notably Psycho) and later films such as Night of the Living Dead, Shivers (which has a not unsimilar hands through walls scene), Hellraiser (taking back men to kill)& parts of David Lynch- notably Mulholland Drive. The dialogue & plot are minimal, the film relies on atmosphere and imagery- disturbing, potent, surreal...Repulsion is, to quote JG Ballard, "Kafka reshot in the style of Psycho". Polanski's masterpiece, a cerebral horror film that might be locked into a period but remains timeless ***** The final film in this set is Cul-De-Sac(1966), the last film he made in Europe prior to moving to Hollywood to make films like The Fearless Vampire Killers & Rosemary's Baby. Polanski has often cited this as his favourite film- there is more than a hint of Harold Pinter (The Dumb Waiter, The Birthday Party) here- a black comedy with gangsters and cross-dressing in! The performances are great, notably from Donald Pleasance & Catherine Deneuve's sister, the late Francoise Dorleac. The film feels European and strange in tone- which is only something that recurs in Polanski's later work to a small degree (eg. the Kitty-nosecutting scene in Chinatown; Adjani in The Tenant) It's odd & absurd and endearing & is, in truth, almost brilliant ****

This DVD boxset is a great primer in Roman Polanski, each of the films are well worth watching, though perhaps it's the short-films that are the most interesting (these three films have been on VHS before, Cul&Repulsion both budget priced VHS-videos). A wonderful set & evidence of how great DVD's can be when put together with something more than just a few offcuts and lame interviews/commentaries, prior to a two-disc "definitive" set within the year, with more chuff etc.

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Polanski Rehabilitated 10 April 2007
By HJ
Format:DVD
Because Polanski made it as a popular Hollywood director it might be feared that his films would get the shoddy corporate reissue treatment, but this is a fantastic box-set worthy of any conscientious art-house dvd release. It's a beautifully put together package with booklet & lots of extras, documentaries & interviews etc plus a whole disc of early short films from the Poland days, some of which I hadn't seen & all of which are interesting. I'm sure everyone reading this has seen the 3 main movies in this box, they all stand up as classics, both Knife & Cul de Sac would figure in my all time favourites list and it is good to see them in new pristine prints that really capture that beautiful black & white cinematography.

Definitely worth picking up this box, especially at a nice cheap discount price.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Magnificent
Loved this set. As has been said elsewhere, the 'extras' are really worth having, especially Polanski talking about his own work. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Filmfan
great collection
Caution - not all the reviews on this page are for the box set being shown, which is excellent. Rosemary's baby, quite simply a classic, with Mia Farrow, et al 100% delivering on... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Bernard Godfrey
Masterpieces
This is an excellent box set and well worth buying.
In all three films polanski layers on suspense masterfully and the cast and acting is brilliant. Read more
Published 18 months ago by movie maniac
Roman Polanski Collection
All three films are natural classics. 'Rosemary's Baby' being the best of three. Set in the very New York apartment building, that John Lennon was murdered in, provides a chilling... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Boots250
Roman Polanski Collection
The superlative director, Roman Polanski, has a collection here to be treasured. I last saw his superb film, Repulsion, some twenty years ago and watching it again here reminded me... Read more
Published on 1 Sep 2009 by Roger Le Saint
Superb collection
This Roman Polanski box set is fantastic. It covers a period of time when Polanski, as well as film-making in general, was experiencing a bit of a renaissance. Read more
Published on 8 Aug 2005 by FBCaird
A good introduction to Polanski
This box set is excellent value for money, and it contains some great films, which I have rated individually:

-Rosemary's Baby (8/10)
-The Tenant (6/10)
-Chinatown... Read more

Published on 1 April 2005 by Paul Richard
Badly Cut?
Can't quibble with the value of this box set but why on earth was the scene in Chinatown where Jack Nicholson's nose got slit open so savagely cut? if you'll pardon the pun. Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2005 by Mr. Natural
5 for the films, 3 for the package
As a collection of films for the purist Polanskiphile, this could only be surpassed through the inclusion of Repulsion to represent the director's peak achievements. Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2004 by Andy Millward
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