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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful
By J A. King
Format:DVD
I couldn`t sleep a wink after watching this super creepy movie. Roman Polanski is our hero(?) who moves into a creepy apartment block filled with sinister residents where the previous tenant had thrown herself from the window! Soon after moving in strange things start occurring, such as a tooth in the wall(!) and odd noises in the night... are the residents trying to send him mad? Are there more sinster forces at work? Or is Polanski just a very sick man? By the end of the movie not all the questions are answered and the movie is very slow, but watch it late at night for a creepiness not found in many films. I really liked the subtle use of repetion in the movie too and found the atmosphere in the movie more and more suffocating as the story progressed. definately an undiscovered masterpiece of its kind.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Now Zoltan
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I've been wanting to see this film for many years but for some reason it's always passed me by. Well, I saw it last night and ,to put it mildly, I was blown away - this is one of the creepiest films I've ever seen, for me even better than the more feted Rosemary's Baby and Repulsion. Polanski himself is great as the nice Polish fellow who moves into the apartment block from hell, the eccentric supporting cast who bedevil/try to help him is also first class. There's an intensity in the use of colour and sound here which is totally unnerving - by the end I was fearing the next appearance of the colour orange - sounds ridiculous, but see the film and you'll know what I mean. The Egyptology vein running through the film is also brilliantly done - its 'mummy' will haunt me for the rest of my days.
In short - absolute classic - if you love being spooked or just love great filmaking, buy this.
To confirm previous review - no French audio track which is inexplicable considering we get Italian and German. Shame, typical Paramount - hopefully Criterion or somesuch will get the rights and do a decent edition.
Footnote - This film shares not only the same producer as Mulholland Drive (Alain Sarde) but also its terrifying old couple - coincidence?
In short - absolute classic - if you love being spooked or just love great filmaking, buy this.
To confirm previous review - no French audio track which is inexplicable considering we get Italian and German. Shame, typical Paramount - hopefully Criterion or somesuch will get the rights and do a decent edition.
Footnote - This film shares not only the same producer as Mulholland Drive (Alain Sarde) but also its terrifying old couple - coincidence?
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By contrebande
Format:DVD
The information about the French language available on this dvd edition is wrong, there's none !!...and I bought it because of the French version. What a disappointment.
Si vous voulez acheter "Le Locataire"/"The Tenant", il n'y a aucune version française sur ce dvd. Bon,même si Polanski a du superviser la version anglaise, et que Shelley Winters et Melvyn Douglas s'expriment dans leur langue d'origine, c'est très décevant.
Si vous voulez acheter "Le Locataire"/"The Tenant", il n'y a aucune version française sur ce dvd. Bon,même si Polanski a du superviser la version anglaise, et que Shelley Winters et Melvyn Douglas s'expriment dans leur langue d'origine, c'est très décevant.
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The Language Question
Having watched the sometimes derided English language release a couple of years ago, I've now returned to watch the French release referred to here. Read more
Published 5 months ago by R. Napier
1.0 out of 5 stars
Give it a miss, you'll never get the time back!
I was so disappointed with this film and forced myself to watch it till the end only because I had paid for it! It is sooooo long, there's no real story, it's dubbed in parts. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Miss Hall
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Published 13 months ago by Keith M
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False description: no French audio
I'm not reviewing the film itself that I always enjoyed as a dark surrealistic comedy between Kafka and Buñuel. Read more
Published 18 months ago by "Bluedusk"
1.0 out of 5 stars
Dark and depressing
Mr Polansky's character rents an ugly little flat in an ugly cheap building in Paris. The landlord, who lives in the building, is neither well off nor does he have very good... Read more
Published on 3 April 2011 by Wanderer75
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not a patch on Rosemary's Baby or Repulsion (spoilers)
'The Tenant' is the third installment in the loosely-linked 'Apartment Trilogy', and it is far and away the weakest of the three. Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2011 by Amanda Huggenkiss
4.0 out of 5 stars
Polanski performing a dead-pan exorcism.
There is something of the Harlequin about Roman Polanski. I had read the reviews about it being the disappointing follow-up to Chinatown. Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2010 by Acritical
3.0 out of 5 stars
Effective study of living alone in Paris
This is not the best film I have ever seen, but the acting from everyone involved is first-rate and Roman Polanski really captures the isolation of living alone in Paris. Read more
Published on 1 Dec 2009 by Mrs. D. Kirk
4.0 out of 5 stars
Bizarre horror film.
Polanski rents an apartment whose previous inhibitant attempted suicide.
After a novel by Roland Topor. (Polish, lived in France.)
Photography by Sven Nykvist.
After a novel by Roland Topor. (Polish, lived in France.)
Photography by Sven Nykvist.
Published on 4 Sep 2009 by Peter Csihas
3.0 out of 5 stars
A small step backwards for master movie maker Polanski
This is another film drenched in the great film maker's trademark uncomfortably close and claustraphobic voyeuristic psyochological directing style (it's not an easy style to... Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2009 by Lou Knee
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