This week, we’re rewatching Elsie’s favourite Halloween film, Rosemary’s Child, directed by Roman Polanski and starring Mia Farrow.
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Present Notes:
Decor inspiration
New York condo constructing
Hearth was Elsie’s inspiration for her hearth
Very darkish carved wooden in every single place!
Shag carpet in bed room
Different cozy inspiration (trend, meals, drink or something?)
Scrabble board
Rosemary’s attire and outfits typically
Minnie’s colourful and wild patterns in her outfits
Witch guide and bookstore
Fee 0-5 demon infants
Elsie – 5
Emma – 5
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Episode 206 Transcript:
Elsie: Right here listening to the A Lovely Mess podcast, your cozy consolation pay attention. This week, we’re re-watching my favourite Halloween film, Rosemary’s Child, which was directed by Roman Polanski and stars Mia Farrow, my queen. Okay. So my thrilling replace for the week is at the moment my ceilings are being painted in my front room. My front room is lastly going to be adorned usually. We now have lived in our house since June, and we have now been engaged on it since February. And we’re lastly going to be accomplished with this part. It was alleged to be like such a miniature, small part one, and it actually escalated. So yeah, I’m very excited. As quickly because the paint dries, I’m going to place up the paper bats. And simply type of begin, like, cozying in for the vacations. Like, a contented factor that occurred is yesterday my husband got here in and mentioned that the colour in the lounge is my most interesting second. I used to be so pleased.
Emma: That’s praise. You already know, I by no means considered this, to not make this about me, however final yr right now I used to be ending my home and simply transferring in, and I type of missed, we have been doing just like the day earlier than Halloween, so I type of missed adorning for Halloween final yr. So I like that you just’re like, as quickly because the paints dry, I’m placing up the bats. Such as you’re not giving up on it. You’re like, it’s superb. It may be later than I wished, I don’t care, I’m nonetheless doing it. And also you’ve gotten like, your pumpkins out in your fence and various things too, however yeah, I get it. It’s kinda like, when you’ve got lots of portray or lots of wallpapering, you’re like, effectively I can’t put something up on the partitions, you understand, for the season as a result of it’s gonna be in the way in which.
Elsie: It’s truthfully very straightforward to be like, I’ll do it subsequent yr, I don’t care, I surrender. It’s. It’s so tempting to only be like, you understand what, fuck this, it’s not price it. However I do assume there’s one thing to it, to similar to doing, even when it’s on the final minute, similar to nonetheless having a little bit occasion and nonetheless, you understand, having friends over and doing all of the issues that you’d usually do, even should you’re renovating. Like you may’t let renovating rule your life or else it would simply steal so many pleased reminiscences.
Emma: I imply, it’ll try to you’ve obtained to maintain combating again, proper?
Elsie: Sure. Okay, so I’m so excited. This week we’re speaking about Rosemary’s Child, which is considered one of my favourite films of all time. And I had this, like, hilarious DM change final week the place I used to be speaking about my Rosemary’s Child hearth. We’ll discuss this extra later, however I made a reproduction hearth in my bed room. I’m, like, an enormous nerd for this. I like it. It’s a ardour for me, and it’s, it’s an enormous decor film for me. Anyway, the DM was like, Rosemary’s Child is your favourite film? And I used to be like, sure. They usually have been like, why? Like, it simply mentioned, why? And I used to be like, effectively, I actually just like the decor and the vibes, and it’s simply one thing I take pleasure in watching each Halloween. They usually simply wrote again, that’s a bizarre favourite film to have. And I used to be like, okay.
Emma: So that is somebody you understand?
Elsie: No, it was only a DM from a random stranger.
Emma: It’s wild to me you even answered this. Trigger I’m such a jerk, I’d by no means, I’d be like, oh, they only wrote why, I don’t know this particular person. I’m not writing again to this.
Elsie: I don’t know why, generally I simply really feel like participating, and generally I don’t. A whole lot of occasions I’d ignore it, however this time I used to be like, I’m gonna clarify to this silly a why I like this film that’s my favourite film.
Emma: You already know what, I like this film and I gotta evangelize about it. Now that I’ve seen it, I have to say, that is price watching. It’s nice, particularly for the decor and trend. However it’s also a bizarre story, which I didn’t even understand till we have been on the finish of the credit, that it was an IRA 11. It was an IRA 11 guide, which I like Stepford Wives. I’m an enormous fan. I’m low-key engaged on a fan fiction sequel to it, which you’ll by no means learn as a result of once more, it’s fan fiction. It’s most likely unlawful for me to put in writing that, however I’m similar to such a fan. I like it a lot. It’s similar to, so anyway, and I felt like there have been lots of issues on this film, the story that I used to be like, yeah, I may see how he wrote Stepford Wives later. I see lots of the themes that he appreciated to put in writing about, you understand, rather a lot about feminism, and you understand, how girls are handled and lots of totally different related themes. So anyway, this film may be very a lot price watching. It’s not my favourite film, but when somebody was like, that is my favourite film, I don’t really feel a why, I’m like, I don’t know should you’ve seen it, should you really feel like, why, as a result of it’s like, it’s stunning, the set design’s unimaginable, the style’s unimaginable, the story is bizarre as fuck and it’s fairly the trip. Very fascinating, very unusual, it type of jumps the shark for me on the finish, but additionally it was made in like, the late ’60s, so it’s important to preserve that in thoughts. It’s wonderful, like, very price a watch. And I’m not a horror film particular person.
Elsie: I’m glad you appreciated it. Final night time it was type of late after we completed watching it, and we have been actually drained. Yeah, we had soup, and we had a pal over, and Emma’s husband simply utterly ghosted. I used to be very curious should you appreciated it, or should you have been gonna, I can inform while you’re mendacity, so it sounds prefer it.
Emma: Yeah, I feel you may inform, I lie on right here generally, however Elsie all the time is aware of.
Elsie: She lies about liking issues as a result of she doesn’t need to be imply.
Emma: You already know, like folks attempt actually laborious at one thing, you don’t need to, you understand, however no, I actually like this film. It’s actually good. I’d undoubtedly re-watch it. It’s an odd, bizarre film, and it’s undoubtedly outdated. However I really feel like lots of the issues with it type of work with the story although, and what they’re attempting to get at with it. So it type of in a bizarre means nonetheless works.
Elsie: Sure. So it’s from 1968. It’s like a fantastic, beautiful New York condo constructing, and so they take like a historic constructing. The condo was very darkish, very like wooden in every single place. That is considered one of my favorites and so they similar to to color each inch of it white. And it’s all the time actually happy me to see that as a result of I actually do see either side. Like I like wooden. And you understand, now I’ve like my unpainted wooden in my home. So I do defend, however I feel that like so many individuals are so imply about portray wooden, even wooden that’s not stunning and never particular that while you see these like beautiful New York residences which are all like white ornate moldings and stuff like it’s important to understand that at one level these have been darkish wooden and like any individual painted it and now it’s like glamorous and we like to see it. I don’t know. I feel there’s undoubtedly a protection for each and a time and a spot for each, however this film, it’s very satisfying. She similar to straight up goes into view. An condo is like, I feel I’m going to color the whole lot white after which she does it and magic.
Emma: Nicely, I additionally assume, and this possibly speaks to the time, however I additionally assume speaks to the story of what this film is about. It’s a second the place Rosemary’s character is de facto doing one thing that she needs to do and has some energy. As a result of lots of the film, issues are taking place to her, and individuals are doing issues to her. And he or she has no energy over what’s taking place to her, even the very ending I feel may be very a lot about that, which is fascinating. However seeing her have a look at them, they present us the New York condo earlier than they transfer in, they’re viewing it with the proprietor of the constructing or the man who’s the supervisor of the constructing, you understand, this outdated man displaying them the buildings like an outdated girl lived right here and so they’re trying on the closets and taking a look at all of it. And he or she’s type of speaking about some issues she would do. And then you definately see as they’ve moved in, not proper once they transfer in as a result of they’ve this cute scene the place they’re like eat on the ground such as you do while you first purchase a home or an condo. It’s actually cute. However then you definately see the whole lot that she does. She paints the whole lot. She places up wallpaper. You already know, and it simply seems to be utterly totally different in lots of methods. And it seems to be stunning. And to me, it’s this second of like Rosemary’s character having selections and energy about her environment, which some folks would possibly trivialize, however I feel that’s a mistake as a result of I really assume that’s an space that girls all through historical past did have some selections in energy at occasions that possibly we didn’t have others like even after we weren’t allowed to vote. A whole lot of occasions we have been allowed to embellish our homes, you understand, and so I feel it’s a very cool factor, and should you don’t like portray wooden, that’s superb, no matter you may have your opinions on that. However For the story of this film, I really actually love seeing what she does along with her condo as a result of I feel it’s like a second of seeing Rosemary have selections.
Elsie: Yeah, it’s utterly magical. And from similar to a strict design standpoint, it’s considered one of my favourite mixtures ’trigger it’s like a historic constructing, similar to very ornate, like carved wooden in every single place with all, you understand, because it was in 1968. All mid-century, the whole lot for like, the furnishings, the report participant, the desk, the lighting. And it simply seems so cute. It’s iconic. And I’m glad you appreciated it, trigger it’s one of many the explanation why I prefer to rewatch it a lot is that I discover the inside, it’s like a kind of areas the place you discover one thing totally different each single time.
Emma: Yeah, completely. And I type of beloved all of her selections, despite the fact that I wouldn’t essentially embellish my area like that. Not even simply the, you understand, I don’t dwell in a New York condo and it’s not 1968, however simply, they only aren’t essentially like the colours I’d decide or this or that, however I just about love the whole lot aside from the headboard, which I’m certain we’ll discuss. They usually even have this sort of shag carpet of their bed room that appears cozy, however it additionally seems to be like it will get worn in a means that I’d not need that carpet, however that’s extra of a time factor the headboard although is unforgivable. However that’s the one factor in the entire condo that’s unforgivable.
Elsie: Yeah It’s a actual New York Metropolis condo I can’t keep in mind what the title of the actual one is you may google it very simply. So if you wish to similar to take an image in entrance of it while you’re in New York 100% you are able to do that. I’ve by no means accomplished it, however sometime I’ll it’s very cool. Additionally, there may be an older couple, there are the opposite foremost characters within the film who’re like the subsequent door throughout the corridor neighbors. They usually have additionally an equally huge, superb condo, however it’s adorned, you understand, just like the outdated folks’s means. And it’s superb as effectively. It’s a deal with for the eyes. After which it was instantly like, you must make the vodka blush cocktail for the weblog.
Emma: Now it is going to be our feast that we talked about within the final episode.
Elsie: That’s one. Yeah. There’s lots of similar to, I don’t know. I suppose I watched it so many occasions. There’s all the time like one or two new issues to note each time you watch it. A number of cozy inspiration. And I’ve a factor I used to be simply speaking to our pal Donnie Rogers Jr. about this. I’ve a factor for ’70s and ’60s films set in New York Metropolis. Like if I had a time machine, I’d go to 60s, 70s New York Metropolis. That’s considered one of my first stops. I similar to like it. It’s the place. And there’s, I imply, there’s so many alternative variations of New York all through the years that may be enjoyable to go to.
Emma: They’ve lots of scenes on this film too, the place totally different characters are out on the road, both, like, utilizing a payphone or getting right into a taxi or, like, ready for a pal exterior of a constructing, you understand, issues like that, and it’s stunning. New York’s stunning. It goes by a number of seasons as a result of we undergo a complete being pregnant on this film. However like we see it at Christmas time, we see type of like a spring look after which like summer season once they’re like, it’s so scorching and she or he’s about to have the child then. And yeah, it makes New York very, you type of get to see New York in all of the seasons of 1968. I suppose it will have been 1967 once they have been filming. I don’t know.
Elsie: It’s great. Okay. So what have been a few of our different cozy inspirations? I feel the Scrabble board. I’ll by no means play Scrabble with out pondering of Rosemary’s Child. It’s just a bit bit ingrained. I need to like make the phrases all of them, which is each single time I get out Scrabble tiles, and I similar to can’t assist myself. There’s plenty of meals and drinks, and she or he is all the time utilizing a Chemex to make espresso, I seen within the mornings, after which I’m like, oh my gosh, I must get again on my Chemex, like, simply type of like the whole lot she does.
Emma: I exploit a Chemex on daily basis, and I felt actually cool once I noticed her doing it. I used to be like, sure, I exploit a Chemex too, I’m superior, like, Rosemary.
Elsie: I’ve a little bit feast.
Emma: Yeah, along with her younger buddies, as she says, as a result of their neighbors are like older. And everybody’s dressed actually cool. One character has these actually disco ball-looking earrings and so they’re actually fairly, which is a shiny, enjoyable occasion. However that may be one other factor if the style on this film was so enjoyable. All of Rosemary’s outfits are lovely and she or he may be very pregnant all through among the films, however it’s lots of, it’s not a shift costume, however what would you name it? It’s like you can put on it not pregnant. It’s like type of brief and your stomach may simply get huge or small and you can put on it. I don’t know what to name it.
Elsie: A loose-fitting 60s costume. I don’t know what you name it, like an apron costume possibly?
Emma: Yeah, one thing like that. It’s like type of like matches your shoulders and your arms, however then it’s type of free. So you actually may put on it like all through a being pregnant or it’s type of only a fashion. At any price, simply Google it. She has actually cute, cute, cute outfits.
Elsie: I all the time purchase a costume with sleeves and like collars, like a white Peter Pan collar, is Rosemary’s child costume to me. And I’ll all the time purchase it each time I see one, most likely perpetually. It’s like type of the factor in my closet and I feel that’s a part of the place it comes from. It’s similar to such an iconic. It’s like earlier than the Adams household, you understand, it’s like that, it’s like a Wednesday Adams costume earlier than there was Wednesday Adams.
Emma: Sure. I additionally actually just like the older couple, the neighbors, I can’t keep in mind the character’s title.
Elsie: Minnie.
Emma: Sure. Minnie’s, outfits are actually enjoyable too, as a result of they’re very colourful and have wild patterns. And I simply assume they’re actually enjoyable.
Elsie: She’s bringing the pure pleasure along with her outfits. Like, she’s obtained, like, eye shadow like my daughter wears.
Emma: Sure, a lot blue eye shadow. Yeah, I don’t know who gained finest supporting actress this yr, however I hope this girl was up for it not less than if she didn’t win as a result of I believed she was so good on this film, type of like hilarious, like actually very humorous efficiency. Nevertheless it’s additionally it’s a horror film. It’s Rosemary’s child. And I additionally was like, oh, I do know folks like this. Oh, I do know some outdated women who say these sorts of issues it simply felt like so relatable and actual, but additionally like a hilarious comedic efficiency. Like I simply beloved it. I believed she was so wonderful.
Elsie: It was unimaginable. Yeah. I like her fashion, her voice, type of the whole lot about her. She’s such an icon. She’s a nude scene. She does probably the most for this film.
Emma: Everybody type of has a nude scene. It’s a wild film.
Elsie: Yeah, and so far as, like, how satanic is Rosemary’s Child, it’s fairly satanic, okay? Like, it has a satan, like, having a intercourse scene with a girl.
Emma: It’s a rape scene.
Elsie: It’s unhealthy, it’s unhealthy, yeah. But additionally, it’s fake. And so, like, I don’t know, it simply doesn’t have, to me, like, a scary feeling. Like, I’ve gotten lots of messages that individuals don’t like that I say Rosemary’s Child isn’t scary. However I simply imply it’s not scary in a conventional horror film means. It’s disturbing, possibly, is how I’d put it.
Emma: Yeah, I’d say it’s very disturbing.
Elsie: It’s in your head, it’s creepy. I wouldn’t say it’s scary. There’s like no half within the film the place you leap, proper? So it’s simply various kinds of emotions, like, I do know there have been components the place you and Trey, who have been watching it for the primary time, have been type of like, eh, like that type of feeling.
Emma: There are components the place they actually present, like, a health care provider placing a needle into her arm, which, once more, not essentially a scary factor, like, I’ve had docs put needles in my arm many occasions. Particularly once I was pregnant, however it’s creepy on this film due to the story. And in addition I feel the filmmakers try to make it a little bit disturbing. They know what style they’re making. So, you understand, there’s lots of issues like that. There’s a rape scene the place the lady is drugged, Rosemary’s drugged. That’s clearly very disturbing, however I additionally assume the way in which they present it is rather arty and it’s meant to be like, you understand, what’s taking place, however it’s, it’s not graphic.
Elsie: It doesn’t really feel actual, in any respect.
Emma: Yeah, and it’s not alleged to since you’re type of like, Rosemary’s like, did that occur? You already know, she’s been drugged. So I feel they’re type of taking part in with that. So it’s very very like a psychological horror thriller. So it’s undoubtedly scary however not like a Noticed film not like a film the place, like, issues leap out at you on a regular basis.
Elsie: Yeah. 70s horror films are my favourite. They’ve their very own, like, means of being. They’re often very quiet. They’re often very sluggish. After which one thing about them is a lot worse than something you’d see in a film now. And that’s how I’d describe lots of them, and I feel this sort of matches. That is really type of on the delicate facet, although, of all of the 70s horror films I’ve seen. It’s just a bit bit, like, not so horrible. Nevertheless it’s not applicable for youngsters. It has stuff in it that should you’re very delicate in the direction of, like, Devil or one thing, then you definately most likely wouldn’t need to watch it.
Emma: Yeah, I imply, it additionally has a rape scene the place a girl’s drugged, so that may undoubtedly be one thing lots of people wouldn’t need to watch. Completely comprehensible. However I do assume for the story, it’s actually fascinating.
Elsie: I feel they make it very campy. Like, they make the Devil rituals type of lovely, in an old-timey means.
Emma: It feels very Satanic Panic from the 90s, like the way in which we considered witches and Wicca then, you understand? Like, very foolish. Sure. Okay. Somebody’s taking part in the flute, like, similar to an accountant-looking man, stuff like that. The place you’re like, okay, Devil’s child, Rosemary Devil’s child on the finish is on this little crib that’s like obtained all this black tulle. And the little cell that’s hanging above him is like an upside-down cross. So it’s like, ooh, it’s like they purchased it from Sizzling Subject. You already know what I imply? So there’s lots of issues like that in it too.
Elsie: That’s the good description. You simply nailed it. You simply, you simply nailed it.
Emma: So I’ll say my favourite a part of the film, my very favourite factor is the very finish. I simply assume there’s such good storytelling the place Rosemary has had the child. It’s Devil’s child. She’s found, that they informed her at first that the infants died, however she doesn’t actually consider them as a result of she is aware of they’ve been messing along with her this complete time. And he or she’s proper, the child will not be useless. They usually appeared prone to simply steal the child. Yeah, she type of thought they have been going to steal the child, after which they did. She didn’t know that it was Devil’s child although, so then she figures out that the child’s nonetheless alive, she finds the child, she sees the child, and so they don’t present it to us within the film as an viewers member, however from her response, you understand that the child seems to be half like Devil. So no matter that’s, like she’s like, it’s eyes, you understand, so one thing’s occurring with the child’s eyes. We don’t know.
Elsie: Then she says, you must see his ft.
Emma: Oh, yeah, it’s a hilarious film. However my favourite factor is, that she’s at first type of repulsed. She didn’t understand it was Devil’s child. And now she is aware of this, she has this info. And the primary unhealthy man, the outdated man who’s the neighbor, he’s like, possibly you must increase the child, Rosemary. It’s your baby. And he or she didn’t need this child like she wished a child, however she’s been raped. She was drugged and raped.
Elsie: She’s simply discovering that out too, for the primary time.
Emma: So she’s a sufferer in so some ways on this film. However now she sees the child that she’s had along with her rapist, the satan. They usually’re like, why don’t you increase the child, simply give it some thought. After which somebody’s like rocking the child’s cradle too laborious, and she or he’s like, Hey, you’re rocking the child’s cradle too laborious. And he or she goes over and begins rocking the cradle. And that’s type of the place the film is ending. It does indicate that she’s gonna increase the child. And it’s this second the place, I like her efficiency, since you type of see it on her face, the place she’s like, type of realizing I do love this child, and I do need to be its mom. I really feel the pull, but additionally it’s the satan’s baby, and she or he’s raised Catholic, and she or he’s clearly actually torn about all of these issues, too. I really feel prefer it’s this factor within the story the place there’s this pressure of like, she’s virtually like trapped by love. And it’s simply actually difficult, and I feel actually stunning, and I feel her efficiency in that scene is so good, and I simply assume that complete thought may be very fascinating and very tragic, and there’s only a lot there. You already know, additionally, like, as a mother, and I feel even should you’re not a mother, you can perceive this, like, I type of get it, the place you’re like, oh like, I don’t, I feel I’d do it too, I suppose. However it will utterly change the course of your life as a result of now, you understand? Anyway, I simply assume it’s fascinating and clearly it’s fantastical. There isn’t a satan. This can be a ridiculous film however it’s additionally type of stunning and fascinating and I simply love that half. I like that it ends that means I feel it speaks to such robust storytelling and fascinating issues to me. I not often come away from a horror film not that I watch that many the place I’m like actually fascinated with it. You already know what I imply? Like lots of occasions, I really feel like they’re meant to type of simply scare you and that’s the enjoyable half. It’s thrilling. It’s like a rollercoaster trip after which it’s over and that’s it. However this one I’m like, oh, this one take into consideration like, what does it imply to be a father or mother? What does it imply to be a sufferer? This type of like position of affection in our life and the way it may develop in ways in which possibly it’s going to hurt us, however we, we simply need it anyway. And I don’t know, there’s simply type of rather a lot there. And I’m like, that’s. Fascinating. I used to be not anticipating to assume that a lot from this film, however it’s actually good.
Elsie: Oh, good. Yeah, I undoubtedly really feel like each time I watch it, there’s some new factor. Okay, so should you didn’t know, Rosemary’s Child can also be a guide by Ira Levin. It is rather play-by-play, virtually the identical because the film, which I really feel would by no means occur now. I’ve by no means ever learn a guide that was that near a film earlier than. Some other time, it’s very related, and I listened to the audiobook, and Mia Farrow additionally learn the audiobook. So, should you take pleasure in audiobooks and also you simply need to learn them for enjoyable, I’d undoubtedly suggest it. I feel I keep in mind it was considerably of a brief guide. However yeah, it was good. It was undoubtedly enjoyable. And there’s a sequel known as Son of Rosemary, which I haven’t learn but, however I really feel like type of is on the listing.
Emma: Yeah, I’m, I’m . I’m like, that’s going to be one hell of a toddler.
Elsie: I’m so glad you appreciated it as a result of I used to be fairly certain you have been going to hate it. Emma and I type of, like, diverge on this topic of our pursuits.
Emma: I’m probably not a horror film particular person, yeah, and Elsie’s seen, like, all of them. So, it’s, yeah. However I like motion films, and also you’re like, eh, you’re probably not into them.
Elsie: I feel motion films are my most boring torture. Yeah. Bruce Willis who? I imply, like, I like Bruce Willis in The Fifth Component solely.
Emma: I imply, yeah, that’s a banger, for certain.
Elsie: In any case, okay, so any extra cozy inspiration, I talked concerning the audiobook. There’s plenty of meals. It exhibits a little bit little bit of New York Metropolis, not a ton, however it exhibits New York Metropolis at Christmas within the sixties, which is the whole lot. Exhibits them adorning an condo, which is the whole lot. I like the witch guide. I like the bookstore. I like the suitcase.
Emma: It truly is a fantastic film. I imply, I feel should you wished to chop out the, you understand, getting drugged, and raped scene.
Elsie: You may simply quick ahead by that half should you’re like, I don’t need to watch.
Emma: Yeah, I feel should you lower that half out after which additionally there’s a scene the place, effectively, there’s this character who allegedly jumps from the constructing, though it appears from the film we’re alleged to be unclear if she jumped or if one thing else occurred. However they type of present her physique on the bottom and it’s very bloody and I’d lower that too should you’re like, I don’t need to see gory.
Elsie: However I don’t know why we’re attempting to show folks learn how to make Rosemary’s Child right into a Disney Plus film. It’s okay.
Emma: It’s not a Disney Plus film.
Elsie: It’s what it’s. I defend it as a consolation rewatch. That is my official assertion. I defend it due to the interiors. So assist me God, amen.
Emma: I really feel prefer it’s type of like described when you’ve got like a hero and also you’re, like an actual particular person hero and also you’re like I like this particular person for these causes after which somebody will come at you with, yeah however do you know that additionally they this and it’s like yeah, they’re human, you understand And I’m like, effectively, this film is like actually cool. And in addition it has some issues. Did you hear us point out the director? Like there are some issues proper? Like there are some issues that I’d not defend, however I don’t assume that essentially means it’s important to throw the entire thing away. I imply, I simply thought it was a really fascinating movie. One of many extra fascinating ones I’ve seen shortly. And I actually loved myself, however I wouldn’t defend the whole lot about it. I imply, my lord, who would try this with any film of all aside from Knives Out?
Elsie: Yeah, Knives Out is our good angel. Okay, so let’s do some trivia. In accordance with Mia Farrow, the scenes the place Rosemary walks in entrance of site visitors have been spontaneous and real. That’s upsetting. Roman Polanski is reported to have informed her that, quote, no one will hit a pregnant girl. The scene was efficiently shot with Farah strolling into actual site visitors and Polanski following working a handheld digicam since he was the one one keen to do it.
Emma: I don’t know learn how to really feel about that.
Elsie: That makes him look like an ass.
Emma: That’s the factor. Yeah. Okay. He’s, however this film is gorgeous.
Elsie: We’re renouncing Roman Polanski should you didn’t discover. So he’s renounced.
Emma: Okay, subsequent trivia. Mia Farah really ate uncooked liver for the scene of the film, regardless of being a vegetarian on the time.
Elsie: What?
Emma: Ugh. I really feel like she actually dedicated.
Elsie: I believed it was like actually darkish pink jello or one thing.
Emma: It’s type of black, I feel.
Elsie: It’s a very disgusting scene.
Emma: A really disgusting scene. They present a scene, too, the place she simply, like, in a short time sears a steak and eats it, which, is extra regular. That’s not how I eat my steak, personally. However, you understand, folks try this. That’s a factor.
Elsie: I like her a lot. She did probably the most for this film. She’s additionally been to Vidal Sassoon for this film. However that’s, like, probably the most iconic haircut.
Emma: She seems to be like Twiggy. It’s like a really 60s.
Elsie: She’s so fairly, yeah. Like, I can discuss all day about how a lot I feel she’s probably the most stunning girl of all time.
Emma: And clearly an especially dedicated actress, clearly.
Elsie: In the course of the phone sales space scene, Mia Farrow could be seen mouthing numbers as she dials Dr. Hill’s workplace on the rotary phone, particularly 477 turned the wrong way up spells H E L L. Hell. Okay, I don’t assume they wanted that, however that’s a pleasant contact.
Emma: Yeah, I prefer it. It’s type of like while you’re in class and also you try this calculator factor and it spells out boob or one thing. Are you able to inform I used to be actually good at math? I used to be actually paying consideration in class. Okay, subsequent one. William Fort, who’s the producer of Rosemary’s Child, later turned satisfied the movie was cursed. Shortly after manufacturing, he suffered gallstones to such a extreme extent that he required surgical procedure. As he recovered from that sickness, Rosemary’s Child composer, Krzysztof Komita suffered an unintentional fall that led to a coma, and ultimately, his demise. Terrible. Then, in the summertime of 1969, actor Sharon Tate, Polanski’s spouse, was famously murdered by the Manson household. Everyone knows about that one. For Fort, all of it added up. The story of Rosemary’s Child was taking place in actual life. Witches, all of them, have been casting their spell, and I used to be changing into one of many principal gamers, he later recalled. I don’t know why he’s lumping in Sharon Tate, as a result of aside from being married to Polanski, wasn’t part of this manufacturing, so far as I do know.
Elsie: I really feel like different folks died and he simply obtained gallstones and he was making it a little bit bit about himself.
Emma: I imply, I perceive having a part in life the place you’re feeling like lots of unhealthy issues are taking place throughout you. Like, I feel we’ve all gone by seasons like that, however I don’t actually know.
Elsie: I don’t know, however it most likely simply added to the success of the film on the time, or the film’s, like, popularity on the time, I’m certain it was very controversial. Like, Emma and I grew up within the Harry Potter being banned period. And my coronary heart couldn’t take the issues folks most likely mentioned about Rosemary’s Child in 1968 and 1969 and stuff.
Emma: Nicely, I doubt I’d have watched it as a child. Yeah. Whereas I used to be studying Harry Potter as a child.
Elsie: I wager the church folks have been actually upset.
Emma: I imply, they nonetheless are, I think about.
Elsie: Okay, ship us an e-mail and tell us. Rosemary’s Child begins off with a pan shot that ends on the Dakota. A constructing with a somewhat wealthy and ominous historical past in New York Metropolis. So I suppose that’s what the actual constructing is known as. It was the town’s first true luxurious condo advanced when it was in-built 1884. That’s actually cool. Based mostly on a design by Henry J. Herdenburg, who created the Plaza Lodge. Whoa! That is cool. Over time, it has attracted a plethora of rich celebrities from Lauren Bacall to Judy Garland. It gained notoriety for the demise of John Lennon, who was murdered proper exterior the entrance of the constructing. The truth is, the demise of the character Terry within the movie takes place eerily near the place Lennon was killed. That’s fascinating and disturbing. I’m glad that they picked a haunted constructing although, as a result of I do assume it matches.
Emma: Yeah, it does match, as a result of lots of haunty issues are taking place on this film.
Elsie: Plus, while you convey that on a filming look, prefer it’ll all the time be the Rosemary’s Child constructing now too. So it’s like they weren’t actually bringing any extra creepy vibes onto one thing that was already like, we’re accomplished.
Emma: Yeah. It’s unusual although, like to consider a metropolis like New York and for like one constructing to have plenty of various things, you understand what I imply? Since you’re like, it’s such an enormous metropolis.
Elsie: It’s true. Most likely each constructing has dozens of fascinating, scary, and exquisite in each type of story as a result of it’s such a historic place. We’re simply not used to that.
Emma: Plus, I imply, the Arconians had like three deaths in it already, and so they’re going to have one other season of Solely Murders within the Constructing, so there’ll be one other demise.
Elsie: I severely knew you have been going to convey up Solely Murders within the Constructing, and I, okay, I’ll say, I fucking love Solely Murders within the Constructing. I don’t assume we’ll ever discuss it on the podcast, however I like it. And Steve Martin is daddy, and like, we’ll all the time assist him perpetually.
Emma: Yeah. And I would like each sweater and outfit that Selena Gomez wears, I’m like, signal me up.
Elsie: And Martin Quick is humorous, and anybody else who writes an article about how he’s not can go straight to hell.
Emma: Go to hell. He’s hilarious. Okay. Mia Farrow’s iconic pixie lower turned a well-liked coiffure after the film’s launch. Following the discharge of Rosemary’s Child, Mia Farrow’s brief and trendy haircut gained widespread recognition and have become generally known as the Rosemary’s Child lower. Which is nice as a result of within the film, everybody’s like, what did you do to your hair?
Elsie: Yeah, however I imply, to be truthful to Mia Farrow, it was her most iconic, like haircut period. And that’s like when in her, like, I’m Mary Frank Sinatra period was I feel proper after this film. So, it was beautiful, and Emma and I each had pixie cuts in highschool. And it’s not for everybody, okay?
Emma: It didn’t look nearly as good as hers, yeah.
Elsie: It’s not for everybody. It’s, sadly, Jeremy mentioned he had a dream that I shaved my head and it appeared good, and I used to be like, oh, Jeremy, that’s such a candy, beneficiant dream.
Emma: Yeah, I really feel like I’ve seen your hair brief and don’t do it.
Elsie: That is the correct amount of hair for me, proper? Most.
Emma: I do know. I all the time do need to chop my hair a little bit bit although once I see issues, you understand, like films and stuff. And I’m like, no, don’t do it. Don’t do it. You’ve accomplished it.
Elsie: I truthfully simply need to like be Mia Farrow for a day. I like her. Fee this film from zero to 5 Demon Infants. 5 out of 5 demon infants.
Emma: I’m additionally gonna give it 5 Demon Infants as a result of the units are beautiful, the costumes are beautiful, and I feel the story is a ten, however I like that writer, so I’m already a fangirl.
Elsie: It’s good, and yeah, if anybody thinks it shouldn’t be a consolation rewatch, simply give it an opportunity one time. Simply do it for us.
Emma: It additionally doesn’t must be for you. I don’t actually give a fuck.
Elsie: Keep in mind us, the creators of the Knives Out fantastical period. We won’t do you fallacious, okay?
Emma: I imply, I don’t assume this film’s for everybody. I do assume Knives Out is for everybody. However I don’t assume this one is. I feel it’s fairly arty and it has some fairly harsh themes. And a few folks simply don’t need to take care of that, and I feel that’s superb. Nevertheless it’s a fantastic film. Alright, now it’s time for a joke, or a reality, or possibly a meditation with our pricey pal, Nova.
Elsie: Hey Nova, what do you’ve got for us this week?
Nova: A joke.
Elsie: A joke? Okay.
Nova: How does a hen keep match?
Elsie: How?
Nova: Egg-ercise.
Elsie: That’s great. Thanks. Thanks a lot for listening. You may submit questions at podcasts@abeautifulmess.com or name our voicemail anytime at 417-893-0011. Subsequent week, we might be again with our annual ghost tales episode.
