Mimeographed Manuscript, "Rosemary's Baby ... by Roman Polanski," 186 pp, on yellow paper, 4to, n.p., May 15, 1967, marked "Preliminary Script" and "23" in manuscript on title page, bound with brass brads and housed in original mint green Paramount Pictures wrappers, old label residue to covers but otherwise fine.
The story is about a young woman, Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow), living in Manhattan with her actor husband, Guy (John Cassavetes), who gets pregnant, and comes to believe that the people around her — including elderly neighbors Roman and Minnie Castevet (Sidney Blackmer and Ruth Gordon), and maybe her own spouse — are plotting to use her baby in some kind of Satanic ritual.
Horror is often thought of as a childish genre–fears of the dark, spirits and, in the modern world, are not considered “adult.” But “Rosemary” is about unsettling juxtapositions. Horror often takes place at night in a distant woods or isolated suburb; “Rosemary” takes place in place in broad daylight, and it buries its horror in the heart of the city, and not just any city but New York City (Newton, 2018.)
A true scarcity from one of the ‘Most perfect movies ever made.’
Mimeographed Manuscript, "Rosemary's Baby ... by Roman Polanski," 186 pp, on yellow paper, 4to, n.p., May 15, 1967, marked "Preliminary Script" and "23" in manuscript on title page, bound with brass brads and housed in original mint green Paramount Pictures wrappers, old label residue to covers but otherwise fine.
The story is about a young woman, Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow), living in Manhattan with her actor husband, Guy (John Cassavetes), who gets pregnant, and comes to believe that the people around her — including elderly neighbors Roman and Minnie Castevet (Sidney Blackmer and Ruth Gordon), and maybe her own spouse — are plotting to use her baby in some kind of Satanic ritual.
Horror is often thought of as a childish genre–fears of the dark, spirits and, in the modern world, are not considered “adult.” But “Rosemary” is about unsettling juxtapositions. Horror often takes place at night in a distant woods or isolated suburb; “Rosemary” takes place in place in broad daylight, and it buries its horror in the heart of the city, and not just any city but New York City (Newton, 2018.)
A true scarcity from one of the ‘Most perfect movies ever made.’
