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Filma "Nóż w wodzie" ir ievērojama ar to, ka tā ir vienīgā pilnmetrāžas filma, kuru Romāns Polanskis radīja Polijā - proti, pirms emigrēšanas uz Lielbritāniju. Un līdz ar to šī bija filma, kas padarīja Polanski zināmu ārpus viņa dzimtenes robežām un ielika pamatus tam, ka šis režisors varēja iekarot vispirms Eiropu, bet tad arī Ameriku. Un pēc tam, protams, pedofiīlijas skandāla dēļ aizbēgt atpakaļ uz Eiropu un nekad vairs nerādīties amerikāņu zemē, un tikai tad ar "Pianistu" saņemt Oskaru par labāko režisūru.

Despite the fact that Roman Polanski is considered to be one of the most important living filmmakers, I can`t call myself a big expert of his work. So far Rosemary`s Baby has been just the second of his films (after The Pianist) that I`ve seen in its entirety. Rosemary is a young woman that`s married to a moderately successful actor who has so far appeared in several plays and some TV commercials. They decide to rent a new apartement and for that they choose quite a pretty place in a house where strange things have happened over the years, yet Guy and Rosemary are young and happy people and why should they worry about tales of dead infants being found in the house or living children being eaten alive? Some things do seem somewhat strange though, especially that concerns their neighbours - an elderly couple - whom Guy somehow gets strangely attracted to. But everything turns really strange when Rosemary gets pregnant (she has some strange visions about that for the neighbours have given her some sort of a strange drink). The whole thing with the baby doesn`t go perfectly well - Rosemary is given some strange drinks which she gets prescribed by a famous doctor and which don`t make her feel better. Only with time she learns to understand that she`s surrounded by a group of practicing witches that have involved her in some crazy ritual, and the trouble lies in the fact that her husband has sold their child to the devil for success as an actor. And in the end, when the baby is born, it doesn`t get used in satanic rituals for there`s no need for that - after all, it`s not Guy who`s the baby`s father, but the Devil himself. To be honest, this film isn`t the scariest one I`ve ever seen, but it`s still pretty haunting. Actually it`s somewhat similar to some works by Hitchcock, as a film that mostly relies on suspense and not on troubling images, yet it is scary enough for a person to become a troubled mind after watching it for sure. By the way, Rosemary is played by a very young and good looking Mia Farrow (before her connection with that Allen creep). Certainly a must-see for all lovers of scary movies (but not of Scary Movie though).

Romāns Polanskis bez šaubām ir ne tikai viens no ievērojamākajiem 20.gadsimta režisoriem, bet arī no pretrunīgākajiem. Paglābies no Holokausta; Mensona banda nogalināja viņa stāvoklī esošo sievu; vēlāk pats Polanskis aizbēga no tiesas, kurā bija apsūdzēts dzimumsakarā ar 13 gadīgu meiteni; un vēl citas detaļas dara viņu par ļoti, ļoti neviennozīmīgi vērtējamu personību. Tas gan diez vai sevišķi varētu ietekmēt manu viedokli par viņa desmito režisēto filmu - "Tesa", kas veidota pēc Tomasa Hārdija romāna "Tesa no d`Ērbervilu dzimtas".

"Bitter Moon" ir filma, kas lieliski iederas Hjū Grānta agrīno darbu sarakstā līdzās "Sirēnām". Hjū Grānts, protams, ir viens tipisks pretty boy, bet savulaik viņš labprāt piedalījās filmās, kurās pipariņa netrūka, un "Rūgtais mēness" ir viena no piparotākajām filmām, ko man vispār nācies kādreiz redzēt. Protams, apzinoties to, ka filmas režisors Romāns Polanskis ir zināms ne tikai ar to, ka viņš uzņēmis "Rozmarijas mazuli", "Chinatown" un "Pianistu", bet arī ar neglīto pedofīlijas stāstu. Man patiesībā ir gluži vienalga, vai viņš toreiz bija vai nebija vainīgs, bet viens ir skaidrs - pārmērīgā puritānismā šo režisoru apsūdzēt noteikti nevar.

Edward Scissorhands, Arizona Dream, What`s Eating Gilbert Grape, Ed Wood, Don Juan deMarco, Dead Man, Donnie Brasco, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Sleepy Hollow, Chocolate, Blow, From Hell, Pirates of the Caribbean, Secret Window, Finding Neverland, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride. That means that "The Ninth gate" is the 18th Johnny Depp film that I`ve seen so far. Sadly in terms of quality it`s one of the worst of his films that i`ve seen so far, and that`s not good. Depp plays Dean Corso, a rare book dealer who`s asked by a very important client to determine which one of the surviving three copies of a satanic book is the real one. The problem is that the film ain`t particulary interesting - whilst the first hour of it is a bit creepy, later on the film doesn`t develop into anything special. It`s supposed to be a mystery/horror/thriller, yet there`s no sign of horror in this film and I can`t say that I was especially thrilled by it. Actually it wasn`t scary at all, I mean visually it was very good, but the content lacked something to put it all together, sometimes becoming absolutely ridiculous. And one more thing - why is Roman Polanski such a fan of satan (I`ve seen 3 of his films so far, and two of them are about the dark prince. is he a worshipper of LCF himself or what?)

Not an easy watch certainly but still a very good film. Not that it told me something I didn`t know or made me change my mind or anything like that. But it`s quite a heavy one, as if anything else could be awaited from a film about a man in the Warschauer ghetto. As a matter of fact, I don`t really want to tell much about it. It`s highly realistic although I can imagine that it stills shows not the scariest image from the place and the time, but it was enough for me. And probably for the first time it was the case with me that while watching a good film I wanted it to end as soon as possible. But it wasn`t the case.

Romāns Polanskis ir droši vien pasaulē slavenākais pedofils, kas kaut kādu nenoskaidrotu iemeslu dēļ nav izvēlējies mācītāja karjeru. Taču nenoliedzami pasaules kino mīļi būtu tikai zaudētāji, ja Polanski notiesātu. Līdz ar to savā ziņā es varu saprast, kālab viņu Amerikai tā arī nav izdevuši.

Gluži kā daudzi citi, es vispirms iepazinos ar Jaunā Rīgas teātra izrādi Slaktiņa dievs, kā iespaidā radās interese par gaidāmo filmu, uz kuru sanāca gaidīt ilgāk, kā biju domājis, jo dīvainā kārtā tā man nekādi negribēja sapņos rādīties, līdz šonakt beidzot parādījās.

Zināmā mērā ikviens, kas ir dzīvojis daudzdzīvokļu mājā, var saprast Polanska filmu "Īrnieks" - dzīve ar kaimiņiem nekad nav pavisam nevainīga joka padarīšana. No otras puses - normālos apstākļos tādā situācijā kā filmas galvenais varonis tu droši vien tomēr nenonāksi, lai cik kaitinoši arī nebūtu atsevišķi tavi kaimiņi.

Jaunākā Polanska filma "Venus in Fur" tapusi pēc Deivida Aivsa lugas, kurai pamatā ir Leopolda Zahera-Mazoha romāns "Venēra kažokā", kurā pašā figurē manuskripts, kas atstāsta to sižetu, kuru mēs redzam šajā filmā. Un, kas ir būtiskākais - šis romāns radīja terminu "mazohisms", kas, domājams, ir lielākais Zahera-Mazoha pienesums mūsdienu kultūrā. Iespējams, būtu vērts šo grāmatu izlasīt, lai saprastu, cik ļoti šis austrietis ir pelnījis tādu godu.