Repulsion (1965)

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Simply A Masterpiece

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The movie is eccentrically brilliant in the sense that it explores the other side of human sexuality, not usually spoken or written about and hidden inside the invisible shutters in broad daylight. Polanski treats the complexities of human psychology through a dexterous storytelling and camera direction that meanders sinisterly through the anxious gaze of Carol ( the protagonist in the story). The film explores the disturbing manifestations of childhood trauma, much later in the life of the shy protagonist, Carol. It is with this narrative fidelity that the film exposes through a fortuitous unfolding of events the transformation of Carol from a shy girl whose generic repulsion towards men transmogrifies into heinous murders. Her inability to confront the past precipitates into a complex web of phobias and absent-minded behavior. She shuts herself at her home severing all connections with the world that she knows is exclusively dominated by men. And yet the specter of man manifests her nightmares as a phantom figure who comes every night to rape and molest her. The ticking of bells, a transitory silence of voices at the moment of rape, cracking of walls, hands coming out of walls to grope her suggest the atrociousness of the event which cannot be expressed in any narrative medium. Polanski takes a creative swerve in representing the trauma time through these tropes, since no verbal medium is sufficient in reconstructing the event. Unlike other modern Hollywood production which solely relies on jump scares in producing the feeling of horror; this movie takes an ingenious take, not only in its storytelling of an irreparable traumatic event, but also promises an exceptionally spine chilling experience.

One of Roman Polanski's finer works, this film is an almost perfect blend between Rosemary's Baby and Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Polanski uses this horror element in order to convey a messages of both sexuality and childhood trauma (which is a bit ironic since he raped a child himself) and although it isn't exactly subtle the fluidity of which these messages are conveyed, aided by some truly haunting visuals makes for nothing but a good time.

REPULSION is a psychological horror film about a young woman who is going through her own fears in her dark apartment, rejects her sexuality and gradually loses all contact with reality. This is a film about loneliness and anxiety between two extremes, in which the human tragedy is an inevitable fact.Carol, a Belgian manicurist, lives with her older sister Helen in their apartment in London. She, in contrast to Helen, interacts awkwardly with men. She is sleepy on her job and she continuously refuses her pretty-suitor. Carol hides her head in her pillow against her sister's sighs during sexual pleasure with her lover. It seems that Carol does not like men, moreover, she is trying to run from them. When Helen leaves on a holiday to Italy with her lover, otherwise a married man, Carol stays in their apartment and begins to hallucinate...Mr. Polanski reveals to us a deranged mind, or rather the dark side of the human subconscious, in this film. A young beauty behaves hostile toward men. It is intriguing enough without an eerie background and crumbling of her mind while she is staying in the apartment alone. Of course, we will look for the reasons for her behavior. Mr. Polanski has made a trap, precisely in that part. The reason is, probably, a trauma from her childhood, which is artfully displayed through the eyes of a little girl at a family photo, or is it a case of a "disturbed" sexuality, because the younger Carol is possessively attached to her older sister Helen.The atmosphere, in which objects symbolize the horror, is almost perfect. The characterization is excellent. An eerie sound is very striking.Catherine Deneuve (Carol Ledoux) has offered a phenomenal performance as an infatuated, depressed and eventually obsessed young woman. Yvonne Furneaux (Helen Ledoux) is quite convincing as a free and attractive woman, who knows how to enjoy sexual ecstasy. Ian Hendry (Michael) is provocative as Helen's lover and John Fraser (Colin) is a very tenacious and a bit rude as a suitor.A schizophrenic descent into madness. For me this is a little masterpiece.

Repulsion is a very slow movie—probably too slow for many viewers. It's also far from what I would call a cheery experience, charting a sexually repressed young woman's descent into madness and murder. It's down to the sheer brilliance of Roman Polanski's direction and star Catherine Deneuve's powerful central performance that the film proves riveting throughout, even when there's (seemingly) very little happening on screen.The movie starts off like a typical '60s kitchen sink drama, with sulky Belgian beautician Carol (Deneuve) struggling to focus at work and trying to ignore the advances of interested males. At first, Carol merely seems mopey, but things gradually start to get weird: her behaviour towards her sister's boyfriend Michael (Ian Hendry) is unusually hostile, hopeful beau Colin is completely blanked, while a stolen kiss from the young man makes her feel violently ill. But it is when her sister Helen (Yvonne Furneaux) leaves with Michael for a holiday in Italy that Carol really loses it: left on her own, her psychosis rapidly worsens, and she begins to hallucinate, cracks appearing in the apartment walls and strange men attacking her in her room at night.When Colin visits the apartment to see why the phone rings but is never answered, Carol lumps him over the head with a candlestick and dumps his body in the bath. Later, the landlord (Patrick Wymark) also meets a sticky end after he tries to take advantage of the mentally unbalanced young woman, a few slashes with a cut-throat razor putting an end to his lecherous ways. Eventually, Helen and Michael return home where they find a scene of unimaginable horror, with Carol catatonic in the bedroom.While not a particularly pleasant viewing experience, Repulsion has to be admired as a work of art, as an intense character study, and as a master-class in movie making, every frame, every sound, every image carefully considered. Carol's misery and loneliness is contrasted by the cheerful laughing coming from a nearby school and the lively music from a trio of street entertainers, and Polanski heightens the feeling of unease with twisty-turning camera-work and excellent use of light and shade, turning an ordinary apartment into a claustrophobic prison. Also adding to the overall unsettling effect is Chico Hamilton's score, which begins light and jazzy but becomes more discordant as the film progresses.Certainly not a film that I'll be visiting again in a hurry (it's way too depressing for that), but one that any serious cineaste should ensure that they have seen at least the once.