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[elbisonodelcine]

🎞️Rosemary's Baby (1968) 🎥 Roman Polanski 📷 William A. Fraker

[davidskeet]

Catherine Deneuve in Repulsion, Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby and Isabelle Adjani in The Tenant. Polanski's apartment trilogy

[alejandromogollo]

Time to give some love to the Supporting Actress category with a collage of those I’ve drawn so far. Do you have a favorite? #ruthgordon #ritamoreno #whoopigoldberg #tatumoneal #kimbasinger #annapaquin #jenniferhudson #catherinezetajones #Oscars #SupportingActress #alejandromogolloart https://www.instagram.com/p/CpkqDj6o6dR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[mbzmetalsmith]

Merry Christmas Maude! ❤️Harold #seasonsgreetings #plantatree #socialjusticewarrior #greatfilms #haroldandmaude #ruthgordon #halashby #budcort https://www.instagram.com/p/CmnfTsVu0Fv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[vintagecinemaart]

Every Which Way But Loose-An Original Vintage Movie Poster of Clint Eastwood's Bruisin' Comedy with Sondra Locke, Ruth Gordon, and Clyde. #everywhichwaybutloose #clinteastwood #Ruthgordon #dirtyharry #haroldandmaude #vintagecinemaart #wallart https://etsy.me/3tCWWON https://www.instagram.com/p/Cky3WgFPrsE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jessicachortkoff]

Harold and Maude #1

Just a little play with everyone's favorite movie! I recreated Maude's unique residence in Sim4 by EA Games! To see it in REAL LIFE (yes!) go here: https://www.wrm.org/ MUSEUM HOURS Year Round Saturdays & Sundays 10:30 am – 5:00 pm Summer Hours (May 30 - September 1) Thursday – Friday (Interurban Train Rides) 10:30 AM - 3:30 PM This fan fiction story filmed and edited by Jessica Chortkoff, aka Jessimmerqueen in Sims 4! You can find this build in the gallery in game as well and the avatars I created after Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort in the film! Go here to download the basegame for yourself and play it for free: https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the... I dedicate this video to Hal Ashby, Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, and the genius songwriter singer Yusuf "Cat Stevens" Islam. He is still going strong so check out what he is working on these days too! This is one of those films that made me who I am today. "If You Want to Sing Out Sing Out" Well, if you want to sing out, sing out And if you want to be free, be free ‘Cause there’s a million things to be You know that there are And if you want to live high, live high And if you want to live low, live low ‘Cause there’s a million ways to go You know that there are You can do what you want The opportunity’s on And if you can find a new way You can do it today You can make it all true And you can make it un-do You see? Ah, ah, ah It’s easy, ah, ah, ah You only need to know Well if you want to say yes, say yes And if you want to say no, say no ‘Cause there’s a million ways to go You know that there are And if you want to be me, be me And if you want to be you, be you ‘Cause there’s a million things to do You know that there are You can do what you want The opportunity’s on And if you can find a new way You can do it today You can make it all true And you can make it un-do You see? Ah, ah, ah It’s easy, ah, ah, ah You only need to know Well, if you want to sing out, sing out And if you want to be free, be free ‘Cause there’s a million things to be You know that there are You know that there are You know that there are You know that there are You know that there are / @yusufcatstevens  Order King Of A Land yusufcatstevens.lnk.to/KingOfALandEM  Merch store.catstevens.com  Peace Train Charity Store peacetrain.store  Facebook facebook.com/yusufcatstevens  Newsletter catstevens.com/email-signup  Subscribe / @yusufcatstevens  Website catstevens.com  Twitter twitter.com/yusufcatstevens  Instagram instagram.com/YusufCatStevens  Apple music.apple.com/gb/artist/cat-stevens/107587  Spotify open.spotify.com/artist/08F3Y3SctIlsOEmKd6dnH8 https://reelsf.com/reelsf/2015/12/5/h... https://reelsf.com/reelsf/2015/12/6/h... Please subscribe here for regular uploads like this! Thank you!

[brennerrama]

MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“In our family, we don't divorce our men. We bury them.”

Ruth Gordon in Lord Love a Duck

#LordLoveADuck #GeorgeAxelrod #RuthGordon #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday

[adamwatchesmovies]

Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

Rosemary’s Baby is a terrifying psychological horror film. This picture crawls into your bed at night wrenches your mouth opens and pours its dark bubbling soul down your throat as you lay paralyzed with fear.

Set in 1965, Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow, a revelation in the role) and her husband Guy (John Cassavetes) move into a new apartment. The couple makes friends with their neighbors, the elderly Castevets (Ruth Gordon as Minnie and Sidney Blackmer as Roman) and are suddenly showered with good fortune: Guy lands a big acting role and Rosemary finds herself pregnant. Soon after, the young housewife notices events around her and begins suspecting her unborn child is sought after by satanic cultists. Or is it all in her head?

This film keeps its cards so close to its chest. You might notice a few weird things: a dream with seemingly nefarious implications, a stray line, odd behavior from the neighbors or from Guy. Director Roman Polanski is immensely successful at making you feel just as Rosemary does. The picture feels claustrophobic, but in a way that’s much more sinister than if she was confined to a tiny cell with no windows. She’s free to roam wherever she wants but the people she suspects want to take her baby are always there. At first, you look at some of the odder happenings and dismiss them. It’s the 60’s, people were different back then, nowadays that would be weird behavior but these people are just being old and friendly; the incidents can all be attributed to bad luck, it’s fine; etc. Eventually, it starts grinding away your sense of reason. You look at every little detail and decide there are no such things as coincidences anymore. You want to scream to Rosemary to pack her things and run, take a cab, and take her unborn child with her but it’s as if there are hands clutched around your throat, a gag stuffed inside your mouth preventing you from calling out to her. Then, you realize those are your hands. This story is filled with such suspense and paranoia it’ll drive you mad.

Rosemary’s Baby uses tension, surprises, revelations, and performances like fine oils, conjuring a masterpiece that becomes even more explosive the further back you get. Many films featuring a big mystery, a question about whether the protagonist’s sanity is there or not don’t have the same impact upon a second viewing. With this movie, it's the opposite. Without giving anything away, I want to discuss the conclusion, which is perfect. So elegant and chilling by delivering to you not the ending that the audience wants, but the one the film deserves. This is true embodiment of horror. You’re not going to walk away unaffected.

Praises belong to four chief elements of Rosemary's Baby. First, the writing - so adept at plunging you into this world. Second, the performances - so convincing you become completely immersed. Third, the direction by Polanski, who has created one of the best American-made horror films. Finally, the horror itself. Every element in this film could have been great, but if it wasn’t scary, then it would have been a flop. Rosemary’s Baby is more than just scary, it’s a living nightmare you can't shake. (On DVD, July 22, 2016)

[changoblanco]

Sometimes he manages to get up on my desk to try to get my coffee #workfromhome #summerreading #brisketlesterjones #dogfeet #dogtricks #ruthgordon #thekingofconfidence #apartamentomagazine #milesharvey #coffeebreak @apartamentomagazine https://www.instagram.com/p/CDoail3JoQp/?igshid=135e43u24v92q

[craniodsgn]

Rosemary’s Baby. . . . . #RosemarysBaby #RuthGordon #MinnieCastevet #RomanPolanski #MiaFarrow #DakotaBuilding #NewYork #PosterDesign #PosterArt #FilmPoster #film #movie #poster #devil #satan #vector #art #logo #logotye #helvetica #helveticaneue #helveticarules #popculture #tribute #illustration #editorial #editorialillustration #coverart #artwork #portrait (en Dakota Building, Central Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8qg0CBoPDd/?igshid=tqlx5ooxf9uo

[alejandromogollo]

Remembering the brilliant Ruth Gordon, american actress, screenwriter, and playwright who fittingly was born a day before Halloween, since her Minnie Castevet in Rosemary’s baby is one for the ages, and she deservedly won an Oscar for it. Tannis anyone? #ruthgordon #minniecastevet #allofthemwitches #rosemarysbaby #romanpolanski #miafarrow #halloween #halloweenart #AlejandroMogolloArt https://www.instagram.com/p/CkV5NBYozaT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[unshapereality]

An update on Maude from HAROLD & MAUDE for @pluckycharms Soundtrack: @weyesblood . . @winsorandnewton oils on @strathmoreart mixed media paper. #art #artist #painting #oil #oilpainting #portrait #abstractart #vegas #abstract #popart #contemporaryart #artwork #illustration #abstractart #logandoesart #haroldandmaude #actor #movies #fineart #ruthgordon (at Las Vegas, Nevada) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByKiLDanFQc/?igshid=u43ykpndhtgk

[doomonfilm]

Thoughts : Harold and Maude (1971)

Once my fascination with the American films of the 1970s begin, it was only a matter of time before Hal Ashby hit my radar.  He is certainly one of the biggest ‘what if’ stories in terms of his career and the possibilities of what he may have done had he not passed away so young.  Out of all his films, as touching and unique as they are, there is one that truly speaks to fans as a ‘definitive’ Hal Ashby picture, and that is the incomparable Harold and Maude. 

Harold Chasen (Bud Cort) is an offbeat young man, much to the dismay of his mother (Vivan Pickles), a woman infatuated with her status in the social scene.  Harold, who is keen on funerals and the macabre, often antagonizes his mother by staging symbolic suicides, yet none of these cries for help seem to break her tough shell.  After purchasing a hearse, Harold attends a random funeral where he first notices Maude (Ruth Gordon), a quirky older woman with an obvious zest for life.  While Harold’s mother focuses on arranging him with a bride that she finds suitable, Harold and Maude grow closer, and their budding friendship soon blossoms into a full-fledged romance.  Due to their age gap, however, the couple must face stark truths, but the optimistic Maude hopes that it becomes an opportunity for Harold to grow as an individual that is more assured of himself.

Harold and Maude is a film rich with symbolism in nearly all of its aspects.  The writing has subtext throughout behind Maude’s approach to life, as her current joy is clearly fueled by past suffering she chooses not to dwell on.  Visually, the symbolism is both bold and subtle, especially in regards to cuts between similarly styled compositions on the opposite ends of the reality spectrum.  Musically, Cat Stevens and his warm voice are weaved into the narrative nearly perfectly.  The film in itself is not only a strange love story, but a criticism of square society... albeit, a soft criticism, but criticism nonetheless.  Maude plays a clear symbol of how to embrace life (as mentioned before), and it makes a rich connection with Harold and the ambiguous nature of his many deaths, onscreen and otherwise.

While Harold does open up to Maude about what sounds like a real death experience to him, we are actually given several instances of symbolic suicide rituals, all of which seem to be hard stances against his mother.  Mrs. Chasen, along with many of the people in her circle, adhere to a social system and a search for identity that lacks substance or culture, and all of this is done at the expense of truly connecting with her son.  Even Harold’s doctor essentially sounds like a medical textbook on tape, and his Uncle Victor is so dedicated to his system of military that he used he lost arm as an opportunity to create a mechanical salute mechanism.  Harold, trapped in all of this, feels like a brick in the wall, but Maude shows him that it is possible to be unique and survive in a society that seems hell-bent on constraint.  This connection fuels Harold’s journey into manhood, and makes the film a truly unique coming of age story.

As far as the production goes, one of my favorite aspects is how well Cat Stevens is integrated into the film... he almost becomes a Greek chorus, or an unseen narrator... or possibly even the thoughts that run through Harold’s mind.  Tonally, the film may be a bit on the schizophrenic side, but it actually works to the benefit of the film, as those extremes create a wonderful balance overall.  As previously mentioned, Hal Ashby has a keen eye for symbolic detail... be it the vaginal statue that suddenly comes into focus during Harold’s first visit to Maude’s, or the cut between the field of flowers to the graveyard, or any other number of sequences, Ashby moves through these visuals like a seasoned pro.  As tender as the film is, the humor is consistent throughout, both on the intellectual and slapstick levels.

Ruth Gordon is a true delight throughout, really providing the heart and soul of what makes this film a modern day classic about embracing life and love.  Bud Cort plays a dark version of the everyman that seems to echo the sentiments of modern manhood, specifically in the social media age, with his depression, malaise, and hopes that a spark of love will wake him from his dark depths.  Vivian Pickles plays perfectly equal parts self-obsessed/unaware and shallow, providing the perfect foil for Cort’s over-the-top portrayal of Harold.  Brief supporting appearances by Cyril Cusack, Charles Tyner, Eric Christmas and George Wood provide plenty of texture, while Judy Engles, Shari Summers and Ellen Greer hit us with good comedic beats via dates for Harold.  Tom Skerritt makes a hilarious and almost unrecognizable cameo... if you don’t recognize his voice you make not know that it’s him.

It’s hard to choose a favorite Hal Ashby film, but when it comes to trying to pick one to share with friends, Harold and Maude is almost always at the top of the list.  If you’re unfamiliar with this film or the director, take the time to seek it out... you will not be sorry that you did.

[jenjen4280]

Tonight’s movie at the theatre. 50th anniversary of the film.