The character of Guy Woodhouse has always presented a stumbling block for me in terms of believability within the narrative. At the onset, the viewer is introduced to Guy as a seemingly genuinely loving partner for Rosemary. This is conveyed with the interplay between he and Rosemary as they shop for an apartment. Guy is likewise presented as a no-nonsense, sharp-witted, fast talking New York City type, likewise quick to dismiss Hutch's foreboding anecdotes regarding the 'Black Bramford' spookies once they announce their plans to move. He doesn't appear to be the type who lends any credence to the supernatural whatsoever. Yet, given how Guy's character is established, we're then expected to believe that within a very short span of time while having an after dinner chat with Roman Castevet, he's inexplicably not only fully on board with the supernatural, but is also willing to sacrifice Rosemary to this diabolical plot! ...which, even if there isn't any actual supernatural element to it, would still be quite heinous, hurting Rosemary and destroying his relationship/marriage with her indefinitely. It's never made sense to me how this hard-nosed, big city type would've ever bought into the offer, and, since he's initially presented as really loving Rosemary, how or why he'd be so quick to destroy her and their marriage.

Great film imo

You should discuss 'Salems Lot' on the channel

When I read Polanski's biography I felt both sad for and disappointed with him as a person. I try to separate art and artist, I think his films are great work of cinema, and a few of them are on my personal list of favorite movies. I sadly have not seen Rosemary's Baby. But I really want to. Thank you for your thoughts on the movie, it has rekindled my interest in watching it.

It's an enormous justification on my part, but I thoroughly love a bunch of Polanski's film up to and including 1976's *_The Tenant._* which, coincidentally was the last film released prior to his being convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl. After that...yeah, not so much. As for *_Rosemary's Baby,_* I'm fully in the camp that considers it a perfect film. An absolute symphony of paranoia, where even Rosemary isn't entirely sure what she believes, with plausible deniability threaded all the way through. _Almost_ all the way through. All the performances are magnificent. Mia Farrow and Ruth Gordon's, obviously, but John Cassavetes deserves notice as well. He and Polanski did not get along, and it's been suggested that he clocked out during filming, just dialed in his performance. Even if this _is_ the case, it works beautifully. Guy Woodhouse is a mediocre actor to begin with, and he's been thrust into having to act the part of himself for his own wife's benefit (not to mention his own). He's awkward, detached, and bad at improvisation. He can barely bring himself to look at his wife for the majority of her pregnancy. And Sydney Blackmer's Roman Castavet is also an incredible character. He's intentionally over the top and theatrical, basking in the role of the worldly, eccentric bohemian, but it's all in service of making himself the trusted father figure and confidant Rosemary had found in Hutch before he'd been...dispatched, let's say. When someone that grand and preposterous shows a deep concern, it can be flattering and comforting to the point of losing one's judgment. Minnie's role is to keep things light and upbeat, Roman is there to keep things safe and calm, even when all evidence is to the contrary. It's love-bombing, in the modern parlance, and it isolates Rosemary so effectively that she just goes along with it. Which, in turn, undercuts any doubts she starts to have. Anyway -- love this film, love your channel, keep up the great work!

I saw it within the past year and I wasn't impressed. Very long with little to no payoff