Roman Polanski – MovieLog

Based On A True Story (2017)

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Basking in the tremendous success of her debut autobiographical novel dedicated to her late mother, suddenly, the lonely Parisian author, Delphine Dayrieux, realises that there are cold and unrelenting haters among a sea of worshippers. On the other hand, though, there’s Elle–the passionate admirer, and cryptic new friend–who takes Delphine by surprise, and just like that, worms her way into the unsuspecting writer’s life. However, who is truly this elusive and alluringly enigmatic woman who is bent on helping Delphine break through a persistent writer’s block? More and more, Elle becomes designingly indispensable. Can she jolt Delphine out of her torpor?

D’après Une Histoire Vraie

Roman Polanski

France

5.7

IMDb

Macbeth (1971)

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Roman Polanski

7.5

IMDb

Carnage (2011)

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In Brooklyn Bridge Park, eleven year old Zachary Cowan strikes his eleven year old classmate Ethan Longstreet across the face with a stick after an argument. Among the more serious of Ethan’s injuries is a permanently missing tooth and the possibility of a second tooth also being lost. Their respective parents learn of the altercation through Ethan’s parents questioning him about his injuries. The Longstreet parents invite the Cowan parents to their Brooklyn apartment to deal with the incident in a civilized manner. They are: Penelope Longstreet, whose idea it was to invite the Cowans, she whose priorities in life include human rights and justice; Michael Longstreet, who tries to be as accommodating as possible to retain civility in any situation; Nancy Cowan, a nervous and emotionally stressed woman; and Alan Cowan, who is married more to his work as evidenced by the attachment he has to his cell phone and taking work calls at the most inopportune times. Although the meeting starts off civilized enough, it quickly degenerates after an unfortunate incident by Nancy. The degeneration of their meeting not only has to do with their boys’ fight, but also the other couple’s fitness as parents, the state of their respective marriages and their place in a crazy world.

Carnage

A new comedy of no manners.

Roman Polanski

France, Germany, Poland, Spain

7.1

IMDb

Ghost Writer, The (2010)

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An unremarkable ghost-writer has landed a lucrative contract to redact the memoirs of Adam Lang, the former UK Prime Minister. After dominating British politics for years, Lang has retired with his wife to the USA. He lives on an island, in luxurious, isolated premises complete with a security detail and a secretarial staff. Soon, Adam Lang gets embroiled in a major scandal with international ramifications that reveals how far he was ready to go in order to nurture UK’s special relationship with the USA. But before this controversy has started, before even he has closed the deal with the publisher, the ghost-writer gets unmistakable signs that the turgid draft he is tasked to put into shape inexplicably constitutes highly sensitive material.

Ghost Writer, The

Read between the lies.

Roman Polanski

France, Germany, UK

7.3

IMDb

Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

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A young couple moves in to an apartment only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins to control her life.

Rosemary’s Baby

Pray for Rosemary’s Baby

Roman Polanski

USA

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Frantic (1988)

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A doctor and his wife go to Paris for a medical conference. While showering, his wife disappears. His lack of language, and the odd way she disappeared makes it nearly impossible for him to find any official help in his search as he enters the punk/drug culture to find out what has happened to her.

Frantic

Danger. Desire. Desperation.

Roman Polanski

USA, France

6.8

IMDb

Tragedy Of Macbeth, The (1971)

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Roman Polanski’s version of Shakespeare’s tragedy about a Scottish lord who murders the king and ascends the throne. His wife then begins hallucinating as a result of her guilt complex and the dead king’s son conspires to attack MacBeth and expose him for the murderer he is.

Tragedy Of Macbeth, The

Macbeth

Roman Polanski

UK, USA

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Chinatown (1974)

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JJ ‘Jake’ Gittes is a private detective who seems to specialize in matrimonial cases. He is hired by Evelyn Mulwray when she suspects her husband Hollis, builder of the city’s water supply system, of having an affair. Gittes does what he does best and photographs him with a young girl but in the ensuing scandal, it seems he was hired by an impersonator and not the real Mrs. Mulwray. When Mr. Mulwray is found dead, Jake is plunged into a complex web of deceit involving murder, incest and municipal corruption all related to the city’s water supply.

Chinatown

Roman Polanski

USA

8.5

IMDb

Pianist, The (2002)

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A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.

Pianist, The

Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.

Roman Polanski

France, Poland, Germany, UK

8.5

IMDb

Death And The Maiden (1994)

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A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.

Death And The Maiden

Prepare yourself for the moment of truth.

Roman Polanski

UK, USA, France

7.1

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