Repulsion [blu-ray] / a Michael Klinger-Tony Tenser production ; screenplay by Roman Polanski and Gérard Brach ; produced by Gene Gutowski ; directed by Roman Polanski.
Format:
[blu-ray] /
Edition:
[Blu-ray version, Widescreen format], Blu-ray Special edition.
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Catherine Deneuve, Yvonne Furneaux, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Patrick Wymark, Renee Houston, James Villiers, Valerie Taylor. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1965. Contains insert ([14] p.) with an essay by film scholar and curator Bill Horrigan. Special features: Audio commentary by Polanski and actress Catherine Deneuve -- British Horror Film (2003), a documentary about the making of Repulsion featuring interviews with Polanski, producer Gene Gutowski, and cinematographer Gilbert Taylor, among others; A 1964 French television documentary filmed on the set of Repulsion, with rare footage of Polanski and Deneuve at work. Special features: New, restored high-definition transfer with uncompressed mono soundtrack ; audio commentary featuring Roman Polanski and Catherine Deneuve ; A British horror film: a documentary on the making of Repulsion ; 1964 French television documentary ; original theatrical trailers.
Summary:
Carol, a young manicurist in London, is driven mad by ghosts and terrified above all by sex, but her fears turn into hysteria and she grows violent.
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