REPULSION | We Are Desperate for Meaning | The Critic Richard Thrill's film review

The Critic Richard Thrill on seeing Repulsion for the second time. Repulsion, 1965, is the 2nd movie by Roman Polanski and stars Catherine Deneuve. This slow horror film is Polanski at his most insidious. Carol is a Belgian ex-pat manicurist living in London with her sister. Unlike her sister, though, Carol is terrified of sex, and after her sister leaves on holiday with her lover, Carol is left alone in the flat to face her fears in a claustrophobic downward spiral of madness and violence. Excellent direction, great performance, and wonderful cinematography. Highly recommended.

As far as we can tell, The Critic Richard Thrill would have viewed Roman Polanski's REPULSION at Governor's State University in the autumn of 1983. However, Repulsion appears to be the first truly adult film that Thrill ever saw, sneaking into the Esquire theater in October 1965 with a friend. "We sat down expecting to see some naughty parts, but got Repulsion instead." Journal entry from October 1983.

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