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Things you've noticed during repeat viewings

posted 9 years ago by !!!deleted!!! (23570958)
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It's fascinating. I've seen this movie so many times and I always notice some new little thing.

The first few times I watched this I thought nothing of Guy's comment about going out to get an ice cream just after Rosemary tells him that she's meeting Hutch at the Time & Life building at 11. Just after he steps out, you hear some footsteps in the hallway and a doorbell ringing while Rosemary grovels in pain. In the next scene, Rosemary rings the same doorbell - it's Minnie's. It's little things like that which make this movie the masterpiece that it is.

What are some other little things that have caught your attention?

[–] karmala2 8 years ago

...How crummy the headboard is on the bed!

It's made of two tiers of two planks of whitewashed wood, stacked on top of of two whitewashed bricks (2 on either side) with the whole set up literally stacked on the end tables that flank the bed, resulting in a huge gap between the wall and one's back.

I've literally seen Rosemary's Baby dozens and dozens of times and I just noticed this on my last viewing a few weeks ago. Amazing!

I told you a million times not to talk to me when I'm doing my lashes!

[–] keanuslut 8 years ago

I noticed two new things when rewatching for the umpteenth time.

When they are having dinner together for the first time, while Rosemary and Minnie are washing dishes there is a quick cutaway to the two men looking very conspiratorial and smoke is wafting through. Clearly this is the point where Guy has been seduced into the coven. (When they come home suddenly Guy can't wait to go back tomorrow night.

And Alan Rickman has a brief appearance and one line at the funeral!

[–] whynotwriteme (7811) 7 years ago

"And Alan Rickman has a brief appearance and one line at the funeral!"

Sorry, but I doubt that very much. Rickman would have been about 21 when this film was made and based in Britain, not New York. His first appearance was in a 1978 British TV version of Romeo & Juliet. He did not begin acting until the early 70s. Must have been a look-alike.

[–] Outstandingness 8 years ago

that's amazing, I'll have to watch for that the next time.

[–] Cookie.L.A. (2117) 7 years ago

After the Woodhouses tour the apartment at the Bramford, the first major prop we see is an enormous joint of meat on a bone....the leg of lamb Hutch removes from the oven.

Maybe it looks more grisly to us today, because people don't tend to serve entire legs of lamb so much any more...but it's still a little macabre, and must have been intended. It almost looks like a body part.
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[–] Cookie.L.A. (2117) 7 years ago

Framed posters for Guy's Broadway plays (LUTHER and NOBODY LOVES AN ALBATROSS) are hanging in the living room, over the record player.

[–] DmitriKnipper (204) 3 years ago

I've seen RB countless times in the past. Only during my viewing tonight did I notice that Laura-Louise sits down on the opened book Rosemary was settling down to read!

[–] andreaahr (2337) 2 years ago

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[–] andreaahr (2337) 2 years ago

What I noticed is that at the party, Rosemary and Guy’s friends were talking about Baumgaut (the actor who became blind) and was talking about one of his plays. They never even mention Guys booming recent success. What I get out of this is the Devil will grant you want you want and will give you temporary happiness but that will soon fade because it is nothing more than a phony facade. Baumgaut will always be remembered and talked about and Guy will only be a fading memory through time….

[–] Megan254 (380) 5 months ago

When they have the party for people under 60, how nervous Guy is, and how he keeps running around to make sure Rosemary doesn't say anything.

[–] smashadams (34) 4 months ago

I just rewatched and noticed that when Hutch first visits after Rosemary gets pregnant and he meets Roman and starts asking suspicious questions about Tannis Root and says he is going to look it up in the encyclopedia, right after Roman leaves Guy unexpectedly comes home. He claims there was a rewrite but really Roman sent him home to steal one of Hutch's belongings - his glove. Roman needs the glove in case Hutch gets too nosy and needs to be stopped.