CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 8/23/2018

'This Is No Dream: Making Rosemary's Baby' launch at IFC

Sunday, August 26 at 3:40 PM, ARTBOOK | D.A.P., Reel Art Press and IFC invite you to celebrate the publication of This Is No Dream: Making Rosemary's Baby! Join us for a screening of Rosemary’s Baby with an extended introduction by the book’s author, James Munn, followed by a book signing.

“A supremely intelligent and convincing adaptation of Ira Levin’s Satanist thriller. About a woman who believes herself impregnated by the Devil (in the guise of her husband), its main strength comes from Polanski’s refusal to simplify matters: ambiguity is constant, in that we are never sure whether Farrow’s paranoia about a witches’ coven is grounded in reality or a figment of her frustrated imagination. Sexual politics, urban alienation, and a deeply pessimistic view of human interaction permeate the film, directed with a slow, careful build-up of pace and a precise sense of visual composition. Although it manages to be frightening, there is little gore or explicit violence; instead, what disturbs is the blurring of reality and nightmare, and the way Farrow is slowly transformed from a healthy, happily-married wife to a haunted, desperately confused shadow of her former self. Great performances, too, and a marvelously melancholy score by Krzysztof Komeda.”
– Time Out (London)

Order your tickets for the special 3:40 showing and book signing here!

IFC Center
323 Ave of the Americas
New York, NY 10014