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Repulsion / Michael Klinger and Tony Tenser present ; original screenplay by Roman Polanski and Gérard Brach ; adaptation and additional dialogue, David Stone ; produced by Gene Gutowski ; directed by Roman Polanski.

Klinger, Michael, 1920-1989 (film producer.). Tenser, Tony, (film producer.). Polanski, Roman, (film director,, screenwriter., field director.). Brach, Gérard, (screenwriter.). Gutowski, Gene, (film producer.). Deneuve, Catherine, 1943- (actor.). Furneaux, Yvonne, 1928- (actor.). Hendry, Ian, 1931-1984 (actor.). Fraser, John, 1931- (actor.). Wymark, Patrick, 1926-1970 (actor.). Houston, Renée, 1902-1980 (actor.). Taylor, Valerie, 1902-1988 (actor.). Villiers, James, 1933-1998 (actor.). Taylor, Gilbert, (cinematographer.). McIntyre, Alastair, (film editor.). Hamilton, Chico, 1921-2013 (composer,, conductor.). Horrigan, Bill. Eye of the storm. (Added Author). Stone, David, 1929- (adapter.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (film distributor.). Compton Films, (production company.). Catherine Deneuve, Yvonne Furneaux, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Patrick Wymark, Renee Houston, Valerie Taylor, James Villiers. (Cast).

Summary:
Carol is a fragile, frigid young Belgian beauty cracking up over the course of a terrifying weekend. Left alone by her vacationing sister in their London flat, she finds herself haunted by specters, real and imagined, as her insanity grows to a violent pitch.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781604651768
  • ISBN: 1604651768
  • ISBN: 9786312933328
  • ISBN: 6312933326
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (13 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
  • Edition: Special edition ; widescreen.
  • Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2009]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Special features include: commentary by Polanski and Deneuve, British Horror Film (2003), a documentary about the making of Repulsion, Grand Écran (1964) French documentary filmed on set, theatrical trailers, essay by Bill Horrigan (in booklet).
Formatted Contents Note:
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 -- Original theatrical trailers -- Booklet featuring an essay "Eye of the storm" by film scholar and curator Bill Horrigan -- Language: English mono -- Subtitles: English SDH.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Gilbert Taylor ; editor, Alastair Mcintyre ; music composed and conducted by Chico Hamilton.
Participant or Performer Note:
Catherine Deneuve, Yvonne Furneaux, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Patrick Wymark, Renee Houston, Valerie Taylor, James Villiers.
Original Version Note:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1965.
System Details Note:
DVD ; NTSC region 1 ; Dolby Digital mono.
Language Note:
English language soundtrack; English subtitles for the hearing impaired.
Awards Note:
Berlin International Film Festival, FIPRESCI Prize, 1965.
Berlin International Film Festival, Silver Berlin Bear: Special Prize of the Jury, 1965.
Subject: Young women > England > London > Drama.
Sisters > England > London > Drama.
Belgians > England > London > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > England > London > Drama.
Mental illness > Drama.
Psychoses > Drama.
London (England) > Drama.
Genre: Feature films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Horror films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Motion pictures, British.
Foreign films > Great Britain.

Available copies

  • 3 of 4 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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