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May 17, 2017 - 2:59 PM
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Graham Watt
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Indeed. Barking dogs, one of several recurring Polanski sounds/ images. Another would be the sound of a ticking clock, or the dripping of a tap. And bells. Polanski's use of sound was unsurpassed. Combined with the extraordinary imagery (actually very often "ordinary") I think that Polanski created a universe which was very much his own. Books must have been written about all of this, none of which I've actually read, but there's fodder for a million pages. My gut feeling after having studied one semester of Psychology in 1982 is that all those sounds, and the recurring imagery (his fixation on walls and wallpaper, and what's behind them) stem from what he saw, heard and thought during his horrendous childhood. He's one of the few film-makers who makes me feel like I'm watching something genuine and very personal, something which sprung from his own experiences, and not something which he seems to have purloined and adapted from something alien to him.
Once more, in descending order of greatness, my favourite Polanskis -
CUL-DE-SAC
REPULSION
KNIFE IN THE WATER
ROSEMARY'S BABY
THE TENANT
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As it happens, he has a new movie that is JUST about to premiere in the main competition at Cannes in a few days -- called BASED ON A TRUE STORY (written by Olivier Assayas, no less!). I'm going to Cannes myself on Sunday, and hope I'll be able to see it.
If you do see it, report back to us re the presence or absence of barking dogs within.
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. . . I'm going to Cannes myself on Sunday, and hope I'll be able to see it.
Hey, Thor, if there's any junk on Polanski's new film, I'd love to get my hands on it. If you can, it may never play here in the states.
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BRM, your comment was removed. For shamey shame. No trigger words, m'kay.
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