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While the film involves the repressed sexuality of the young heroine "Carol," one issue that has not been discussed is the fact that the "rapists" in Carol's nightmares are primarily Black men. In the US there have been many examples in film of the fear that all black men want to rape "virginal" white woman. This was graphically depicted in the film "Birth of a Nation" by D.W. Griffith. While the mental stability of the main character is the basis of most discussion I wonder how bringing in the discussion of race comments on the sign of times in which the film was made or another critique on Carol's mental stability.
I was just looking on an article about Printmaking Techniques and it came up with a link to a page with the name repulsion. Somehow I don't think this is the right article, maybe someone could put up a link to the meaning of the word repulsion Kalishnikov 14:08, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Someone has put this in the article: "As in those two films, the horrors are not external threats, but rather the horrors that lie within the minds of the protagonists." Is that really true about Rosemary's Baby? There is an external horror at force in that film! 195.195.71.146 ( talk) 10:46, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Um, in RB, the threat clearly is external. The devil has intercourse with her and she does have his baby. It's not all in her head. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.189.237.68 ( talk) 02:38, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
The article says "repelled and attracted by the idea of sex due to repressed memories". In fact nothing in the film suggests that it's due to "repressed memories". You clearly haven't seen the ending of the movie. It shows, in that order: Childhood toys, Leaning Tower of Piza (damaged architecture), and finally family photo of Carol, looking at elderly man (father?grandfather?uncle?) with disgust and fear. It is quite obvious symbolic scene: Carol was sexually abused as a child, she grew up to be broken woman, and finally succumbed to mental illness. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.60.6.163 ( talk) 21:20, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
The article says that "Polanski shows a photograph of the young Carol hinting at a childhood of sexual abuse". Again, nothing of the sort is necessarily implied. JanBielawski ( talk) 19:46, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
Is this section really necessary? Seems ultimately non-NPV and probably more of a link factory that doesn't really do anything but hook (effectively) random pages up to this one. Manys ( talk) 08:16, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
It seems that in his autobiography, Polansky claims that Deneuve's character was based on a girl who seemed normal and pleasant when you first met her but, when she moved in with a friend of his, she became subject to bouts of violence and would find sex both attractive and repellent. In his own biography of Polansky, Thomas Kiernan suggests that the "boyfriend" she moved in with may have been Polansky himself! Can anyone who has these books check out these statements?-- Marktreut ( talk) 15:45, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
"Polanski himself makes a cameo as a mandolin player who is part of a trio of street buskers."
What's the citation for this? Most articles say he's playing the spoons, not the mandolin. He doesn't seem to be part of the trio when we first see them in the street (they are all older men). At least one person has claimed online that he appears later on in the film when Carole looks out the window and sees the buskers walking along the street down below. Unfortunately it's impossible to make out their faces in that long shot. Muzilon ( talk) 01:45, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
From the Plot section:
I don't know what that means, and I'm not familiar enough with the film to edit it... Someone? – AndyFielding ( talk) 10:12, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Move. There's unanimous agreement that there's no clear primary topic. Cúchullain t/ c 20:55, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
– The current WP:PRIMARYTOPIC status isn't daft (unlike some other media products squatting on the baseline); this is unquestionably a great and famous 1965 film, ...but... I wonder how many under the age of 60 have heard of it? It is 50 years ago and Repulsion (magnetism) Repulsion (genetics) etc. etc. are real existing topics in books and articles. I went through and only found 7 mislinks to the various science topics (which I fixed), but it looks as though other editors have been catching them and fixing them before. By WP:ASTONISH it's not going astonish anyone looking on their iPhone for the film to see Repulsion (film), in fact it will help. Wheras anyone looking for the various science meanings, and articles, would do better not being sent to the film. In ictu oculi ( talk) 20:14, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
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While the film involves the repressed sexuality of the young heroine "Carol," one issue that has not been discussed is the fact that the "rapists" in Carol's nightmares are primarily Black men. In the US there have been many examples in film of the fear that all black men want to rape "virginal" white woman. This was graphically depicted in the film "Birth of a Nation" by D.W. Griffith. While the mental stability of the main character is the basis of most discussion I wonder how bringing in the discussion of race comments on the sign of times in which the film was made or another critique on Carol's mental stability.
I was just looking on an article about Printmaking Techniques and it came up with a link to a page with the name repulsion. Somehow I don't think this is the right article, maybe someone could put up a link to the meaning of the word repulsion Kalishnikov 14:08, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Someone has put this in the article: "As in those two films, the horrors are not external threats, but rather the horrors that lie within the minds of the protagonists." Is that really true about Rosemary's Baby? There is an external horror at force in that film! 195.195.71.146 ( talk) 10:46, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Um, in RB, the threat clearly is external. The devil has intercourse with her and she does have his baby. It's not all in her head. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.189.237.68 ( talk) 02:38, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
The article says "repelled and attracted by the idea of sex due to repressed memories". In fact nothing in the film suggests that it's due to "repressed memories". You clearly haven't seen the ending of the movie. It shows, in that order: Childhood toys, Leaning Tower of Piza (damaged architecture), and finally family photo of Carol, looking at elderly man (father?grandfather?uncle?) with disgust and fear. It is quite obvious symbolic scene: Carol was sexually abused as a child, she grew up to be broken woman, and finally succumbed to mental illness. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.60.6.163 ( talk) 21:20, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
The article says that "Polanski shows a photograph of the young Carol hinting at a childhood of sexual abuse". Again, nothing of the sort is necessarily implied. JanBielawski ( talk) 19:46, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
Is this section really necessary? Seems ultimately non-NPV and probably more of a link factory that doesn't really do anything but hook (effectively) random pages up to this one. Manys ( talk) 08:16, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
It seems that in his autobiography, Polansky claims that Deneuve's character was based on a girl who seemed normal and pleasant when you first met her but, when she moved in with a friend of his, she became subject to bouts of violence and would find sex both attractive and repellent. In his own biography of Polansky, Thomas Kiernan suggests that the "boyfriend" she moved in with may have been Polansky himself! Can anyone who has these books check out these statements?-- Marktreut ( talk) 15:45, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
"Polanski himself makes a cameo as a mandolin player who is part of a trio of street buskers."
What's the citation for this? Most articles say he's playing the spoons, not the mandolin. He doesn't seem to be part of the trio when we first see them in the street (they are all older men). At least one person has claimed online that he appears later on in the film when Carole looks out the window and sees the buskers walking along the street down below. Unfortunately it's impossible to make out their faces in that long shot. Muzilon ( talk) 01:45, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
From the Plot section:
I don't know what that means, and I'm not familiar enough with the film to edit it... Someone? – AndyFielding ( talk) 10:12, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Move. There's unanimous agreement that there's no clear primary topic. Cúchullain t/ c 20:55, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
– The current WP:PRIMARYTOPIC status isn't daft (unlike some other media products squatting on the baseline); this is unquestionably a great and famous 1965 film, ...but... I wonder how many under the age of 60 have heard of it? It is 50 years ago and Repulsion (magnetism) Repulsion (genetics) etc. etc. are real existing topics in books and articles. I went through and only found 7 mislinks to the various science topics (which I fixed), but it looks as though other editors have been catching them and fixing them before. By WP:ASTONISH it's not going astonish anyone looking on their iPhone for the film to see Repulsion (film), in fact it will help. Wheras anyone looking for the various science meanings, and articles, would do better not being sent to the film. In ictu oculi ( talk) 20:14, 24 November 2015 (UTC)