Mia Farrow is in for a rather difficult pregnancy in classic horror flick
ROSEMARY’S BABY (Roman Polanski, 1968)
Bryant Park Summer Film Festival
41st St. at Sixth Ave.
Monday, August 2, free, dusk
212-512-5700
www.bryantpark.org
No, it’s not about writer-director Roman Polanski’s next potential victim. Based on the frightening novel by Ira Levin, ROSEMARY’S BABY is one of the greatest psychological horror films ever made, and it should be exciting to see it with a large group of people on the lawn at night in Bryant Park, with the movie’s actual setting a mere thirty blocks away. When Rosemary (Mia Farrow) and Guy Woodhouse (John Cassavetes) move into the fancy Upper West Side apartment complex the Bramford (the Dakota), ready to start a family, Rosemary slowly grows suspicious of Guy’s new friends, particularly the sweet old couple next door (Oscar winner Ruth Gordon and Sidney Blackmer). The paranoid thriller, filled with truly scary scenes, has held up well over the years, so beware if you’re afraid of the dark. And have fun walking home after it’s over.