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Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin

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This was one where I read the book before seeing the movie, both of which I did over Halloween weekend (Happy Halloween to me!). I had read, and admired Ira Levin’s Boys from Brazil years ago. Part of my issue with those kinds of high concept stories is that writers get too lost in the concept itself and fail to tell the story. Levin does not suffer from that problem. I’ve probably waited too long to read this (Stepford Wives as well). The premise is well known to […]

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Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin

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Rosemary’s Baby is one of my favorite films. Once I read the book I realized that the film followed it pretty closely. In some scenes, word for word. So taking it to the ultimate meta I guess, I decided to listen to the film’s Rosemary, Mia Farrow, read the classic horror novel by Ira Levin. She did not disappoint. Her interpretation helped me see the story through Rosemary’s eyes. Farrow ably portrays the extremely naive Rosemary, who is starstruck by her ambitious actor husband Guy. […]

Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse had signed a lease on a five-room apartment in a geometric white house on First Avenue when they received word, from a woman named Mrs. Cortez, that a four-room apartment in the Bramford was available.

Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin

Son of Rosemary by Ira Levin

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Rosemary’s Baby – 4/5 Stars I really liked this book, which the movie is an incredibly faithful adaptation. I won’t get into the movie much, but apparently Polanski had never adapted a novel before and basically took no liberties in the screenplay, so this book is really well represented on screen. We begin with Rosemary, married to an actor ten years her senior, finding out that despite having just signed a new lease, she’s being offered an apartment in a building she’s always had her […]



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