The Tenant
1976
Director Roman Polanski casts himself in the lead of the psychological thriller The Tenant. Trelkovsky (Polanski) rents an apartment in a spooky old residential building, where his neighbors -- mostly old recluses -- eye him with suspicious contempt. Upon discovering that the apartment's previous tenant, a beautiful young woman,.. Read more
| Starring | Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Shelley Winters |
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| Director | Roman Polanski |
| Genres | Comedy, Horror |
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The Tenant
Director Roman Polanski casts himself in the lead of the psychological thriller The Tenant. Trelkovsky (Polanski) rents an apartment in a spooky old residential building, where his neighbors -- mostly old recluses -- eye him with suspicious contempt. Upon discovering that the apartment's previous tenant, a beautiful young woman, jumped from the window in a suicide attempt, Trelkovsky begins obsessing over the dead woman. Growing increasingly paranoid, Trelkovsky convinces himself that his neighbors plan to kill him. He even comes to the conclusion that Stella (Isabel Adjani), the woman he has fallen in love with, is in on the plot. Ultimately, Polanski assumes the identity of the suicide victim -- and inherits her self-destructive urges. Some critics found the movie tedious and overdone; others compared it to Polanski's early breakthrough, Repulsion. The film was based on Le Locataire Chimerique, a novel by Roland Topor.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
| Starring | Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Shelley Winters |
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| Director | Roman Polanski |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, Horror |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 08 Mar 2004 Production year: 1976 |
| Format | DVD |
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Roman Polanski directs a male take on the themes of paranoia and delusion that he explored from a female perspective in Repulsion ten years earlier. Polanski also stars, playing an expatriate Pole in Paris who comes to believe that the tenants of his apartment block are devilishly conspiring to drive him to suicide. Melvyn Douglas and Shelley Winters co-star in a puzzling and absorbing thriller that, on occasions, recalls not just Repulsion but also has vague echoes of Rosemary's Baby.
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Rather like a male version of the same director's Repulsion, this wearisome case history shows the total dissipation of whatever talent he once had.
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7 out of 7 people found this review helpful
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Brilliant
Lost the thread of this film the first time I watched it and had to go back and watch it again. I'm glad I did because it's a tremendous piece of work. I'm still not exactly sure what exactly happens and it'd be interesting to hear what other people thought of this because it was flipping fantastic. Completely thought and discussion provoking.
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4 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Superb!
Yet another terrific horror film from Roman Polanski. (Director of Rosemary?s Baby)
The pace starts out slow but the tension builds more and more
as the movie progresses.
Polanski must have been influenced from
Rear Window on this one.
You rarely see a thriller that works so well these days. -
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