Cameo Cinema Free Movie Club
A movie-watching club based in Kingston, Ontario where people introduce and present films they're passionate about.
Cameo Cinema club membership is FREE and absolutely anyone can join.
Rosemary's Baby + Kenneth Anger (June 25, 2009)
Preceded by an introduction by Michael Davidge:
Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969, Kenneth Anger, 12 min)
and
Rosemary's Baby (1968, Roman Polanski, 136 min)
Thursday, June 25, 8:00pm
The Artel (205 Sydenham St, Kingston ON)
FREE ADMISSION. FREE POPCORN.
Pauline Kael says:
Pregnant women sometimes look at their men as if to say, "What did you do to me?" Rosemary (Mia Farrow), the Omaha-born girl who's now living in Manhattan, has reason to wonder, and this satirical gothic thriller, written and directed by Roman Polanski, from Ira Levin's novel, is told from her point of view. Rosemary's actor-husband (John Cassavetes) conspires with a coven, drugs her, and mates her with Satan, in exchange for a Broadway hit.
It's genuinely funny, yet it's also scary, especially for young women: it plays on their paranoid vulnerabilities. The queasy and the grisly are mixed with its entertaining hipness. (It's probably more fun for women who are past their childbearing years.) Mia Farrow is enchanting in her fragility: she's just about perfect for her role. And the darkly handsome Cassavetes is ideal as the narcissist who makes the deal for a cloven-hoofed infant.
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"Feed the Kitty, Please" - Essay about Cameo Cinema (Modern Fuel Newsletter, Fall 2007)
"Looking at cinema through a personal lens" - Article about Cameo Cinema (Queen's Journal, January 15 2008)
contact: wendy.huot at gmail dot com (Cameo Cinema coordinator: Wendy Huot)
NOTE: All Cameo Cinema screenings are "private" film screenings -- only club members may watch the film. However, club membership is FREE and anyone can join! At the first Cameo Cinema event you attend, we will ask for your name and contact info (phone or email), and then we will give you a Cameo Cinema Membership card.