Repulsion
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Roman Polanski followed up his international breakthrough Knife in the Water with this controversial, chilling tale of psychosis. Catherine Deneuve is Carol, a fragile, frigid young beauty cracking up in her London flat when left alone by her vacationing sister. She is soon haunted by specters real and imagined, and her insanity grows to a violent, hysterical pitch. Thanks to its disturbing detail and Polanski’s adeptness at turning claustrophobic space into an emotional minefield, Repulsion is a surreal, mind-bending odyssey into personal horror, and it remains one of cinema’s most shocking psychological thrillers.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Roman Polanski, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary featuring Polanski and actress Catherine Deneuve
- A British Horror Film (2003), a documentary on the making of Repulsion, featuring interviews with Polanski, producer Gene Gutowski, and cinematographer Gil Taylor, among others
- A 1964 television documentary filmed on the set of Repulsion, with rare footage of Polanski and Deneuve at work
- Original theatrical trailers
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: A new essay by film scholar and curator Bill Horrigan
New cover by Steve Chow
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Roman Polanski, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary featuring Polanski and actress Catherine Deneuve
- A British Horror Film (2003), a documentary on the making of Repulsion, featuring interviews with Polanski, producer Gene Gutowski, and cinematographer Gil Taylor, among others
- A 1964 television documentary filmed on the set of Repulsion, with rare footage of Polanski and Deneuve at work
- Original theatrical trailers
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: A new essay by film scholar and curator Bill Horrigan
New cover by Steve Chow
![Repulsion](https://s3.amazonaws.com/criterion-production/films/1b39c396ba762def47ab7cad9eb852db/eRi4xMVbfaGiT29LJEtE0sj2OxSE3K_large.jpg)
Cast
- Catherine Deneuve
- Carol
- Ian Hendry
- Michael
- John Fraser
- Colin
- Yvonne Furneaux
- Helen
- Patrick Wymark
- Landlord
Credits
- Director
- Roman Polanski
- Screenplay
- Roman Polanski
- Screenplay
- Gérard Brach
- Adaptation and additional dialogue by
- David Stone
- Producer
- Gene Gutowski
- Cinematography
- Gilbert Taylor
- Editing
- Alastair McIntyre
- Associate producers
- Robert Sterne
- Associate producers
- Sam Waynberg
- Art direction
- Seamus Flannery
- Music
- Chico Hamilton
- Orchestrated by
- Gabor Szabo
- Sound
- Leslie Hammond
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