POLISH FILM CLUB 'OKO'

OKO celebrates ‘Chinatown’, 1974 film by internationally acclaimed Polish director, producer, writer, and actor  Roman Polanski at Polish Home upstairs, Friday, September 15, 7:30 pm. 'Chinatown' is Polanski's 7th feature-length film. His first one,   Knife in the Water (1962), was made in Poland and was nominated for a United States Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In the United Kingdom he directed three films, beginning with Repulsion (1965). In 1968 he moved to the United States and cemented his status by directing the horror film Rosemary's Baby (1968).  A turning point in his life took place in 1969, when his pregnant wife, Sharon Tate, and four friends were brutally murdered by members of the Manson Family. Following her death, Polanski returned to Europe. He made Macbeth (1971) in England and back in Hollywood, Chinatown (1974), which was nominated for eleven Academy Awards. From wikipedia : Chinatown is a 1974 American neo-no...

ATTENTION - DAY CHANGE:  September  FILM IS FRIDAY, 8:00, not usual Wednesday...    We will try Fridays for a while, and see how that works.... As much as I try to shy from the proliferating vampire movies, I simpy love The Fearless Vampire Killers . This delightful horror commedy directed by Roman Polanski in 1967 is simply one of my favorite movies ever! Polanski also co-wrote the script and has a great role starring as a bumbling assistant to an indomitable vampire chasing professor. He reportedly really enjoyed making this movie and his acting in it. Certainly it looks like it was a happy time for him and his wife (above - she plays the beautiful inn-keeper daughter Sarah who he is smitten with) shooting the film in Europe. Polanski uses his skills masterfully in this film. The movie unfolds as a comedy with a sign of something amiss here or there, soothing and entertaining the viewer, and then delivers a sudden horror out of the blue! And away we go on ...