Roman Polanski’s 1968 film Rosemary’s Baby is a product of a time of not only social upheaval in the United States, but one of massive artistic upheaval as well. Based on the 1967 novel of the same name by Ira Levin, the film came about during a time when American cinema was undergoing a period […]
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5 Reasons Why ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Is a Typical Film of American New Wave
When Roman Polanski’s first American film, Rosemary’s Baby, made its way onto the silver screen in 1968, the country itself was in a mass of political and social turmoil. This era of unrest did not exclude Hollywood. Driven by the growing youth counterculture that made a calling card out of outspoken defiance of the order […]