Episode 344 · Film year 1976

The Tenant (1976)

· 1h 37m

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Alex Winter, Jamey Duvall
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The Tenant (1976)
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#Shocktober2017 continues with a the 1976 film from Roman Polanski, The Tenant . Adapted from a book by Roland Topor (Fantastic Planet), the film also stars Polanski as Trelkovsky, a man in need of a new apartment. He finds one where the previous occupant has defenestrated herself. After her death, he's able to move in and finds that his neighbors don't like him being noisy... in fact, they don't like him being him at all. Some put this alongside Polanski's Repulsion and Rosemary's Baby as his “apartment trilogy” in which explores the terrors of urban paranoia.

Jamey Duvall (opens in a new tab) of Movie Geeks United! (opens in a new tab) and writer/director/actor Alex Winter (opens in a new tab) join Mike to discuss what many consider to be Polanski's most personal film.

Labels: Alex Winter Isabelle Adjani Jamey Duvall Melvyn Douglas Movie Geeks United Roland Topor Roman Polanski Shelly Winters Stanley Kubrick

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Music credits

  • "The Tenant" - Play Dead
  • "The Tenant" - Japan

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Comments (1)

  1. Brandon
    "No one does it to you like Roman Polanski." Jesus, how that phrase's meaning has changed.

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