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Horrifying and darkly comic, Rosemary's Baby was Roman Polanski's Hollywood debut. This wildly entertaining nightmare, faithfully adapted from Ira Levin's best seller, stars a revelatory Mia Farrow as a young mother-to-be who grows increasingly suspicious that her overfriendly elderly neighbors (played by Sidney Blackmer and an Oscar-winning Ruth Gordon) and self-involved husband (John Cassavetes) are hatching a satanic plot against her and her baby. In the decades of occult cinema that Polanski's ungodly masterpiece has spawned, it has never been outdone for sheer psychological terror. (Criterion) Extras: New, restored digital transfer, approved by director Roman Polanski, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New documentary featuring interviews with Polanski, actress Mia Farrow, and producer Robert Evans (2012, 47 min.) Interview with author Ira Levin from a 1997 broadcast of Leonard Lopate's public radio program New York and Company, about his 1967 novel, its sequel, and the film (20 min.) Komeda, Komeda, a feature- length documentary on the life and work of jazz musician and composer Krzysztof Komeda, who wrote the score for Rosemary's Baby (2012, 71 min.) PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Ed Park; Levin's afterword to the 2003 New American Library edition of his novel; and Levin̷s rare, unpublished character sketches of the Woodhouses and floor plan of their apartment, created in preparation for the novel.
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