What? (Che?) (1972)

A Complete review of Roman Polanski's work (20 movies items)

" Cast : Marcello Mastroianni, Roman Polanski What was it about? A young American woman (Sydne Rome) traveling through Italy finds herself in a strange Mediterranean villa where nothing seems right. Her visit becomes an absurd, decadent, oversexed version of "Alice in Wonderland", with Marcello Mastroianni as the maddest of mad hatters and Roman Polanski a kinky March hare. My two cents: After making movies in Poland, France, England and the USA, Polanski eventually made this one in "

Watched in 2012 (514 movies items)

"Katsottu: 19.11.2012 Polanskin kummallisin ja vaisun elokuva, jossa on vähän seksiä sekä huumoria. Leffa ei oikein starttaa missään vaiheessa ja sen yleinen jumitusfiilis alkaa pidemmän päälle vain vituttaa."

A good movie

“After watching every single movie directed by Roman Polanski, except for this one, I really had to watch this really bad and it took many years to finally get to it. Obviously, it is one of his most obscure movies and it was a flop when it was released but I can't say it was surprising. Indeed, it is a very dark and twisted comedy and it is pretty obvious the mainstream audience wouldn't care for something like this. Honestly, even though I actually like it, I must admit it was a really chaotic and also a really misogynist movie. Indeed, the main character is a cute but completely clueless American girl who spends the whole movie half naked (first the top and then the bottom). In true Polanski fashion, the movie starts up with a failed rape attempt on this girl and right from the start, yo” read more

Erotic Cinema: From Nudie Cuties to Roughies (152 movies items)

"Director Roman Polanski had troubles with his sanity when his pregnant wife got brutally murdered by the followers of Charles Manson. Thanks to this tragedy we got this surreal and perverted sex-comedy. "