26: Rosemary’s Baby (2014)
A surprise discovery on TV last night, a three hour edit of a miniseries version of Rosemary’s Baby that I hadn’t heard about a decade ago.
A pretty close adaptation, though moving to Paris to increase Rosemary’s isolation. So you can now watch a version of this story that isn’t directed by Roman Polanski. It doesn’t add much otherwise, despite referencing Ira Leven’s sequel to the novel in the adaptation credits, and taking a longer time to get there.
Zoe Saldana stars, making Rosemary less fragile than Mia Farrow’s version as she plays against type, so her increasing vulnerability and desperation play differently.
It also shifts the villain dynamic with Jason Isaacs as Roman Castevet while the original focused on the Oscar-winning villainy of Ruth Gordon as Minnie, and the Castevets are less creepy overall.
The medium: TV
Gameability: Moving a character to an unfamiliar location, with a possible language barrier, is a reliable way to add to isolation.
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