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Cul-De-Sac (1966)

Rate: 3
Viewed: 3/16

3/16: It's hard to believe that Roman Polanski went from Cul-De-Sac and Repulsion to Rosemary's Baby and Chinatown, but he did.

Like Repulsion, Cul-De-Sac, a nice-looking black-and-white picture, is pointless and a genuine waste of time. Knowing what it's like to have chickens, I can't overlook the amount of shit they'll produce around the house.

If there's anything positive, it's how the characters are defined: Richard the tough-minded gangster, George the weak-willed husband, and Teresa the free-spirited nympho. Françoise Dorléac, Catherine Deneuve's older sister, will die the following year at age 25 in a car accident.

All in all, I felt exactly like Donald Pleasence at the end when I finished Cul-De-Sac.

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