{"id":3228,"date":"2007-05-28T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-28T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3228"},"modified":"2020-12-19T23:32:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T06:32:18","slug":"tenant-the-1976","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3228","title":{"rendered":"Tenant, The (1976)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;These days, relationships with neighbors can get very complicated.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Poster-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Poster-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Poster.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn Paris, a nebbishy Polish man (Roman Polanski) rents the apartment of a woman who has recently committed suicide. Soon he becomes convinced that his neighbors are trying to turn him into the dead woman.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Downward Spiral<\/li>\n<li>Living Nightmare<\/li>\n<li>Melvyn Douglas Films<\/li>\n<li>Mental Illness<\/li>\n<li>Psychological Horror<\/li>\n<li>Roman Polanski Films<\/li>\n<li>Shelley Winters Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this &#8220;disturbing psychological horror film&#8221; (directed by and starring Roman Polanski) is much more interesting during its first half, as we watch &#8220;Polanski&#8217;s paranoia regarding [his] neighbors&#8221; intensifying, and witness his profound sense of persecution as an ethnic &#8220;outsider&#8221; in France. Unfortunately, the second half of the film turns into an &#8220;unsettling and ridiculous&#8221; exploration of Polanski&#8217;s descent into madness; as Peary notes, the &#8220;transition is too quick&#8221; once Polanski suddenly starts dressing like a woman, and we lose interest because &#8212; now that Polanski&#8217;s character is clearly mentally unstable &#8212; we start to question the veracity of the entire story. Indeed, fans on IMDb have engaged in countless debates over what&#8217;s &#8220;real&#8221; or not in the story &#8212; and though this kind of narrative ambiguity sometimes works in a film&#8217;s favor, here I found it more frustrating than enjoyable. As always, Polanski&#8217;s production values are excellent, and he elicits wonderfully quirky performances from his cast of supporting actors; it&#8217;s too bad their voices are horribly dubbed. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Isabelle Adjani as Stella, a friend of the deceased tenant<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Adjani.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Adjani.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"852\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Adjani.jpg 852w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Adjani-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Adjani-128x72.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Adjani-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Adjani-479x270.jpg 479w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Shelley Winters in a bit role as The Concierge<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Winters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Winters.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"852\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Winters.jpg 852w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Winters-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Winters-128x72.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Winters-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Winters-479x270.jpg 479w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sven Nykvist&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Cinematography.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Cinematography.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"852\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Cinematography.jpg 852w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Cinematography-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Cinematography-128x72.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Cinematography-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Tenant-Cinematography-479x270.jpg 479w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, simply for its cult status. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0074811\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1976\/06\/21\/archives\/the-screen-roman-polanskis-the-tenant-arrives.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/79044.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/92530\/the-tenant#articles-reviews?articleId=66979\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s891tenant.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;These days, relationships with neighbors can get very complicated.&#8221; Synopsis: In Paris, a nebbishy Polish man (Roman Polanski) rents the apartment of a woman who has recently committed suicide. Soon he becomes convinced that his neighbors are trying to turn him into the dead woman. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Black Comedy Downward Spiral Living Nightmare Melvyn Douglas Films Mental Illness Psychological Horror Roman Polanski Films Shelley Winters Films Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, this &#8220;disturbing psychological horror&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3228\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3228"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58609,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3228\/revisions\/58609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}