Product Details

• Actors: Sydne Rome, Marcello Mastroianni
• Directors: Roman Polanski
• Format: NTSC, Color, Widescreen
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000Q0OX8E
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #189,816 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

A Bizarre Erotic Alice In Wonderland film by Roman Polanski. In this erotic comedy from famed director Roman Polanski, Sydne Rome stars as a very sexy and quite bewildered young hitchhiker. As the film opens, she has just escaped the clutches of three would be rapists only to find her way to a seaside villa. Things are, as she discovers, very strange at the villa. She is given a room and, within moments of undressing she is under the peeping eye of a hedonistic pervert, played with bravado by Marcello Mastroianni. She soon encounters the rest of the occupants of the mansion, all are completely anomalous and each tries to persuade her into a sexual encounter. Throughout her entire erotic adventure, she carries a diary under her arm and writes curiously impersonal and un-erotic entries. This is the the rarest of Polanski's films, but on some levels it may be his most revealing.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Abstracted Bliss, January 3, 2008

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S. PROHASKA "SJP / the deliverance" (NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: WHAT? (Diary of Forbidden Dreams) - Roman Polanski, Sydne Rome (DVD)

...Perhaps, one of the best uses of Mastroianni in a supporting role that supports more roles than a circus. This is a classic, which deserves DVD distribution and should be in every Polanski fan library. Give, Take!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you like the art of Milo Manara..., March 8, 2009

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Jonathan Allen "Jonathan Allen" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: WHAT? (Diary of Forbidden Dreams) - Roman Polanski, Sydne Rome (DVD)

...Polanski's 'What?' is the closest you will ever see to one of his books translated onto film. I've never read it mentioned anywhere, but I would be willing to bet that Manara saw the film when it was originally released and has been drawing variations on it ever since. Not only does it contain a lecherous Marcello Mastroianni (who has been drawn into a number of Manara adventures), the absolutely breathtaking Sydne Rome is the living embodiment of the 'Manara girl', and the surreal Alice-In-Wonderland-with-no-clothes-on script has exactly the same feel as the sweeter natured of Manara's confections. Polanski fans may find 'What?' bewildering, but Manara fans will be absolutely and utterly at home. I can't recommend it more highly.