Very happy to be in the new issue of Astromatograph, the world’s finest publication on cinema and TV. I have a piece in there lovingly lauding Polanski’s ”The Tenant”:

https://astromatograph.com/

”Polanski’s adaptation captures not just the plot mechanics of Topor’s work, but its essential psychological architecture as well. Polanski understood that the novel’s true horror lay not in external supernatural forces, but in the slow dissolution of selfhood under the weight of social pressure and urban anonymity. And, who really knows, perhaps some occult goings-on as well? Where other filmmakers might have externalized the novel’s internal psychological drama, Polanski chose to burrow even deeper into the protagonist’s deteriorating psyche, creating a film that functions as both faithful adaptation and weirdly personal statement.”

#astromatograph #romanpolanski #rolandtopor #carlabrahamsson