Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Cody LaDuke joins the show to talk about the life and career of Roman Polanski. Part one covers Polanski's childhood in Poland, Rosemary's Baby (1968), the murder of wife Sharon Tate, all the way up to Chinatown (1974). Part 2 available here youtu.be/M5XstG7XydA

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Timestamps

00:00 Intro
06:10 Polanski in The Holocaust
16:25 Polanski living under Communism
28:48 Knife in the Water (1962)
37:20 Repulsion (1965)
46:19 First Marriage
52:42 Rosemary's Baby (1968)
01:16:29 Murder of Sharon Tate
01:34:21 Macbeth (1971)
01:40:42 Chinatown (1974)