“Really creepy”: Watching Movies With Julianne Moore. “This used to terrify me, just terrify me,” said

Julianne Moore, popping a Milk Dud into

her mouth and staring at the television

screen with happy, fearful anticipation. “It’s

like a mother’s lullaby, only really creepy.

Look at the Dakota, how terrifying it looks,

and yet normal at the same time. I used to

live a block from there on 71st Street.

Wow, I love the beginning of this movie.”

While Ms. Moore can be very analytical,

particularly when discussing the

performances in the film and the way Mr.

Polanski’s direction accentuates them and

pulls viewers through the story, more often

she is simply caught up in the experience of watching the film again. “Wow, isn’t

that great?” she will say after a shot that impresses her, or, “Look at that, did you

see that?” after an acting moment that strikes her as particularly subtle and

difficult. For her, watching Rosemary’s Baby is a pure pleasure, and watching it

with someone else is a cause for sharing the pleasure, not for beating it to death

at every turn with analysis.” [After all why bother?] New York Times