Instead of Dr. Hill and telling him stuff. Couldn't she had just gone to one of her friends instead.
shareI think her goal was to get checked into a hospital and additionally she was scared that Saperstein, Minnie and Roman had potentially done harm to the baby with their cakes and vitamin drinks. So I think in her mind she needed a doctor right away.
"Your petty vengeance fetish will have to do withOUT Mr. Groin!"
In a film that is dark, if sometimes darkly comic, one of the few lighter spots is when a bunch of younger women notice how drawn and ill Rosemary looks and they kind of rally around her, with no great sense of deference for doctors.
It would have been better if Rosemary had tried to rely more on that.
"Chicken soup - with a *beep* straw."
a bunch of younger women notice how drawn and ill Rosemary looks and they kind of rally around her, with no great sense of deference for doctors.
Ha ha. The wonderful Guy Woodhouse. I had trouble seeing what Rosemary saw in Guy, perhaps because Cassavetes conveyed a certain "hood" quality, especially if you remember him as Franko in The Dirty Dozen. Hardly the last person in the world to make a deal for personal advancement.
"Chicken soup - with a *beep* straw."
I had trouble seeing what Rosemary saw in Guy, perhaps because Cassavetes conveyed a certain "hood" quality,
If I was rosemary, I'd clean out the bank accounts and high rail it across the country.
shareIf I recall, in the novel her isolation is better detailed. She has a handful of friends - the ones at the dinner party - plus a brother, but between being out for the evening, out of town or living far away, there is no one within reaching distance who can help her. Of course, it being set in the mid-60s, there's a lot of unanswered collect calls and operators and messaging services involved.
In addition to this, as other posters have said, she is focused on having the baby delivered healthily in a hospital, and all other circumstances considered, Dr Hill is the most accessible source of aid.