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 will come out later this week.

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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)