The tenant (1976) By Roman Polanski
When I first started thinking about Psychological films I could take influence from the first one that sprung to mind was Roman Polanskis' The tenant - The story of an estranged Trelkovsky (Roman Polanski), a quiet and unassuming man who is renting an apartment in Paris whose previous tenant, Simone Choule, attempted suicide by throwing herself out the window and through a pane of glass below. This film is based around paranoia, just like Trelkovsky we do not know what is going on and who to trust or if it is all in his mind. I throughly enjoyed the work of Roman Polanski in this film and also in 'Rosemary's Baby' (1968) which has similar psychological and frightening paranoia sequences. Although Polanski keeps the element of paranoia quite simple it is still one of my most memorable films. For example in this clip one of Trelkocskys' obscure neighbors comes down to complain about the noise, which is not abnormally loud and the whole essence of his body language, appearance and tone of voice instantly sends shivers down my spine. Polanski has captured the Psychological element to this film fantastically. We as an audience feel Trelkovsky's pain, we almost feel like we are Trelkovsky.
Another really interesting and almost distressing scene from the Tenant is the scene where the protagonist is almost on 'show' or performing a theatrical act to all of the other tenant's in the apartment block. It is filmed in a way which is so creative and adds to the psychological aspect of the film.
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