A harrowing mental descent into schizophrenia, claustrophobia, hysteria, and sexual repression, accompanied by voyeuristic pleasure. Injecting Repulsion with surrealistic touches, Polanski has done an exceptional job in pulling audiences into the crazed mind.
Notes: 1) start the character's life before action. The character's real reaction contrasts against the words. If he does sth nice, then he needs to say sth unkind. Same the other way. 2) Short story has to reveal around sth concrete. The object serves as a punch line for story