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How others will see it. This movie makes little sense until it is halfway over, and tidbits of dialogue gradually take the movie out of surreal territory. In the meanwhile, most viewers want to be able to tolerate it, unless they concentrate on the marvelous color cinematography and art direction.
Voyeurs, you might as well know this up front. There are no lesbian love scenes between Taylor and Farrow. Also, Mitchum's chracter has more bark than bite. He's vaguely creepy and threatening, but he's not the monster that the two leads would probably want him to be.
How I felt about it. When your bills are paid for, you're free to go nuts. Farrow gets to act like a feral child, and Taylor can dress like a French prostitue and be as haughty as she pleases. Best of all is when you've found someone who wants to play along. You're the mother, you're the child, and we've got all the time in the world to string it out.
But it gets tiresome playing the same part every day, so Farrow pretends she's been impregnated by the impotent Mitchum, while Taylor just gets more and more bitchy. All good things must come to an end, and Taylor is sent packing. Although this action doesn't solve any problems for Farrow, who may have a house full of servants, but now lacks a playmate. A pointless death or two becomes a convenient way to wrap up this curious tale, similar to Harold and Maude.
The motivation for Taylor is clear. She's unhappy, lonely, and misses her daughter. Besides, it's a lavish house with fine clothes, and all expenses are paid. Farrow, on the other hand, is a mental case. She knows her roles aren't real: Taylor is not her mother, Mitchum is not her rapist, and she is not pregnant. The question is, why does she want these roles to be real? She wants a mother, and wants to be a mother. She doesn't want to participate in the outside world, or even interact with the servants within the world of her mansion. And she's rich enough to get away with it.
The snoop sisters (Peggy Ashcroft and Pamela Brown) are comic characters, but are necessary because their gossip to Taylor helps clean up the mysteries of the plot. Their continued interest in Farrow is because of her wealth and vulnerability.