Rebecca 1940
Posted by spheer2002 | Filed under Film, Films of the 1940's
Hitchcocks first American Film flooded with Lesbian Subtext and Gothic Noir Still Based of a Daphne du Maurier ,Novel, the troubled by the death of his first wife Rebecca,(Laurence Olivier r) falls in love with a shy introvert (Joan Fontaine “Suspicion” ). They get married, but the second Mrs. de Winter discovers that Rebecca still has a strong hold on everyone in the house, particularly on Mrs. Denvers, the housekeeper, who begins driving the young wife to madness.
rebecca Is Never seen in this film not even in a but she takes up a great chunk of it , who is this Bisexual human soul cannibal who still casts shadows on all who have lived around her and do you need to kill the living to destroy the dead?
Tags: Based off Novel, Bi, Daphne du Maurier, Franz Waxman, Gothic, Hitchcock, Mansion, Mysterious Death, Mystery, Of Lesbian Interest
My Cousin Rachel 1952
Posted by spheer2002 | Filed under Film, Films of the 1950's
Remember Melanie From Gone with the Wind..?
Imagine her now with a potential streak for homocide! When Philip Ashley’s (Richard Burton “Cleopatra” before hitting the bottle and Liz)much-loved (and rich) cousin Ambrose dies, he is convinced that Ambrose was murdered by his new wife Rachel (Olivia De Haviland “Gone With The Wind)to inherit his wealth. But when he meets Rachel he falls in love with her,He starts to second guess himself and places Rachel in Pride of place in his Household. A cloud soon descends upon the Ashley estate and it soon seems that dear Cousin Rachel is not all she says she is,Is it just paranoia or she seriously trying to use Philip to get at the estate Ambrose left to him instead of to her And will she ‘really’ capable of cold calculated murder!
Originally slated for Greta Garbo,with George Cukor Directing , Garbo which she Ultimately Rejected, next in Line was Vivian Leigh, but for what ever reason, She wasnt able to commit to it either, Enter Olivia De Haviland,having not done a film for a couple of years after her oscar winning performance in ‘The heiress” and she does a brilliant job, You spend all of the movie racking you brains wither or not she is a genuine loving human being or she is indeed out to do ill, which is the greatest thing about this film, With a score by Franz Waxman who strangely did the score for another Famous Daphne du Maurier Novel ”Rebecca” (see Blog) which Ironically starred De Haviland’s real Life Sister Joan Fontiane, Like Rebecca This is a Gothic Noir Film, that plays against the wild plains of the windswept English countryside, which is not that far removed from Wuthering Heights.
Its a Beautiful mystery but do not at any point assume anything about Rachel or what she does. all you need to remember is what Richard Burton says in the beginning of the film
Murder Begets Murder
Tags: Based off Novel, Daphne du Maurier, Franz Waxman, Gothic, Movies Garbo Rejected, Mysterious Death, Richard Burton, sickness, Victorian Era
