| Posted by: auge_28 at March 21, 2008, 1:52 pm | | Topic: Hitchcock's Rebecca . . . and some help please. Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by DaMovieMan I love the cinematography of the film though, that I know for sure, and I remember finding the story very eerie, always regarded it as one Hitchcock's most underrated films because it usually gets glossed over by his other stuff like Psycho, Vertigo, North by Northwest etc. Yes, this film does seem to get ignored now but in it's time it was definitely not glossed over: Academy Awards wins (1940) * Best Picture - Selznick International Pictures - David O. Selznick. * Best Cinematography, Black and White - George Barnes. Academy Award nominations (1940) * Best Actor in a Leading Role - Laurence Olivier. * Best Actress in a Leading Role - Joan Fontaine. * Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Judith Anderson. * Best Director - Alfred Hitchcock. * Art Direction, Black and White - Lyle R. Wheeler. * Special Effects - Jack Cosgrove, Arthur Johns. * Best Film Editing - Hal C. Kern. * Best Music, Original Score - Franz Waxman. * Best Writing, Screenplay - Robert E. Sherwood, Joan... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: DaMovieMan at March 21, 2008, 1:45 pm | | Topic: Hitchcock's Rebecca . . . and some help please. Forum: JoBlo | | Hahahhaa Honestly I didn't want to discuss because I saw it a long time ago and don't quite remember it, that's why i also said that i want to see it again! and then just sped off I love the cinematography of the film though, that I know for sure, and I remember finding the story very eerie, always regarded it as one Hitchcock's most underrated films because it usually gets glossed over by his other stuff like Psycho, Vertigo, North by Northwest etc. I didn't know it was Hitchcock first Hollywood film, hmmm, interesting! Learn something new about film everyday | | Static Link |
| Posted by: auge_28 at March 21, 2008, 1:37 pm | | Topic: Hitchcock's Rebecca . . . and some help please. Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by DaMovieMan What an awesome movie, i want to see it again! Damn-it . . . what is with this drive by shooting type of post? . . . What did you like about it? Was it because it was Hitchcock's first Hollywood film and had a HUGE budget? Was it because of the writing? This is a discussion board . . . lets discuss. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Brando @$$ Fat at March 21, 2008, 12:09 pm | | Topic: Hitchcock's Rebecca . . . and some help please. Forum: JoBlo | | Well, I haven't seen the movie, but I have read the book. I don't remember anything that sexual, except that the narrator briefly mentions a sex fantasy and that Rebecca opened her legs for practically everyone. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: auge_28 at March 21, 2008, 9:29 am | | Topic: Hitchcock's Rebecca . . . and some help please. Forum: JoBlo | | I was talking to a friend of mine. He loves film and is in his 60's. He reminded me that the 1940's are not the 2000's . . . now I know this seems obvious . . . but it is difficult to take a the social temperature of the 1940's with todays thermometer. Back then in a scene were a lady opens another ladies underwear drawer and lovingly fondles her panties that may mean more than it means these days. Not to mention, the very fact that the house keeper went insane and then died . . . Both insanity and death are results of delinquent sexual behavior back then . . . If you are a lady that digs on ladies then you will go insane . . . at least in the movies . . . so says the censure board. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Buck Turgidson at March 12, 2008, 9:24 pm | | Topic: Hitchcock's Rebecca . . . and some help please. Forum: JoBlo | | Just watch the movie and dig the story, the wonderful b&w cinematography and Olivier as a young studmuffin. I think the general idea there is that Mrs. Danvers harbored a long held crush on the first Mrs. De Winter | | Static Link |
| Posted by: auge_28 at March 12, 2008, 1:42 pm | | Topic: Hitchcock's Rebecca . . . and some help please. Forum: JoBlo | | I am part way trough Hitchcock's Rebecca and I already have a question. First, what should i keep an eye out for as I am watching this? What are the highlights that a novice film buff should be alert for? Second, I read an article on the film and it mentioned something that I missed here, is the quote: The other major censorship stipulation—that the film contain no hint of lesbianism—seems to have been ignored: the scene in which Mrs. Danvers shows Rebecca’s room to the second Mrs. de Winter is impossible to misread, and censorship turned a blind eye. I remember the scene but do not recognize any sexuality. Actually now that I am thinking about it, the scene I am thinking about is early on were the housekeeper points out the door behind which is Rebecca's room the most beautiful room in the house . . ., do they enter the room later in the film and if so is it at this time that the quote above is talking about? | | Static Link |
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