Posted on 07/18/2021 4:14:21 PM PDT by simpson96
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940),1997 miniseries adaptation, the 2020 Netflix film. Based on the book by Daphne du Maurier.
"Rebecca" (1940/1997/2020) side-by-side comparison
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That was my Mom’s FAVORITE Movie.
(The Hitchcock one, of course)
Thanks for posting this. I’ll check it out. :-)
One of my favorites, too.
That was cool. Thanks! :-)
I still like the ambiance of the Hitchcock...black & white.
Perfect role for Olivier, great acting by Joan Fontaine, great directing by Hitchcock, great script. I don’t see how to top it. You certainly can’t top Olivier for that role.
“Last night I dreamed i went to Mandalay”.
I started to read the book, but I felt so bad for the new Mrs. DeWinter, and her insecurities, thatI had to stop reading. It just broke my heart. Daphne DeMauriere really captured authentic angst.
I agree.
It’s like rmaking “Casablanca”. WHY tamper with perfection?
My grandmother’s favorite book. I never saw the movies, but the story as written by du Maurier was a haunting one. Then I read the author’s other stories.
I think Rebecca 1940 is Joan Fontaine, who shows
Surprise + Disbelief. Her discomfrort contrasts with the camera shot, full of subtle, natural looking shadows.
An indistict source of light or energy.
Rebecca 1997 is Actress X, who shows
Surprise + Disappointment + Defeat. Her look is of an innocent forced to reckon with all illusions now gone.
See the flat, bright white light. A flashbulb! As impersonal and sterile as inside of a laundromat, or Clinic. She feels sick now.
Rebecca 2020 is Actress XX, who shows
Surprise + Curiosity + Hunger-Now-Sated.
See the warm, earth tones used. The Sepia, the Raw Umber.
Bedroom/ Boudoir/ Parlor hues. She feels emboldened now!
See Rebecca smile.
The same author wrote the short story that inspired Hitchcock’s “The Birds”.
Because “Rebecca” was so exquisitely written, I struggled with the protagonist and felt everything she felt. That’s why I had to stop reading it. maybe I’ll try again. I know it will be worth it.
“The movie he made before Rebecca, Jamaica Inn, was also based on one of her novels.”
Yes, but the movie “Jamaica Inn” bore only a scant attachment to the book “Jamaica Inn.”
I enjoyed the book much more than the movie; which, BTW, was Maureen O’Hara’s debut film.
Having seen all three, I think the version with Rebecca Fox cleaves closest to the book. It also keeps the age difference intact which the latest one does not at all.
I rarely find myself in a small minority but I couldn’t stand the book, and the movie was worse. And I have never understood the admiration for that piece of wood Olivier, either.
Did you see the original movie? The Hitchcock one?
I understand what you mean. I identified with the protagonist, too, when I first read the book. She’s a young woman who feels awkward and out of place and insecure. But, when she realizes everything is not as it seems - that might be one of the best story twists of all time. If I’d seen the movie first, though, I probably wouldn’t have read the book.
Yes, and it is one of my favorites.
Indeed...I had seen the movie many times prior to reading the book...or attempting to.
Before Tarzan and the Ape Man (1932)... Hmmm... Greatest nude scene ever...
“WHY tamper with perfection?”
Opportunity to add lots of CGI, and all the other stuff millennials love so much.
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