Thursday, February 25, 2010

Rebecca

Lawrence Olivier, Joan Fontaine d/Alfred Hitchcock

The master's first film in America. Although he had to continually wrestle on the floor with Selznick he crafted a beautiful, atmospheric gothic melodrama. JF and Judith Anderson were perfect in their respective roles...LO less so. I found him stiff, overly reserved and almost completely unsympathetic. Her "love" for him was entirely inexplicable to me. This guy was the opposite of passionate...just a cold fish.

Nice sets and camera work.

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