Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Just ... fuck ME. And I knew you were gonna go with a Sam Rockwell. I honestly, HONESTLY forgot that Julia was in that movie. But the image you posted, him crawling across the surface of something toward her? Must see it again.
Rebecca! My favorite Hitchcock movie. I always thought Joan Fontaine was just about the most beautiful woman ever too. Great screencaps. I must watch this again soon. Would be a good movie for this time of year.
I seem to remember that we shared this as our favorite Hitchcock movie. I too was struck with Joan's beauty, but also with Olivier's beauty. I think I told you about seeing the movie in my parents' basement during a thunder storm and the power went out! Wasn't Fontaine in "All About Eve," too? I love that movie as well.
It's been a while since I watched this movie, but I remember thinking that Hitchcock did a surprisingly good job of translating a disturbing and claustrophobic (intimate to the point of invasiveness in ways beyond romance) atmosphere to the screen. I was always interested in the relationships between the narrator and the memory of Rebecca, Mrs. Danvers and Rebecca, the narrator and Mrs. Danvers, Maxim and Rebecca, and how the narrator forges an identity for herself in unraveling all these things and finding a way to negotiate her marriage. (You can probably already tell that my favorite screencap here is the third one!)
I was always interested in the relationships between the narrator and the memory of Rebecca, Mrs. Danvers and Rebecca, the narrator and Mrs. Danvers, Maxim and Rebecca, and how the narrator forges an identity for herself in unraveling all these things and finding a way to negotiate her marriage.
As was I.
Also, the costume and production design on the film is astonishingly good. Mrs. Danvers -- what a cunning character. The name of the actor portraying her escapes me at present, but talk about a first class character actor.
It's so my favorite. Hitchcock can do no wrong, but this film speaks to me in so many ways. It feeds the romantic in me, the lover of all things Gothic, and it is so very compellingly filmed. I could go on and on. I also love Rear Window. I love it more every time I see it.
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I find it masterful.
What film was the Julia Roberts still from?
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Um, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind?
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Just ... fuck ME. And I knew you were gonna go with a Sam Rockwell. I honestly, HONESTLY forgot that Julia was in that movie. But the image you posted, him crawling across the surface of something toward her? Must see it again.
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I seem to remember that we shared this as our favorite Hitchcock movie. I too was struck with Joan's beauty, but also with Olivier's beauty. I think I told you about seeing the movie in my parents' basement during a thunder storm and the power went out! Wasn't Fontaine in "All About Eve," too? I love that movie as well.
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I was always interested in the relationships between the narrator and the memory of Rebecca, Mrs. Danvers and Rebecca, the narrator and Mrs. Danvers, Maxim and Rebecca, and how the narrator forges an identity for herself in unraveling all these things and finding a way to negotiate her marriage.
As was I.
Also, the costume and production design on the film is astonishingly good. Mrs. Danvers -- what a cunning character. The name of the actor portraying her escapes me at present, but talk about a first class character actor.
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Yes!
Wikipedia tells me Judith Anderson. I haven't watched any of her other work, but I agree, she's so compelling in Rebecca.
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It's one of my faves, too.
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It's so my favorite. Hitchcock can do no wrong, but this film speaks to me in so many ways. It feeds the romantic in me, the lover of all things Gothic, and it is so very compellingly filmed. I could go on and on. I also love Rear Window. I love it more every time I see it.
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