old loves die

Demarco 2022-03-24 09:01:35

When I saw Joan Fontaine in the room of the hostess of Manderley Manor, overwhelmed by the ubiquitous scent of the hostess, and finally decided to resist, I thought that according to Hitchcock's way, the hostess would definitely Appearing in a shadow (or Joan Fontaine's imagination), laughing with his mouth open, and finally stabbing Joan Fontaine in the chest with a sharp knife.
This film is really not Hitchcock's style, unless only the beginning and Joan Fontaine just entered the Manderley manor part. The hostess turned out not to be hateful, Derwent didn't love her at all, and since he's on our side, we don't have to worry too much about Joan Fontaine's situation. However, the director unexpectedly threw out that the hostess had cancer and she wanted to die in front of Derwent. In this way, the audience realizes that she is the real protagonist of the story, what a tragic woman. At the end of the film, the magnificent Mandeley Manor ignited a raging fire, which marked the departure of the hostess, and our Joan Fontaine, only when the fire was burnt out and scorched, could he truly fall in love.

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Extended Reading
  • Deshawn 2022-03-26 09:01:04

    Come, repeat the timeline, "Gone with the Wind" was published in 1936, and in 1939, it was adapted by Selznick as a producer into "Gone with the Wind", which won the 12th Oscar for best picture and created the highest box office record of 1.6 billion US dollars in film history. It has been maintained for many years. In the same year, the suspense master Hitchcock was dug from the UK to Hollywood, and the "Butterfly Dream" published in 1938 was also put on the big screen, back to back to win the 13th Oscar Best Picture! Truly make history! It also shows the success and popularity of the famous IP adaptation model at that time. As Hitchcock's foothold in Hollywood, it is still full of suspense, but it is really not Hitchcock enough in style. However, the theme of the movie still maintains Hitchcock's "Sex and Violence" as always, but I really don't understand why it should be translated into "Butterfly Dream"?

  • Deshawn 2022-03-27 09:01:04

    This story proves once again that ardent fans are the scariest. 1. Double rebellion against love: the real relationship between the male protagonist and his ex-wife is the first, and the relationship with the female protagonist from a hasty acquaintance, borrowing a new girlfriend to forget the past, and later being really emotional because of "conspiracy" is the second; 2. Rebellion against the "protagonist": The late heroine who never showed her face was "present" from beginning to end; 3. Rebellion against the character's actions and plot promotion: Except for the male protagonist's miss (not directly presented, recalled by dictation), all Among the characters, the two supporting characters who really drive the plot and have the most action are the housekeeper and the cousin, especially the housekeeper. The infatuation with the former heroine has become the main reason for her to manipulate the heroine's emotions, making her try to destroy it. The heroine and even the entire manor, this morbid infatuation even surpasses Vertigo. "Vertigo" is because of the obsession with creating "clones", and in "Butterfly Dream", no "clones" can overstep the main body. Love can be carried by different objects, but the object of infatuation and worship is the only one. For the housekeeper, the former heroine is the god she worshipped in her new body and mind, which is the biggest horror point.

Rebecca quotes

  • Mrs. Danvers: [brings out a negligee from under the bedcovers] Did you ever see anything so delicate?

    [motions the second Mrs. de Winter over]

    Mrs. Danvers: Look, you can see my hand through it!

  • Mrs. Danvers: [just as the second Mrs. de Winter reaches for the door] You wouldn't think she'd been gone so long, would you? Sometimes, when I walk along the corridor, I fancy I hear her just behind me. That quick light step, I couldn't mistake it anywhere. It's not only in this room, it's in all the rooms in the house. I can almost hear it now.

    [turns to the petrified second Mrs. de Winter]

    Mrs. Danvers: Do you think the dead come back and watch the living?

    The Second Mrs. de Winter: [sobbing] N-no, I don't believe it.

    Mrs. Danvers: Sometimes, I wonder if she doesn't come back here to Manderley, to watch you and Mr. de Winter together. You look tired. Why don't you stay here a while and rest, and listen to the sea? It's so soothing. Listen to it.

    [turning away towards the window as the second Mrs. de Winter slips out the door]

    Mrs. Danvers: Listen. Listen to the sea.