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REBECCA FILM REVIEW REPORT
Name of Film: Rebecca
Date of Film: 1940
Studio: Selznick International
Producer: David O. ... Sherwood and Joan Harrison
Adapted from the book, Rebecca, by Daphne Du Maurier
Oscar Awards: Best Picture, Best Cinematography
Rebecca is a story of the first months of the second marriage of Maxim de Winter and his new wife. ... Maxim’s past life and the specter of his first wife, Rebecca, torment the new Mrs. ... Finally, Manderely’s dark secrets of Rebecca’s death and Maxim and Rebecca’s relationship are revealed. ...
Hitchcock’s Rebecca is a black and white suspense thriller but also a romantic film. The film opens like a gothic fairy tale reminiscent of La Bele et la Bete. ... Selznick, had just completed Gone With The Wind the year before and his domineering style had a great affect on the film. This was his first collaboration with the then British director Alfred Hitchcock and also Hitchcock’s first experience as an American Hollywood film director. Hitchcock later told Francois Truffaut in an interview that Rebecca was not really a true Hitchcock film due to the influences of Selznick. ... Many of the usual Hitchcock themes, however, are true to form in Rebecca. ... Everything looks beautiful and perfect at Manderely and the late Rebecca seemed impossibly perfect yet things were not as they seemed. ...
The film begins as a voice over flashback that is a dream, the narrator being the second Mrs.
Approximate Word count = 1134
Approximate Pages = 4.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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