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Revisiting Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
1 year, 7 months ago

Revisiting Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Hindustan Times  

Rebecca’s melancholic opening line establishes the setting, locale, and atmosphere of the gothic classic, which was published in 1938 and has never been out of print. In The Rebecca Notebook and Other Memories, her last work that was published in 1981, du Maurier recalled Rebecca’s gestation: “Seeds began to drop. A whirlwind courtship ensues which ends in a most unromantic …

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Rebecca movie review: Daphne du Maurier's Gothic romance gets a glossy makeover from Ben Wheatley, Netflix
4 years, 2 months ago

Rebecca movie review: Daphne du Maurier's Gothic romance gets a glossy makeover from Ben Wheatley, Netflix

Firstpost  

Language: English “If only there could be an invention that bottled up a memory, like scent. Just like the memory of Rebecca haunts the new Mrs de Winter, the legacy of the Alfred Hitchcock classic haunts the new adaptation. Just as Mrs Danvers undermines the new Mrs de Winter, the critics among us will judge Wheatley’s take to be far …

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How Faithful Is the New Rebecca Movie to the Book by Daphne du Maurier?
55 years ago

How Faithful Is the New Rebecca Movie to the Book by Daphne du Maurier?

Slate  

The newest adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 novel Rebecca, which arrives on Netflix on Wednesday, follows the book’s unnamed female narrator—identified in the movie credits only as Mrs. de Winter, her married name—as she meets and weds a wealthy widower in Monte Carlo. Maxim de Winter In the film, the male romantic lead is played by Armie Hammer, who’s …

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Rebecca: Director Ben Wheatley explains key reason for changing ending of Netflix adaptation
4 years, 2 months ago

Rebecca: Director Ben Wheatley explains key reason for changing ending of Netflix adaptation

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Filmmaker Ben Wheatley has opened up about …

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Where Netflix’s ‘Rebecca’ found its Manderley
4 years, 2 months ago

Where Netflix’s ‘Rebecca’ found its Manderley

LA Times  

Wayne Manor, Windsor Castle, Croft Manor and now Manderley. In recent years, Hatfield has played host to three to four major Hollywood productions every year alongside smaller shoots — such as the Jonas Brothers’ recent music video for “Sucker.” Last summer, Ben Wheatley’s new adaptation of “Rebecca” — now streaming on Netflix — used Hatfield as one of several stately …

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Netflix’s New Rebecca Misses What Made Its Predecessors Great
4 years, 2 months ago

Netflix’s New Rebecca Misses What Made Its Predecessors Great

Slate  

To read Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca is to succumb to a series of moods. Ben Wheatley’s new film adaptation of du Maurier’s novel is a bit of a second Mrs. de Winter. There, the second Mrs. de Winter quickly becomes obsessed with the first Mrs. de Winter, the Rebecca of the novel’s title. Like du Maurier’s narrator, Wheatley’s film also …

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Revisiting Manderley on Rebecca's 80th anniversary: Shadows, suspense and subtext in Hitchcock's gothic thriller
4 years, 8 months ago

Revisiting Manderley on Rebecca's 80th anniversary: Shadows, suspense and subtext in Hitchcock's gothic thriller

Firstpost  

When Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca hit cinemas in the US on 12 April 1940, large sections of the audience were already familiar with its source material. Rebecca’s spectre haunts Manderley and everyone in it, from Maxim to the housekeeper Mrs Danvers. Mrs Danvers even leads a game of manipulation to make the new Mrs de Winter feel like an intruder in …

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Gov't to compensate victims of sex abuse in youth care: report
4 years, 10 months ago

Gov't to compensate victims of sex abuse in youth care: report

NL Times  

The Dutch government will pay compensation to victims who faced violence and sexual abuse while under the care of youth care, sources confirmed to NOS. A committee led by Micha de Winter investigated violence in youth care from 1945 onwards. The researchers found that 75 percent of all children who were in youth care since 1945 faced physical, verbal or …

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Only a handful of Youth Care abuse reports can lead to charges: report
5 years, 6 months ago

Only a handful of Youth Care abuse reports can lead to charges: report

NL Times  

Of the around 1 thousand reports about sexual, physical and psychological abuse in youth care, only six may result in criminal prosecution. The De Winter committee, which investigated abuses in Youth Care, opened a hotline where victims could come forward. Christiaan Ruppert of the De Winter Committee called the six cases "a meager harvest", according to the newspaper. Investigation by …

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BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Two weddings and a funeral for Kristin Scott Thomas's Mrs Danvers
5 years, 8 months ago

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Two weddings and a funeral for Kristin Scott Thomas's Mrs Danvers

Daily Mail  

Kristin Scott Thomas will play the sinister Mrs Danvers in the new screen version of Daphne du Maurier’s gothic thriller Rebecca. Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine played Mr de Winter and his new wife in Alfred Hitchcock’s famous 1940 version, with Judith Anderson as the obsessive housekeeper who holds a flame for the late Rebecca. Kristin Scott Thomas will play …

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