This article contains Netflix’s Rebecca spoilers.
Taking on a new adaptation of a classic novel is daunting enough, but factoring in that the story was previously translated to the screen by Alfred Hitchcock, produced by David O. Selznick and starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine – a film that would win the Oscar for Best Picture – makes it a particularly bold move. As we point out in our review though, it works, and in part because Wheatley has hewn closer to the book in some respects but also added modern themes and sensibilities – particularly towards the end.
You’ll remember that Rebecca is the story of a young woman (Lily James) working as a lady’s companion, who meets handsome and affluent widower Maxim De Winter (Armie Hammer) and quickly becomes his second wife.
Maxim takes the second Mrs. De Winter (we never discover her own name) to his stately mansion,...
Taking on a new adaptation of a classic novel is daunting enough, but factoring in that the story was previously translated to the screen by Alfred Hitchcock, produced by David O. Selznick and starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine – a film that would win the Oscar for Best Picture – makes it a particularly bold move. As we point out in our review though, it works, and in part because Wheatley has hewn closer to the book in some respects but also added modern themes and sensibilities – particularly towards the end.
You’ll remember that Rebecca is the story of a young woman (Lily James) working as a lady’s companion, who meets handsome and affluent widower Maxim De Winter (Armie Hammer) and quickly becomes his second wife.
Maxim takes the second Mrs. De Winter (we never discover her own name) to his stately mansion,...
- 10/22/2020
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
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