De Winter of Our Discontent: Wheatley Wavers with Empty Remake of Du Maurier Classic
Remaking a property which was previously adapted by none other than Alfred Hitchcock, and one which netted him an Academy Award for Best Picture at that, would seem to be a recipe for failure. And such is unfortunately the case for the latest film by the sterling Ben Wheatley in his revamp of Daphne Du Maurier’s classic 1938 Gothic novel Rebecca.
Hitchcock’s 1940 version (read review) is a celebrated technical achievement, as well as a superb mastering of tone, headlined by Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine, plus the iconic Judith Anderson as repressed lesbian Mrs.…...
Remaking a property which was previously adapted by none other than Alfred Hitchcock, and one which netted him an Academy Award for Best Picture at that, would seem to be a recipe for failure. And such is unfortunately the case for the latest film by the sterling Ben Wheatley in his revamp of Daphne Du Maurier’s classic 1938 Gothic novel Rebecca.
Hitchcock’s 1940 version (read review) is a celebrated technical achievement, as well as a superb mastering of tone, headlined by Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine, plus the iconic Judith Anderson as repressed lesbian Mrs.…...
- 10/16/2020
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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