Rebecca. Rebecca. Rebecca. Rebecca. Rebecca. Rebecca! These name "Rebecca" causes the second Mrs. de Winter heartache and more reason for insecurites. A women, who just married a man and the man and people in the household talked about his ex wife constantly, has the right to be alittle upset.....Don't you think? The main characters of the classic story Rebecca are Laurence Oliver, who plays Maxim' de Winter, The Second Mrs. de Winter, played by Joan Fontaine, George Sanders stars as Jack Favell, and Judith Anderson as Mrs. Danvers. Alfred Hitchcook, the producer, realeased his masterpiece on April 12, 1940. Rebecca was nominated for 9 Oscars and won 2.
The movie begins with the soon to be The Second Mrs. de Winter getting sweep away in a carriage of romance with the Widowed Maxim de Winter. They are extremely happy and smitten with eachother. However, the name Rebecca continues to haunt the new de Winter and her new found relationship. Rebecca becomes, in the new de Winter's mind, everything she is not, which causes her to be extremely insecure in herself. The tension can't be broken as the staff stirs up some trouble in The Second de Winter's world.
Alfred Hitchcook did a great job at conveying the emotion, suspense, and tension through out his well thought movie. He sets the right moods in scenes as the story unfolds using contrasting light and dramtic pauses. The unknown mystery helps the audience stay awake, however, there is no way they would blink with the ammount of suspense in this motion picture. I definitely would recommend Rebecca to anyone.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
The Maltese Falcon
Realeased on October 18, 1941, The Maltess Falcon is one of the most baffling murder stories. This example of a film noir was produced and written by John Huddson, main producer, and Dashiell Hammett. Filled with many same aspects of Double Indemnity, The Maltese Falcon was nominated for 3 Oscars and won 1. Spade and Archer is the name of the detective agency were the story begins. But once Miss Wanderly walks into the picture, the whole place changes.
At the detective agency Spade and Archer, Sam Spade, played by Humphrey Bogart, and Miles Archer, played by Jerome Cowan, are partners, of course. Their whole world begins to change the second Miss. Wanderly, played by Mary Astor, steps through the door. She claims to be looking for a man named Thursby, but really needs Spade for other reasons. Miles and Thursby are proclaimed dead. Miss. Wanderly finally admits why she needs Sam. She needs him for protection and the precious Maltese Falcon, which is being hunted for by men that very minute. The Maltese Falcon is a bird with a viberant, royal jewel inside it. Sam Spade decides to help Miss. Wanderly while he is being blamed for the two murders. Both Miss. Wanderly and Spade recover a fake Maltese Falcon leading the dangerous men to find the real one. The two became romantically involved through all the drama, but once Sam finds out Miss. Wanderly is the reason Miles is dead, he turns her in because a man never leaves or decieves his partner.
The Maltese Falcon is romance, murder, and intrige. Any audience would enjoy this captovating murder mystery. Being in the film noir genre, the audience is consumed with suspicion of every character, more so of the femme fatale, and dark shadows. I would recommend this movie to people 16 and older because of the commplicated plot line. Overall, this was a great murder mystery.
At the detective agency Spade and Archer, Sam Spade, played by Humphrey Bogart, and Miles Archer, played by Jerome Cowan, are partners, of course. Their whole world begins to change the second Miss. Wanderly, played by Mary Astor, steps through the door. She claims to be looking for a man named Thursby, but really needs Spade for other reasons. Miles and Thursby are proclaimed dead. Miss. Wanderly finally admits why she needs Sam. She needs him for protection and the precious Maltese Falcon, which is being hunted for by men that very minute. The Maltese Falcon is a bird with a viberant, royal jewel inside it. Sam Spade decides to help Miss. Wanderly while he is being blamed for the two murders. Both Miss. Wanderly and Spade recover a fake Maltese Falcon leading the dangerous men to find the real one. The two became romantically involved through all the drama, but once Sam finds out Miss. Wanderly is the reason Miles is dead, he turns her in because a man never leaves or decieves his partner.
The Maltese Falcon is romance, murder, and intrige. Any audience would enjoy this captovating murder mystery. Being in the film noir genre, the audience is consumed with suspicion of every character, more so of the femme fatale, and dark shadows. I would recommend this movie to people 16 and older because of the commplicated plot line. Overall, this was a great murder mystery.
Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity, released on April 24, 1944, is one of the first classic film noirs, which means "dark film." A film noir's main focus is revealing a sense of the dark side of mankind and society. The producer and writer of Double Indemnity, Billy Wilder and James M. Cain, definitely accomplishes this. The main plot is about a innocent insurance aggent who convinces himslf to be sucked into murder and insurance fraud. He becomes consumed with guilt after helping the seductive femme fatale kill her husband. This epic story recieved one Oscar and seven nominations.
The movie begns with the main character, Walter Neff, played by Fred McMacMurray, who thinks he knows all the right angles of commiting a insurance fraud successfully. He becomes extremely attracted to a client's sexy wife, Phyllis Dietrichson who is played by Barabara Stanwyck. The two soon to be lovers commit a murder, Phyllis's husband, and frame it as if he simply fell of a train or commited suicide. However, a cunning insurance investigator, Neff's close friend, senses something going on. Walter becomes anxious and consumed with guilt of this nasty murder but is kept in the hot water by Phyllis's seductive ways. The end leaves the auddience in a confussion of feelings after all the flashbacks makes sense.
I really liked this movie alot because it convayed tons of emotion. The way shadow and flashbacks were used made the movie even more interesting. What makes this movie so good is the question that people end up asking themselves throughout the plot; Can this actually work in reality? I would definitely reccomend Double Indemnity to anyone.
The movie begns with the main character, Walter Neff, played by Fred McMacMurray, who thinks he knows all the right angles of commiting a insurance fraud successfully. He becomes extremely attracted to a client's sexy wife, Phyllis Dietrichson who is played by Barabara Stanwyck. The two soon to be lovers commit a murder, Phyllis's husband, and frame it as if he simply fell of a train or commited suicide. However, a cunning insurance investigator, Neff's close friend, senses something going on. Walter becomes anxious and consumed with guilt of this nasty murder but is kept in the hot water by Phyllis's seductive ways. The end leaves the auddience in a confussion of feelings after all the flashbacks makes sense.
I really liked this movie alot because it convayed tons of emotion. The way shadow and flashbacks were used made the movie even more interesting. What makes this movie so good is the question that people end up asking themselves throughout the plot; Can this actually work in reality? I would definitely reccomend Double Indemnity to anyone.
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