…die hard.
So, I’m back…blogging. Cuz what the hello else do I do?
…Today was about work, and spending a lot of money to become a legal driver again. Tonight is about Cecily visits and Hitchcock’s “Lifeboat” and “Rebecca.”
….”Rebecca.” My all time gothic fav. My several times per year required read. My personal literary obsession.
Daphne du Maurier and Hitchcock were beded more times together than any other combo on his screen. You may not know it, but he knew her pop, Gerald, (an English theater biggie), and because gothic mystery and sex are some of his favorite things, so was she.
“Jamaica Inn,” “The Birds,” and his first American film, “Rebecca” were all Daphne’s.
…And this one: my particular favorite because of the level of frustration, the brilliance of building a character so specific whom you never see, the sexual tension…all narrated by a person who is never given a name.
…And…my most influential nod at the German in my show. A fucking brilliant, and best villain of all time (who isn’t a villain.)
…Mrs. Danvers.
God. I love Hitchcock.
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