This is the first climax of the movie---everything leads to this bedroom. Its beyond atmospheric and Anderson is a genius--with one of the finest portrayals of border line personality ever. Fontainne unraveling superply. The script ambiguity, psycological direction, moody lighting,glamorous set, sweeping music are all fellow players contributing to the gothic doomness. Everything comes together......its one of the finest moments in cinema.
@@tomjr839 Not a lot to do with her, though she was undoubtedly a good actress. Rebecca won because at the time the Academy had a hard-on for Selznick and his melodramas, and then she won Best Actress for Suspicion because the Academy wanted to compensate for snubbing her performance in Rebecca. Which then ties back in with Selznick. If we're being honest, at absolute bare minimum, Rear Window deserved the Oscar for Screenplay (and potentially Director too), Anthony Perkins deserved Best Actor for Psycho, and North By Northwest deserved Best Director
It's hard to believe that a scene where one woman is showing a bedroom to another woman could be so creepy. But I think that a great fear for a lot of people is getting trapped in a situation that they can't easily extricate themselves from. And that's what is playing out for the new Mrs. DeWinter.
Joan Fontaine is fantastically captivating in this. The entire film could have just been her wandering around, gazing at all the rooms and it would have been just as brilliant! Truly her finest hour!!
The performances are so amazing! One wonders what Rebecca would have been like when she was alive, could there even be an actress who was beautiful enough and magnetic enough-- and manipulative and evil enough- to portray her. Maybe Eva Green could do the job but it would be pointless to do a remake that shows some actual flashbacks with Rebecca. That would ruin the imaginary Rebecca we are required to create for ourselves when we read the book or watch this film. Hitchcock was a master!
I think Vivian Leigh or Bette Davis would be suitable for the role of Rebecca, they had the vulnerability and elegance with beauty and evil tone matching with the role. But Hitchcock never showed anyone and that's his master stroke.
I've always imagined Rebecca as Ava Gardner in the casino scene of "The Barefoot Contessa": not just stunningly beautiful, but a WORLDLY sort of beauty, meant to be displayed in brilliant clothes and jewels, and to shine in the midst of an assembly of privileged people.
I love Kristen Scott Thomas! She is an excellent actress … but there is ONLY ONE MRS. DANVERS!! That cross between Lesbian and Delusion. It was perfection! If the actress who played Mrs Danvers was alive today, she would be a mega star!!
I recently learned Diana Rigg also has played Mrs. Danvers, and that must also be perfection. But nothing can beat Judith Anderson's completely bonkers expression at 5:37.
Back then the title of ‘Mrs’ was a courtesy thing meant for an older woman who held a position of esteem in a great household. It didn’t mean that they were married. And if Danny had anything in common with Rebecca then she hated men too. So there might not be a Mr Danvers.
@@joerogers540 well, Mrs Danvers said it. Of course, we don't really know for sure. We know Rebecca hated Maxim, although she may or may not have a reason to.
The interior design of the bedroom is representative of the baroque revival that was a theme starting in the late 1930’s. It was probably a reaction to the stark modernism of deco and streamlined modern, although actually the styles complemented each other. By the way Joan Fontaine’s skirt and blouse remind me of how women dressed in the early 1980’s.
Me too but i cant help but think it would be absolute pain to keep ot sanitary. Imagine the spider web up corner that you have to get stepladders to clean. Or stopping any kind of leakage or mold, especially if you live in somewhere like northern europe. And problem to heat it... And those large windows can not prevent cold. Not to mention they would turn against you in a storm. Yea :/
The way Danvers's face softens as she rubs Rebecca's fur-coat across her cheek is just some amazing acting. We've seen Danvers talk about Rebecca before, but her face always remains stoic; no different from any other time she appears on screen. However, here, surrounded by Rebecca's things and lost in a haze of sensation-fueled nostalgia, Danvers appears softer, dreamy even. This isn't just about tormenting the narrator, but enveloping herself in memories of her beloved Rebecca. There's such an surreal feel to this scene, with an undertone that's both sensual and sinister. It is, without a doubt, my all-time favorite scene in any Hitchcock film.
"Listen. Listen to the sea." Well, Mrs. Danvers looks really scary at the end of this clip, which means how good Judith Anderson was to play the role of the housekeeper. She has a good diction as well. I wonder if she liked us linking herself with the character of Mrs. Danvers; she may have disliked to be stereotyped as someone who portrayed Mrs. Danvers.
She has a lovely cultivated Australian accent, which is my own, but mine is far more debased and with far worse diction (the accent itself is dying, if not dead). My grandmother though possesses a good ringer for it.
Repressed sexual leanings, can make a person spooky! Of course in those days, no one talked about such things. Miss Danvers loved her former Mistress, at the end went down in the flames with all the memories. Tragic in a way, in a way perverse.
I don´t think she had sexual leanings towards Rebecca though , imo what she had was a servant obession , she saw her grow up and gave her some sort of motherly love . I think she grew an "adoration" for her in time who turned perverse after she died . Still ,one of the best movies of all time :)
Phoenix van der Weyden : I thought the same. It’s not so bizarre when you consider the circumstances. Miss Danvers served Rebecca since Rebecca’s childhood and joined the deWinter household when Rebecca married Maxim. I don’t think Miss Danvers had anyone else besides Rebecca. No husband, children, or other close family. I think Miss Danvers knew (or at least suspected) Maxim played a role in Rebecca’s death. She maintained Rebecca’s bedroom and belongings to haunt Maxim but also to comfort herself. It’s similar to Queen Victoria’s grief after her husband’s death (servants were ordered to continue laying out his clothes and grooming items). Also, bereaved parents sometimes maintain the bedroom of a lost or deceased child.
@@stevenvoges8614 you do realize she is a servant, yes? Servants of wealthy aristocrats dressed their masters. Every lady of a house back then had at least 1 or 2 maids that helped with just about anything and everything.
Side note: Dame Judith Anderson, Mrs. Danvers, played the Vulcan priestess TLar in the ending scene of Star Trek TSFS. It was one of the last films she did before her death.
@@rachel-in-the-208 in her time, she was a mega star of the theatre though! One of the first ladies of the american stage along with helen hayes, katherine cornell etc. But it’s still unfair people don’t remember her more because she kills in absolutely every role she was given.
@@rainespells1273 she was a smash hit on Broadway in ‘Medea’ and John Gielgud (in spite of their occasional clash of wills/egos) said she was utterly brilliant. She made relatively few films as she concentrated on her illustrious stage career but as the obsessively unhinged Mrs Danvers she was outstanding and 18 years later gave a very creditable performance as ‘Big Mama’ in the 1958 production of ‘Cat on a hot tin roof’
I’ve only seen this movie once at a friend’s house with a digital projector and surround sound and this movie is amazing with its cinematography. The funniest part for me was the window reveals 😂
+Missy R. Yeah, the 2nd Mrs. DeWinter is such a drip and Olivier is in one of his rare boring roles. At least Danvers is delivering something, though I'd love to have seen her new mistress fire her ass for being strange.
Erin W Oh, I don't blame my dislike for "Rebecca" on Hitchcock OR Daphne DuMaurier. He never talked about the picture to my knowledge, and all she was doing is writing another gothic romance. You get what you get from "Rebecca." Like sweetbreads or beets, you like 'em or you don't.
The 2nd Mrs. DeWinter is only about 20 years old, has no family left, and married a handsome, (much) older man who happens to be a European aristocrat. Also, everyone she has ever talked to has only told her how beautiful and self-assured Rebecca was, and how much Mr. de Winter loved her. There's a giant portrait of her hanging in the stairwell, lest she forget. This may have taken place in 1940, but a 20 year old girl (or boy) nowadays would likely be just as insecure and act much worse. How mature were you at 20 years old? Would you be able to occupy her lofty role without an inferiority complex? This is a brilliant performance by Joan Fontaine. So good that the Academy decided to award her for the following year's performance in "Suspicion". Fontaine is the only actor from a Hitchcock film to win an Oscar, and "Rebecca" is the superior film.
Damn Mrs. Danvers is such an emotionally abusive person without even trying to be. She is like a psychic bringing the ghost of Mrs. DeWinter back into those halls.
"Uhmm, Mrs. Danvers, you don't appear too happy here anymore. Your attitude isn't, oh, let's say you're not much of a team player lately. In fact, DANNY, you seem to be slipping. You say the other Mrs. DeWinter used to write her letters over here? Well, I want you to call the carpenters and plumbers and have my toilet installed there. And all those old clothes, call Goodwill and pack them up, have them picked up this week. Do I make myself clear, DANNY? Shape up or . . . well, we shall have to make other arrangements for a housekeeper. Now, run me a bath and get on those tasks."
"I want you to call the carpenters and plumbers and have my toilet installed there. And all those old clothes, call Goodwill and pack them up, have them picked up this week." Old Danny would have combusted or scratched her eyes out. Hahahahaha
When I read the book and watched the movie, I was thinking the whole time why the hell she felt afraid to put that hag in her place from the get-go! It was only because she was from a "lower station" in life that she was so scared to be the real lady of the house and take charge of Danvers and the rest of the staff.
Erin W I’ve struggled with insecurity and bending to other people all my life, so I identified very much with the girl’s mentality. Where I lost sympathy was when she valued Maxim’s “love” (rather, herself, because it filled a void for her) more than a person’s life. She was so busy being jealous and resentful of Rebecca, and worshipping her idea of Maxim, she lost sight of the fact she had only one side of the story, and Rebecca was still a human being who deserved to live. She then covered up a murder. I think because of that last decision, the girl can almost be called evil. It’s so odd because du maurier spent the whole book convincing us Rebecca was the villain, only to make us question who the real monsters are. Absolutely brilliant book.
"Look, you can see my hand through it." At that point, the perceptive viewer realizes Mrs Danvers is a sinister lesbian who enjoyed the sight of Rebecca naked or dressed in filmy lingerie. A brilliant, subtle performance.
Llewellyn2844 : I was a sheltered teenager when I read “Rebecca” and I never perceived Mrs. Danvers as being romantically in love with Rebecca. I actually saw her more as a bereaved parental figure. The way she gives Mrs. deWinter the “room/wardrobe tour,” it’s like she desperately wants Mrs. deWinter to KNOW Rebecca. The elegant furniture, clothing, even the sound of the sea are all “props” to the storytelling. They only matter because Rebecca wore them, used them in such a way, etc. Sadly, Mrs. deWinter could not get past her own self esteem issues and fears (seeing herself as “inferior” to Rebecca and “unworthy” of Maxim) and recognize that Mrs. Danvers was an extremely grieved, disturbed woman.
People today are always trying to inject sex in almost every single theme pertaining to a particualr classic film, television episode or animated cartoon. I didn't see any references correlated with Mrs. Danver's sexuality. All i saw was a devoted servant who became obsessed with her mistress's privileged life. In a way, I felt that she envied Rebecca ansmost likely would have love to trade places with her. in exchange for her drabby life!
I agree. I'm all for gay subtext but after reading the book I wondered where on earth people were getting it from. In Mrs Danvers' own words, she practically raised Rebecca. It didn't come across like she had sexual or romantic feelings for her at all, more like Rebecca was her very spoiled surrogate daughter and she wanted her to have everything she desired in the world.
"Look, you can see my hand through it." was scary line and in my view meant smth different Mrs Denver is psychologically suffocating here the new wife.. She has "her hands" and "control" nearly everywhere even the most intimate parts of her ( 1st Mrd de Winters past and - 2nd's future love-) life.. It's obscene in a way
me. Just coming here to confirm my impressions that the hitchcock film did better justice to the book. Joan Fontaine far more beautiful than anyone else in this role.
I watched this for a Hitchcock based film class my first year of college. I remember being both fascinated and creeped out by this scene. I sometimes wondered if Mrs. Danvers was in love with Rebecca, or had some sort of sinister obsession with her. The way she kept that room as shrine…it’s just so haunting.
I wonder how many wealthy women saw "Rebecca" in 1940, and immediately thereafter engaged the best interior designers and decorators available to give them their own version of Rebecca's room.
Luz e sombras...Uma música intrigante ao fundo...Uma mocinha assustada...Uma vilã sinistra...E o espectro de uma morta rondando e oprimindo...Receita infalível para um bom suspense...Dos antigos!
I remember seeing this scene for the first time it didn’t occur to me until just now the idealism of this scene- as big as Rebecca‘s room was is as big as she and her personality was she haunts Mandery in a way- Particularly through Danvers who inevitably tries to bring the destruction of the new mrs dewinter Now she doesn’t understand what she’s getting into- his bride marries Maxim He is a man of high class Status meaning she would be lady of the house meaning she calls the shots and orders Danvers around-but she doesn’t understand that she’s never been in this sort of position basically apparently Ms. Danvers Didn’t have a problem with that though she was intrigued and absurdly obsessed WithThe original Mrs.dewinter (Rebecca) And Danvers is under the impression that Mr. Dewinter was in love with her (Rebecca) her beauty and grace and all that jazz of her storyline is but it’s completely fake and a lie. He didn’t love her she tormented him in the most horrible way a woman could Torment a man and then now dewinter is in love with his bride who Is quite emotionally and Mentally fragile She acts more like an upstairs maid the woman of the house Because she doesn’t understand certain things and Maxim Mr. Dewinter rather has never told his bride about Rebecca and her and his history with her which she should have because that would have helped her gain confidence but I guess that’s the basis of the storyline she’s not supposed to be strong mentally or strong willed Having an apartment right now I would love to design a ladies lounge..For myself in this way Rebecca’s room was gorgeous even though it was in black-and-white you could still see the beauty of it and my husband could have a man cave
this isnt sexual, it's more of a maddening fascination with and a near obsessive servitude toward her mistress. She almost raised Rebecca and with the latter gone, she lost her purpose in life. Which would explain her need to constantly long for Rebecca.
It's absolutely sexual. I don't get why people have such hang-ups over gay characters/actors from earlier times. As if the sexual orientation didn't exist back then. I don't know how many indicators you need. 'After her bath,' 'as she undressed,' 'look, you can see my hand through it,' 'I'd stand here and brush her hair for twenty minutes at a time,' 'her underwear.' The woman was clearly aroused by these events when they happened and might still be as she talks about them. The subtext is palpable. A brilliant performance
No one cared about mrs.danvèrs everyone were selfish Me de winter wanted to forget rebecca His second wife wanted to overcome rebecca in everything But mrs danver had only single perspect of adoring rebecca
Uma aula de cinema! Música, iluminação, cenário, figurino, interpretações, tudo converge para a quase perfeição: atmosfera opressiva, envolvendo complexo de inferioridade, sensação de deslocamento, tentativa de manipulação psicológica, inveja, despeito, ressentimento, lesbianismo e uma admiração que beira a necrofilia! Hitchcock brilha mais uma vez! Duelo de interpretações entre Joan Fontaine, a esposa insegura, e Judith Anderson, a sinistra governanta.
It ought to tell the second Mrs. de Winter something that Rebecca and Maxim had separate bedrooms. Not exactly a testimonial to a passionately happy marriage.
@@LSSYLondon Actually, you are correct. In happy marriages, men and women didn't want to be underfoot with one another, as valets attended to the men's needs, and ladies' maids (like Mrs. Danvers) saw to their mistresses. In unhappy ones, separate rooms facilitated amorous intrigues (although du Maurier made it clear that Rebecca conducted her numerous assignations at the cottage-boathouse, where she was eventually murdered.) When Nicholas Ii of Russia married Alix of Hesse, who were passionately in love with one another, it was thought mildly scandalous in royal circles that they occupied the same bed.
@@ayodari_style Actually, you're right. (Whether this was due to a desire for privacy, or to make clandestine affairs easier, is anybody's guess.) But there were exceptions, based on culture, geography, and personal preference. Nicholas II of Russia and his wife Alexandra were thought of as somewhat odd by their royal relations because they shared the same bed; and in the novel "Gone With The Wind", Rhett is furious with Scarlett for demanding her own bedroom (which she asks for so that she can indulge her moony-eyed obsession with Ashley by being "faithful" to him). Later in the novel, Margaret Mitchell comments about the Butlers: "The separate bedrooms had long scandalized the town."
It drags a lot, very boring and they have made some unnecessary changes, both leads were wrong for the parts, especially Armie hammer as max de winter looked out of the place and he was very wooden. Even the music isn't that great, only good thing about the new version is the cinematography and Mrs Danvers.
This is the first climax of the movie---everything leads to this bedroom. Its beyond atmospheric and Anderson is a genius--with one of the finest portrayals of border line personality ever. Fontainne unraveling superply. The script ambiguity, psycological direction, moody lighting,glamorous set, sweeping music are all fellow players contributing to the gothic doomness. Everything comes together......its one of the finest moments in cinema.
Wow !!! How perfectly said. You nailed it perfectly. Now how is any "remake" going to capture all that
I found it interesting that the only two Hitchcock movies to ever win Oscars were the two Fontaine starred in...
"Innerer Wahnsinn" - wunderbar!
@@tomjr839 Not a lot to do with her, though she was undoubtedly a good actress. Rebecca won because at the time the Academy had a hard-on for Selznick and his melodramas, and then she won Best Actress for Suspicion because the Academy wanted to compensate for snubbing her performance in Rebecca. Which then ties back in with Selznick.
If we're being honest, at absolute bare minimum, Rear Window deserved the Oscar for Screenplay (and potentially Director too), Anthony Perkins deserved Best Actor for Psycho, and North By Northwest deserved Best Director
I love the way Mrs. Danvers beckons Mrs. de Winter with
delicate hand motions, as if she were a sinister hypnotist.
Stunning sequence. The cinematography alone is genius. If you love film history, Rebecca is a must-see.
It's hard to believe that a scene where one woman is showing a bedroom to another woman could be so creepy. But I think that a great fear for a lot of people is getting trapped in a situation that they can't easily extricate themselves from. And that's what is playing out for the new Mrs. DeWinter.
Joan Fontaine is fantastically captivating in this. The entire film could have just been her wandering around, gazing at all the rooms and it would have been just as brilliant!
Truly her finest hour!!
The performances are so amazing! One wonders what Rebecca would have been like when she was alive, could there even be an actress who was beautiful enough and magnetic enough-- and manipulative and evil enough- to portray her. Maybe Eva Green could do the job but it would be pointless to do a remake that shows some actual flashbacks with Rebecca. That would ruin the imaginary Rebecca we are required to create for ourselves when we read the book or watch this film. Hitchcock was a master!
I think Vivian Leigh or Bette Davis would be suitable for the role of Rebecca, they had the vulnerability and elegance with beauty and evil tone matching with the role. But Hitchcock never showed anyone and that's his master stroke.
Vivien Leigh, hands down.
Vivien Leigh would have met the "dark haired beauty" requirement, but it is said in the movie that Rebecca was tall.
I've always imagined Rebecca as Ava Gardner in the casino scene of "The Barefoot Contessa": not just stunningly beautiful, but a WORLDLY sort of beauty, meant to be displayed in brilliant clothes and jewels, and to shine in the midst of an assembly of privileged people.
I always imagined Rebecca Hedy Lamarr
Ms. Danvers scared me as a child and she’s still creepy today! Best Rebecca ever.
I love Kristen Scott Thomas! She is an excellent actress … but there is ONLY ONE MRS. DANVERS!! That cross between Lesbian and Delusion. It was perfection!
If the actress who played Mrs Danvers was alive today, she would be a mega star!!
That's the greatness of Judith Anderson
I recently learned Diana Rigg also has played Mrs. Danvers, and that must also be perfection. But nothing can beat Judith Anderson's completely bonkers expression at 5:37.
A masterpiece of a movie by the great genius Hitchcock himself.Mrs Danvers is amazing xx
Her voice is unique & almost hipnotic. Loved her.
She was great artist
I've always wondered who could possibly have the balls to be Mr Danvers.
Haha truee
But she died so ig no one can be...
Back then the title of ‘Mrs’ was a courtesy thing meant for an older woman who held a position of esteem in a great household. It didn’t mean that they were married. And if Danny had anything in common with Rebecca then she hated men too. So there might not be a Mr Danvers.
@@nadyayap2714 Why would you say that Rebecca hated men?
@@joerogers540 well, Mrs Danvers said it. Of course, we don't really know for sure. We know Rebecca hated Maxim, although she may or may not have a reason to.
The interior design of the bedroom is representative of the baroque revival that was a theme starting in the late 1930’s. It was probably a reaction to the stark modernism of deco and streamlined modern, although actually the styles complemented each other. By the way Joan Fontaine’s skirt and blouse remind me of how women dressed in the early 1980’s.
This is pretty much my dream bedroom
me tooo!
Complete with obsessive servant?
Me too but i cant help but think it would be absolute pain to keep ot sanitary. Imagine the spider web up corner that you have to get stepladders to clean.
Or stopping any kind of leakage or mold, especially if you live in somewhere like northern europe.
And problem to heat it... And those large windows can not prevent cold.
Not to mention they would turn against you in a storm.
Yea :/
❤SAME!❤
@@kurumtelefon7148 I'd be more concerned with the completely bonkers housekeeper turning against me 🤣
The way Danvers's face softens as she rubs Rebecca's fur-coat across her cheek is just some amazing acting.
We've seen Danvers talk about Rebecca before, but her face always remains stoic; no different from any other time she appears on screen. However, here, surrounded by Rebecca's things and lost in a haze of sensation-fueled nostalgia, Danvers appears softer, dreamy even. This isn't just about tormenting the narrator, but enveloping herself in memories of her beloved Rebecca.
There's such an surreal feel to this scene, with an undertone that's both sensual and sinister. It is, without a doubt, my all-time favorite scene in any Hitchcock film.
Great scene, great performance! Hollywood classics is the best!
This movie is waaay better than the newer version.an Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece
I don’t know why, but this was my first ASMR tingles.
It wasn’t my first, but I do remember feeling it when I saw it as a young person!
I keep on repeating this scene on dvd because I feel the same way.
same!!
I was a bit surprised that this scene did the same to me (though far from the first)
"Listen. Listen to the sea." Well, Mrs. Danvers looks really scary at the end of this clip, which means how good Judith Anderson was to play the role of the housekeeper. She has a good diction as well. I wonder if she liked us linking herself with the character of Mrs. Danvers; she may have disliked to be stereotyped as someone who portrayed Mrs. Danvers.
She has a lovely cultivated Australian accent, which is my own, but mine is far more debased and with far worse diction (the accent itself is dying, if not dead). My grandmother though possesses a good ringer for it.
Excellent movie! And this sequence is absolutely WOW! :)
You are so right, Francesco Mazzella ! This is one of my favorite movies!!!
Repressed sexual leanings, can make a person spooky! Of course in those days, no one talked about such things. Miss Danvers loved her former Mistress, at the end went down in the flames with all the memories. Tragic in a way, in a way perverse.
I don´t think she had sexual leanings towards Rebecca though , imo what she had was a servant obession , she saw her grow up and gave her some sort of motherly love . I think she grew an "adoration" for her in time who turned perverse after she died . Still ,one of the best movies of all time :)
Phoenix van der Weyden : I thought the same. It’s not so bizarre when you consider the circumstances. Miss Danvers served Rebecca since Rebecca’s childhood and joined the deWinter household when Rebecca married Maxim. I don’t think Miss Danvers had anyone else besides Rebecca. No husband, children, or other close family.
I think Miss Danvers knew (or at least suspected) Maxim played a role in Rebecca’s death. She maintained Rebecca’s bedroom and belongings to haunt Maxim but also to comfort herself. It’s similar to Queen Victoria’s grief after her husband’s death (servants were ordered to continue laying out his clothes and grooming items). Also, bereaved parents sometimes maintain the bedroom of a lost or deceased child.
@phoenix van der Weyden and @A Mansion ; but how do you explain Danvers’s exceptional interest in Rebecca’s undergarments then? 😂
When Miss Danvers touches her cheek with the coat...that scene alone shows why it won the Best Picture Oscar.
@@stevenvoges8614 you do realize she is a servant, yes? Servants of wealthy aristocrats dressed their masters. Every lady of a house back then had at least 1 or 2 maids that helped with just about anything and everything.
Oh my gosh Judith Anderson was creepy as hell, but she was soooooo extremely good.
This scene is so very creepy. Well done, Mr. Hitchcock. I may never sleep again, for fear of Mrs. Danvers sneaking up on me.
Reminds me of the scene in Psycho where Lila Crane enters Mrs Bates bedroom, it has that exact same creepy atmosphere
2:23 even I gasped at that coat. My goodness.
Side note: Dame Judith Anderson, Mrs. Danvers, played the Vulcan priestess TLar in the ending scene of Star Trek TSFS. It was one of the last films she did before her death.
If she was alive today, she would be a mega star!!
@@rachel-in-the-208 in her time, she was a mega star of the theatre though! One of the first ladies of the american stage along with helen hayes, katherine cornell etc. But it’s still unfair people don’t remember her more because she kills in absolutely every role she was given.
@@rainespells1273 True
@@rainespells1273 she was a smash hit on Broadway in ‘Medea’ and John Gielgud (in spite of their occasional clash of wills/egos) said she was utterly brilliant. She made relatively few films as she concentrated on her illustrious stage career but as the obsessively unhinged Mrs Danvers she was outstanding and 18 years later gave a very creditable performance as ‘Big Mama’ in the 1958 production of ‘Cat on a hot tin roof’
I had imagined Rebecca's room in gold, red and purple, but the 2020 version used very cold tones...
The hand reaching to open the door and the tam-tam stroke at 0:20 is sheer perfection.
That shot at 1:27 😱
I’ve only seen this movie once at a friend’s house with a digital projector and surround sound and this movie is amazing with its cinematography. The funniest part for me was the window reveals 😂
Reminds me of the legend of "Bluebeard": the forbidden chamber, the murdered first wife, the ill-fated new wife!
I’m glad I’m not the only one thinking this! Haven’t seen anyone mention it anyway
Mrs. Danvers a true nutcase. Judith Anderson gave the best performance of her life playing her.
Yes she certainly did but she was a great artist who excelled in every movie she ever played onscreen or any play she everlayed on broadway
Nothing in the 2020 movie got close to this. Omg so perfect.
So haunting and, beautiful at the same time.
this scene isn the netflix version is just horrible. They totally bastardized this scene
And arguably every scene. It was atrocious
Agree
This is the entire movie...the most important scene...everything leads to this bedroom...
Agree!!
Mrs. Danvers' role is the only thing I like about this movie.
+Missy R. Yeah, the 2nd Mrs. DeWinter is such a drip and Olivier is in one of his rare boring roles. At least Danvers is delivering something, though I'd love to have seen her new mistress fire her ass for being strange.
Erin W Oh, I don't blame my dislike for "Rebecca" on Hitchcock OR Daphne DuMaurier. He never talked about the picture to my knowledge, and all she was doing is writing another gothic romance. You get what you get from "Rebecca." Like sweetbreads or beets, you like 'em or you don't.
you definitely like evil lol
The 2nd Mrs. DeWinter is only about 20 years old, has no family left, and married a handsome, (much) older man who happens to be a European aristocrat. Also, everyone she has ever talked to has only told her how beautiful and self-assured Rebecca was, and how much Mr. de Winter loved her. There's a giant portrait of her hanging in the stairwell, lest she forget.
This may have taken place in 1940, but a 20 year old girl (or boy) nowadays would likely be just as insecure and act much worse. How mature were you at 20 years old? Would you be able to occupy her lofty role without an inferiority complex?
This is a brilliant performance by Joan Fontaine. So good that the Academy decided to award her for the following year's performance in "Suspicion". Fontaine is the only actor from a Hitchcock film to win an Oscar, and "Rebecca" is the superior film.
Yeah, Judith Anderson is genius in this movie, but can't Joan Fontaine get some love too?
Damn Mrs. Danvers is such an emotionally abusive person without even trying to be. She is like a psychic bringing the ghost of Mrs. DeWinter back into those halls.
It’s strange to think this movie is already 80 years old- they look so young
The best version of rebecca
Judith Anderson was a genius actress!
the nuns and the underwear...
'there you've moved her brush, haven't you'
that always creepes me out-- the most..
"Uhmm, Mrs. Danvers, you don't appear too happy here anymore. Your attitude isn't, oh, let's say you're not much of a team player lately. In fact, DANNY, you seem to be slipping. You say the other Mrs. DeWinter used to write her letters over here? Well, I want you to call the carpenters and plumbers and have my toilet installed there. And all those old clothes, call Goodwill and pack them up, have them picked up this week. Do I make myself clear, DANNY? Shape up or . . . well, we shall have to make other arrangements for a housekeeper. Now, run me a bath and get on those tasks."
😂😂😂
"I want you to call the carpenters and plumbers and have my toilet installed there. And all those old clothes, call Goodwill and pack them up, have them picked up this week." Old Danny would have combusted or scratched her eyes out. Hahahahaha
When I read the book and watched the movie, I was thinking the whole time why the hell she felt afraid to put that hag in her place from the get-go! It was only because she was from a "lower station" in life that she was so scared to be the real lady of the house and take charge of Danvers and the rest of the staff.
***** And because Mrs. Danvers seemed self-possessed, which made the girl feel inferior. It says that she envied Danvers her composure.
Erin W I’ve struggled with insecurity and bending to other people all my life, so I identified very much with the girl’s mentality. Where I lost sympathy was when she valued Maxim’s “love” (rather, herself, because it filled a void for her) more than a person’s life. She was so busy being jealous and resentful of Rebecca, and worshipping her idea of Maxim, she lost sight of the fact she had only one side of the story, and Rebecca was still a human being who deserved to live. She then covered up a murder. I think because of that last decision, the girl can almost be called evil.
It’s so odd because du maurier spent the whole book convincing us Rebecca was the villain, only to make us question who the real monsters are. Absolutely brilliant book.
“Do you think the dead come back and watch the living?”
"Look, you can see my hand through it."
At that point, the perceptive viewer realizes Mrs Danvers is
a sinister lesbian who enjoyed the sight of Rebecca naked
or dressed in filmy lingerie. A brilliant, subtle performance.
Llewellyn2844 : I was a sheltered teenager when I read “Rebecca” and I never perceived Mrs. Danvers as being romantically in love with Rebecca. I actually saw her more as a bereaved parental figure. The way she gives Mrs. deWinter the “room/wardrobe tour,” it’s like she desperately wants Mrs. deWinter to KNOW Rebecca. The elegant furniture, clothing, even the sound of the sea are all “props” to the storytelling. They only matter because Rebecca wore them, used them in such a way, etc.
Sadly, Mrs. deWinter could not get past her own self esteem issues and fears (seeing herself as “inferior” to Rebecca and “unworthy” of Maxim) and recognize that Mrs. Danvers was an extremely grieved, disturbed woman.
People today are always trying to inject sex in almost every single theme pertaining to a particualr classic film, television episode or animated cartoon. I didn't see any references correlated with Mrs. Danver's sexuality. All i saw was a devoted servant who became obsessed with her mistress's privileged life. In a way, I felt that she envied Rebecca ansmost likely would have love to trade places with her. in exchange for her drabby life!
I agree. I'm all for gay subtext but after reading the book I wondered where on earth people were getting it from. In Mrs Danvers' own words, she practically raised Rebecca. It didn't come across like she had sexual or romantic feelings for her at all, more like Rebecca was her very spoiled surrogate daughter and she wanted her to have everything she desired in the world.
nope nothing sexual, more like a obedient servant devoted to her mistress in a near obsessed obeisance
"Look, you can see my hand through it." was scary line and in my view meant smth different
Mrs Denver is psychologically suffocating here the new wife.. She has "her hands" and "control" nearly everywhere even the most intimate parts of her ( 1st Mrd de Winters past and - 2nd's future love-) life.. It's obscene in a way
Still incredible.
Who is here after watching the new Rebecca?
me. Just coming here to confirm my impressions that the hitchcock film did better justice to the book. Joan Fontaine far more beautiful than anyone else in this role.
One of my favourite movies.
I think most people forget this is a Hitchcock film … and it is a shame since this is his best work.
I watched this for a Hitchcock based film class my first year of college. I remember being both fascinated and creeped out by this scene. I sometimes wondered if Mrs. Danvers was in love with Rebecca, or had some sort of sinister obsession with her. The way she kept that room as shrine…it’s just so haunting.
I wonder how many wealthy women saw "Rebecca" in 1940, and immediately thereafter engaged the best interior designers and decorators available to give them their own version of Rebecca's room.
It's a great scene -- Thanks for the vid!
Luz e sombras...Uma música intrigante ao fundo...Uma mocinha assustada...Uma vilã sinistra...E o espectro de uma morta rondando e oprimindo...Receita infalível para um bom suspense...Dos antigos!
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I love this movie!
I remember seeing this scene for the first time it didn’t occur to me until just now the idealism of this scene- as big as Rebecca‘s room was is as big as she and her personality was she haunts Mandery in a way- Particularly through Danvers who inevitably tries to bring the destruction of the new mrs dewinter Now she doesn’t understand what she’s getting into- his bride marries Maxim He is a man of high class Status meaning she would be lady of the house meaning she calls the shots and orders Danvers around-but she doesn’t understand that she’s never been in this sort of position basically apparently Ms. Danvers Didn’t have a problem with that though she was intrigued and absurdly obsessed WithThe original Mrs.dewinter (Rebecca) And Danvers is under the impression that Mr. Dewinter was in love with her (Rebecca) her beauty and grace and all that jazz of her storyline is but it’s completely fake and a lie. He didn’t love her she tormented him in the most horrible way a woman could Torment a man and then now dewinter is in love with his bride who Is quite emotionally and Mentally fragile She acts more like an upstairs maid the woman of the house Because she doesn’t understand certain things and Maxim Mr. Dewinter rather has never told his bride about Rebecca and her and his history with her which she should have because that would have helped her gain confidence but I guess that’s the basis of the storyline she’s not supposed to be strong mentally or strong willed Having an apartment right now I would love to design a ladies lounge..For myself in this way Rebecca’s room was gorgeous even though it was in black-and-white you could still see the beauty of it and my husband could have a man cave
One of the Best Movie
this isnt sexual, it's more of a maddening fascination with and a near obsessive servitude toward her mistress. She almost raised Rebecca and with the latter gone, she lost her purpose in life. Which would explain her need to constantly long for Rebecca.
It's virtually an obsessive-compulsive disorder gone fully mad ;-D
@@janmartenlocher heheh yeah
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It's absolutely sexual. I don't get why people have such hang-ups over gay characters/actors from earlier times. As if the sexual orientation didn't exist back then. I don't know how many indicators you need.
'After her bath,' 'as she undressed,' 'look, you can see my hand through it,' 'I'd stand here and brush her hair for twenty minutes at a time,' 'her underwear.' The woman was clearly aroused by these events when they happened and might still be as she talks about them. The subtext is palpable. A brilliant performance
my favourite scene
No one cared about mrs.danvèrs everyone were selfish
Me de winter wanted to forget rebecca
His second wife wanted to overcome rebecca in everything
But mrs danver had only single perspect of adoring rebecca
レベッカ 何度も観ました！また…観たくなる映画ですね！
Perfection !
Its not a home with all these strangers around you 24 hours a day. If that is the life of the wealthy I rather be poor in a normal family home.
Ms. Danvers is such a creep!
Uma aula de cinema! Música, iluminação, cenário, figurino, interpretações, tudo converge para a quase perfeição: atmosfera opressiva, envolvendo complexo de inferioridade, sensação de deslocamento, tentativa de manipulação psicológica, inveja, despeito, ressentimento, lesbianismo e uma admiração que beira a necrofilia! Hitchcock brilha mais uma vez! Duelo de interpretações entre Joan Fontaine, a esposa insegura, e Judith Anderson, a sinistra governanta.
"I'm Mrs. De Winter now!"
I've always wondered why didn't they just fire Mrs Danvers. Since both Mr and Mrs DeWinters hated her
She knew too much
Poor old crazy Danny.
Mrs Danvers is more scray than Freedy krueger and Chucky...
It ought to tell the second Mrs. de Winter something that Rebecca and Maxim had separate bedrooms. Not exactly a testimonial to a passionately happy marriage.
On the contrary most upper class spouses have separate bedrooms even today but especially back then.
@@LSSYLondon Actually, you are correct. In happy marriages, men and women didn't want to be underfoot with one another, as valets attended to the men's needs, and ladies' maids (like Mrs. Danvers) saw to their mistresses. In unhappy ones, separate rooms facilitated amorous intrigues (although du Maurier made it clear that Rebecca conducted her numerous assignations at the cottage-boathouse, where she was eventually murdered.) When Nicholas Ii of Russia married Alix of Hesse, who were passionately in love with one another, it was thought mildly scandalous in royal circles that they occupied the same bed.
That was the norm for wealthy families in those days.
@@ayodari_style Actually, you're right. (Whether this was due to a desire for privacy, or to make clandestine affairs easier, is anybody's guess.) But there were exceptions, based on culture, geography, and personal preference. Nicholas II of Russia and his wife Alexandra were thought of as somewhat odd by their royal relations because they shared the same bed; and in the novel "Gone With The Wind", Rhett is furious with Scarlett for demanding her own bedroom (which she asks for so that she can indulge her moony-eyed obsession with Ashley by being "faithful" to him). Later in the novel, Margaret Mitchell comments about the Butlers: "The separate bedrooms had long scandalized the town."
Contradictory that a dedicated feminine space is on such a masculine scale. Don't small exposed shoulders get cold in such a breezy cavern?
I love Lily James but no one can play this shy young character as well as Joan Fontaine.
Thoughts on the new Rebecca?
It drags a lot, very boring and they have made some unnecessary changes, both leads were wrong for the parts, especially Armie hammer as max de winter looked out of the place and he was very wooden. Even the music isn't that great, only good thing about the new version is the cinematography and Mrs Danvers.
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the new "Rebecca" is awesome! check it out on Netflix
Its AWFUL
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