Just watched the movie on Netflix Instant Streaming. Loved it. It really reminded me in many ways of Hitchcock's telling of Rebecca, with some obvious role reversals and an different ending though it felt strangly similar thematically...
shareWell I don't see too many similarities except the protagonist remembering a beautiful house and the general romantic-melancholy mood, but these two aspects were strong enough to make me think of "Rebecca" myself.
And, of course, the music of Bernard Herrmann. (who, however, despite defining the style of Hitchcock's classics, didn't score "Rebecca"...)
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Hmmm?
To me it seemed to have more similarities with Henry James' "Wings of the Dove"...
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I think it is fair to say that the film treatment is similar rather than the story. Hywell Bennet's dialogue about Gypsy's Acre is similar to the prologue about Manderley in 'Rebecca.' But whereas Manderley is a house that is dreamt of but which is now derelict, the house at Gypsy's Acre has yet to be built. Bernard Hermann's music is reminiscent of Franz Waxman who scored 'Rebecca.' George Saunders is notable for being in both films.
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