Melbourne review wrap: Rebecca at MTC
Shiels experiences the insecurity of the hero’s insecurity and the descent of the domestic horror with compelling being. If it had been obtained in a more licensed way, there was a transformation of a shaking character that could be more reliable, but the romanticism opposite Phillips attracts your attention and I especially enjoyed Shiels to go to the stand with Pamela Rabe.
Long before his award -winning role WentworthI wanted to see Rabe as Mrs. Danvers. The ideal casting and the Husky appearance of Rabe turn into a meat and blood creature because the character’s unstable obsession constitutes a naive subtext (not allowed by censorships in Hitchcock). Feminine fetishization and the power game between the two women have a transfer quality, a transfer that reminds us of the little lethal sisters in Jean Genet’s. Servants.
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And interestingly, Mrs. Danvers gives the most robust collection crying about social freedom for women.
Sarets seems to refuse any perspective of psychological fear sources. RebeccaTo attract us with possibilities. Even if they don’t all become an effective drama, it is thought -provoking.
Newcomers Rebecca In addition, it may have a hurry telegram to the end to understand their plot bending. Otherwise, even if it is a slippery, firmly prepared entertainment, it is a rugged climax after such a smooth journey to get there.
Reviewed by Cameron Woodhead
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