tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post4552788093914639326..comments2024-03-18T02:43:02.621-04:00Comments on Original Content: How Are Olive, The Other Reindeer, Rebecca, And Bella Related?Gail Gauthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-22336590472882481452007-12-27T19:35:00.000-05:002007-12-27T19:35:00.000-05:00The problem with the movie, as far as I'm concerne...The problem with the movie, as far as I'm concerned, is that in order to not punish bad deeds and make the story look like a romance they had to remove the most important bad deed in the book.Gail Gauthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-44003780494900122512007-12-23T21:06:00.000-05:002007-12-23T21:06:00.000-05:00I hadn't heard Diana Riggs' comments about the mov...I hadn't heard Diana Riggs' comments about the movie before. Hmmm.<BR/><BR/>I've always understood that producer David O. Selznick insisted that Hitchcock be as faithful as possible to the book, but, and in Hollywood at the time it was a big but, the Hays Code required a number of things, including -- important in "Rebecca" -- that no bad deed go unpunished.<BR/><BR/>What I've always found nifty is that to reinforce the connection between the 1940s film versions of <BR/>"Rebecca" and "Jane Eyre", Joan Fontaine was cast in the movie version of the latter four years later.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17697320319544886978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-32905976813971070332007-12-19T09:39:00.000-05:002007-12-19T09:39:00.000-05:00Judging from the availability (and pricing) at Ama...Judging from the availability (and pricing) at Amazon, it looks to me like it was released on DVD at some point, but it's out of print at the moment, at least in the States.<BR/><BR/>My library has it on VHS, but I don't have a VCR -- I'm thinking about forcing it on everyone at my Dad's house on Christmas Eve. HE has a VCR.Leilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03188011497538767097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-81506358361791645092007-12-18T19:14:00.000-05:002007-12-18T19:14:00.000-05:00I found Rebecca on DVD at my local library. So it ...I found Rebecca on DVD at my local library. So it is available on DVD. (We were wondering about that at your site.)<BR/><BR/>I actually enjoyed Twilight. As Jen Robinson has said, there's an Elizabeth Bennett/Mr. Darcy vibe (sort of) in it that carries things along. I agree that it's with the second book and, particularly, the third that the relationship becomes strongly (and sometimes disturbingly) weak woman/strong man.Gail Gauthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-70419988556111716532007-12-18T18:09:00.000-05:002007-12-18T18:09:00.000-05:00AUUUGH.If I don't manage to see that movie before ...AUUUGH.<BR/><BR/>If I don't manage to see that movie before the end of the year, I'm going to be very sad indeed.<BR/><BR/>Bella's lack of Self didn't bother me until the second and third books -- I don't remember her being quite as bad in the first one, but I admit that I'm slightly afraid to re-read it.Leilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03188011497538767097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-82945832758609377622007-12-16T21:39:00.000-05:002007-12-16T21:39:00.000-05:00Well said and connected :)Well said and connected :)Megan Germanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07786949483938731951noreply@blogger.com