Tag: Daphne du Maurier
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Kermode on… Nicolas Roeg: ‘Nothing is what it seems’
In the first of a new monthly Observer column on his favourite film-makers, Mark Kermode salutes the elliptical vision of the director of Don’t Look Now, Walkabout, Performance and so much moreThis month marks 50 years since the release of Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now, a personal touchstone movie (adapted from a story by Daphne…
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Alfred Hitchcock Owes Two of His Best Films to This Female Novelist
Some portions of the internet might take umbrage with the following statement, but the fact remains: Alfred Hitchcock owes two of his best works to a woman’s mind. What’s more, so does thriller cinema as a whole. Rebecca, Hitchcock’s first American film, is based on author Daphne du Maurier’s bestselling novel of the same name,…