Rachel weisz is captivating as the enigmatic heroine in a daphne du maurier adaptation that adds modern psychology to the period drama. This summer we are graced with a movie version of my cousin rachel, which delights me no end. The film adaptations of daphne du maurers romance mystery, my cousin rachel, seem to have a difficult go from the start. Jul 14, 2019 a new adaptation of daphne du mauriers 1938 novel rebecca is in the works for netflix.
Daphne du maurier was born in london in 1907, the second daughter of a famous stage actor and actress. She obviously worked out what was here at the time and used it, she says. Published in 1938, it continued to be print and available for sale. Although she is classed as a romantic novelist, her stories have been described as moody and resonant with overtones of the paranormal. Jul 19, 2019 dr laura varnam is a lecturer in english literature at university college, oxford, and she is currently writing a book on daphne du maurier. Passion overtakes reason in this dark and layered romance based on daphne du mauriers classic novel. For the films australian release, the distributor chose to remove some. Rebecca deutscher trailer daphne du maurier youtube.
In addition to reading these masterpieces i would recommend watching both movies which were very well done. A lavish adaptation of daphne du maurier s classic tale of romance, suspense, and jealousy, rebecca is set in elegant monte carlo and dramatic cornwall in the 1930s. My cousin rachel by daphne du maurier smart bitches. Book giveaway for my cousin rachel by daphne du maurier. This year 2017 i read daphne du maurier s rebecca for the first time and i thought it was absolutely fantastic. In the recently released film my cousin rachel, oscar winner rachel weisz stars as a mysterious widow who may have bumped off her husband for his loot. Jun 01, 2017 author daphne du maurier s personal and romantic life was just as ambiguous as the characters she created in her novels. It was shot in italy and england in spring 2016 and is about a young man in cornwall who meets the wife of his older cousin, suspecting her of being responsible for his death. As it happens, du mauriers novel my cousin rachel has an entirely different and hookier opening line. Everything we know about the new rebecca movie on netflix. You can read dr laura varnams analysis of hitchcocks rebecca on the daphne du maurier website and you can find out more about her work on her website.
Her first novel was published in 1931, but it was her 1938 novel rebecca which made her one of the most successful writers of her time. Author daphne du maurier s personal and romantic life was just as ambiguous as the characters she created in her novels. Its not your standard love story the director talks about his movie for the first time and teases daphne du maurier s. Many will surely be accusing hollywood of having no imagination whatsoever, ignoring the fact that movie remakes have been around for as long as movies have been around. My cousin rachel daphne du maurier official hd featurette 2017. In addition to reading these masterpieces i would recommend watching both movies. At the films conclusion, however, these questionsdid she or didnt she.
A new adaptation of daphne du maurier s 1938 novel rebecca is in the works for netflix. Rachel weisz is a saucy minx in new trailer for daphne du. My cousin rachel official trailer fox searchlight youtube. The way du maurier slowly builds the suspense and mystery was masterful, layer upon layer right up until those final shocking chapters. Supposedly, daphne du maurier disliked the film, as hitchcock had changed the location from a farm in england to a sleepy beach community in northern california. Dont look now and the birds are probably the best known, but to. Daphne du maurier was really very good at historical research. Check out the films official page directed by roger michell starring rachel weisz, sam claflin, holliday.
For her services to literature, she was made a dame commander of the order of the british empire in 1969, the female equivalent of a knighthood. One of my alltime favorite books is daphne du maurier s rebecca. Daphne du mauriers take on the sinister power of sex. My cousin rachel is a novel by british author daphne du maurier, published in 1951. Daphne du maurier ist mittlerweie zu meiner lieblingsschriftstellerin geworden.
It was, after all, a big 1940s studio film, even if it wasnt a romance, so i expect it to be more conventional and straightforward in its psychology. To date, her many novels, stories and plays have spawned a least 12 film adaptations and more than 40 television dramatisations. Based on the gothic romance novel by daphne du maurier, rebecca is a classic tale of love and hate. Robbie collin looks at some of the authors top cinema treatments. The question is, what version of the story will we see. My cousin rachel is based on a novel by daphne du maurier, who is best remembered as the author of alfred hitchcocks terrifying chiller the birds. Win a copy of the movie tiein edition to the major motion picture from starring rachel. The 2017 film is based on the 1951 book and stars rachel weisz the favourite as the titular rachel and sam claflin peaky blinders as protagonist philip. Welcome to bay of the living dead, a twice a month column about the horror genre.
A young englishman plots revenge against his late cousins mysterious, beautiful wife, believing her responsible for his death. Her work offers swashbuckling romance, gothic psychodrama, crime and sexual intrigue. Rachel weisz is a saucy minx in new trailer for daphne du maurier adaptation my cousin rachel weisz bewitches sam claflin in the first trailer for the forthcoming period drama from the. In 1937 an englishwoman bright and bored and drowning in children sat down and sketched out a story. I dont think it spoils the book too much to have seen the movie first. The enduring popularity of daphne du mauriers 1951 novel, my cousin rachel, relates to the ambiguity surrounding the title character. It has the best opening line of the thousands of books i have read. Book giveaway for my cousin rachel by daphne du maurier aug.
The plot lays down an interesting premise about love, greed, and murder amid the landscape of cornwall, england, but. I ts no surprise that filmmakers have flocked to daphne du maurier s stories. Rebecca is a 1938 gothic novel by english author dame daphne du maurier. Daphne du maurier was one of the most popular english writers of the 20th century, when middlebrow genre fiction was accorded a higher level of respect in a more broadly literate age. And in my cousin rachel she does both, with rebecca looking fondly over her shoulder. Morning patrol my cousin rachel 1952 film my cousin rachel 2017 film. It may be that laurence olivier sells it in the movie better than du maurier does in the book. My cousin rachel was my first book by daphne du maurier and i thought it was brilliant. Thought not, but you should because daphne du mauriers original story is superior and creepier in every way. My cousin rachel daphne du maurier 2017 movie list add release date starring rachel weisz beautiful scenery, true classic. The story has its origins in a portrait of rachel carew at antony house in cornwall, which du maurier saw and took as inspiration. It concerns an unnamed young woman who impetuously marries a wealthy widower, only to discover that he and his household are haunted by the memory of his late first wife, the title character. It would be completely possible to make multiple different versions of this story, all faithful to the original book, and yet all very different, because this is a story about how the stories we tell ourselves and the characters we create take.
I seem to remember reading this when i was a teenager. Daphne du maurier s novel gets a respectable adaptation with rachel weisz in the title role. My cousin rachel by daphne du maurier movie trailer. Du maurier as a sleeper agent for the 1970s womens lib movement, or the present day feminist resurgence is ridiculous beyond comprehension, and displays a fully absent sense of history, to be kind, or an effort at false and empty propaganda to be.
Netflix is working on a brandnew adaptation of daphne du mauriers 1938 gothic novel rebecca. I was always pretending to be someone else historical characters, all those i invented for myselfi act even to this dayits the old imagination working, a kind of make believe. Dame daphne du maurier, lady browning, dbe may 1907 19 april 1989 was an english author and playwright. Several of daphne du maurier s bestselling gothic novels provided the basis for some of hitchcocks best films, including rebecca, jamaica inn, and the birds. Its not easy to write a compelling story with a protagonist whos a clueless nincompoop, but midcentury best seller daphne du maurier excelled at it. Lily james and armie hammer to star in rebecca movie remake. I thought it was quite faithful to the book, though it seemed more gory and violent than the book did. In my youth i read several other du maurier classics and enjoyed them all. Are you sure you want to delete your score and checked items on this list. Her works also inspired other filmmakers, including nicholas roeg. May 27, 2017 daphne du mauriers dark tales are perfect for the cinema. But what often gets overlooked is her great science fiction, exploring the boundaries between the known and familiar, and the disturbing edges of twentieth century scientific progress.
Jun 08, 2017 in roger michells highly enjoyable thriller based on the daphne du maurier novel a mean and manipulative widow exploits her feline sexuality. Only nine words nine words that set the stage perfectly for what was to follow. A lavish adaptation of daphne du mauriers classic tale of romance, suspense, and jealousy, rebecca is set in elegant monte carlo and dramatic cornwall in the 1930s. Jul 11, 2017 know what hitchcocks the birds is based on. Written over 75 years ago, this story has such a timeless feel to it. Daphne du mauriers rebecca, made into a 1940 academy awardwinning movie directed by alfred hitchcock, is getting the movieremake treatment. Most people know daphne du maurier as a suspense writer, creator of psychological and gothic thrillers like rebecca, jamaica inn, and my cousin rachel.
The 2017 film is based on the 1951 book and stars rachel weisz. The movie references an incident that took place in capitola, california in august 1961 where a group of. The cast and director of my cousin rachel discuss the passion and suspense in the writing of author daphne du maurier. My cousin rachel by daphne du maurier smart bitches, trashy. The movie references an incident that took place in capitola, california in august 1961 where a group of birds seemed to attack an entire community. With rachel weisz, sam claflin, holliday grainger, iain glen.
Robbie collin looks at some of the authors finest movie treatments. Rebecca by daphne du maurier and its film adaptations my. She finds herself in an aristocratic social world her middle class upbringing did not prepare her for. Aug 19, 2009 rebecca deutscher trailer daphne du maurier. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms. Paul thomas anderson breaks his silence on phantom thread. I also watched the movie version of the girl with all the gifts. Holliday grainger at an event for my cousin rachel 2017 rachel weisz and. Not fair, maybe, but my cousin rachel is, like alfred hitchcocks rebecca, based on a novel by daphne du maurier, master of the moody semigothic romantic thriller. I was surfing youtube when i happened upon the 1997 tv drama rebecca by daphne du maurier.
Published on may 26, 2017 my cousin rachel is released in uk cinemas now. May 29, 2017 this special edition contains a foreword by the films director and screenwriter, roger michell orphaned at an early age, philip ashley is raised by his benevolent cousin, ambrose. An introverted and unsophisticated nineteenyearold is employed as a traveling companion to an elderly american. A new adaptation of the daphne du maurier novel will be directed by high rises ben wheatley. My cousin rachel is a 2017 romantic drama film, written and directed by roger michell, based upon the 1951 novel my cousin rachel by daphne du maurier. Dame daphne du maurier, lady browning, dbe may, 1907 april 19, 1989 was an english author and playwright quotes. Nevertheless, critics bosley crowther and leonard maltin felt it was a worthy adaptation. Why daphne du maurier and movies are a perfect match. Du maurier wrote my cousin rachel in 1951, six years after the end of wwii.
Like the earlier rebecca, it is a mysteryromance, set primarily on a large estate in cornwall. A decade ago i compiled an anthology of daphne du maurier s menacing short stories for the folio society, with an introduction by patrick mcgrath this has since been republished by nyrb classics. Why the original birds is superior to hitchcocks version. Films based on works by daphne du maurier wikipedia. Her novels the birds and rebecca provided the perfect blend of moral complexity and gothic drama. Du mauriers novel is a tightly plotted, sinuous and undeniably feral piece of. Rebecca by daphne du maurier proved to be an enduring story. It stars rachel weisz, sam claflin, iain glen, holliday grainger, and pierfrancesco favino. Daphne du maurier, from a famous artistic family, wrote one of my favorite novels, last night i dreamt i went to manderley again. In roger michells highly enjoyable thriller based on the daphne du maurier novel a mean and manipulative widow exploits her feline sexuality. How daphne du maurier became hitchcocks favourite author. The cast includes tippi hedren marnie, rod taylor 1960s the time machine, jessica tandy driving miss daisy, suzanne pleshette the bob newhart show and veronica cartwright alien. This movie is directed by alfred hitchcock psycho and loosely based on the novelette of the same name by daphne du maurier.