Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again,” begins both Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 best-seller “Rebecca” and nearly every adaptation of the Gothic novel that has followed, including Alfred Hitchcock’s atmospheric 1940 best picture winner.
With accolades like that, why reboot “Rebecca”? Well, as the opening line itself suggests, one can and does return to the film’s tragi-romantic estate, shrouded in fog and mystery as it is, as often as one pleases.
A fresh take from “High Rise” director Ben Wheatley may be foolhardy, but it’s not without interest, whether or not audiences know the novel and its numerous stage and screen versions.If Rebecca was the first Mrs.
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