A self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat’s wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife’s spectral presence. Hitchcock’s first American film was his only film to win Best Picture, perhaps because this gothic romance is the least “Hitchcockian” film of his career.

Rebecca screens as part of Adelaide Cinémathèque and the program Long Takes and Loose Ends The Films and Influences of Paul Thomas Anderson.

Long Takes and Loose Ends The Films and Influences of Paul Thomas Anderson.

American Filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson has become something of a titan of contemporary cinema. Yet he has always been a filmmaker who wears his influences on his sleeve. In this block, we will look at the films that bear the clearest influence on his work while highlighting a body of work marked by deep character studies and inventive narrative techniques.