![]() Frel”, “Vrel”, “Vrell”, “Vrelle”, “Veerlle” or “Jacobüs Vreel”. A single drawing and 49 paintings on wood are signed “J. The viewer must imagine the story of this ghostly figure and its author. The cracks in the glass, and the chair looking as if it is about to topple over, indicate that this is not an ordinary scene of everyday Dutch life. The contrast between the bare interior, illuminated by artificial light whose source cannot be determined, and the dark corridor where the child is, instills doubt. She seems to be trying to communicate with the little girl by placing her hand on the windowpane, as a man of God would do. Joan Cusak and William H Macy as her parents.A woman of indefinable age, seen from behind, leans against a window where a child’s face stealthily appears in the half-darkness. ![]() Tim Robbins as uncle Charlie, can you imagine? Natalie Portman as his niece. Using Thornton Wilder's original script as the Bible, Steven Sodebergh could do scrumptious remake for the new millennium. I've been toying with the thought of a remake, I've been doing this lately, although I hate the idea of remakes of great movies, this one is one of those that in the right hands could have a real impact. I've seen "Shadow of a Doubt" 3 or 4 times but every time you're forced to take the trip with the same amount of commitment. ![]() Brilliant, because in Joseph Cotten's eyes we find his need for redemption or are we falling in the trap of this master manipulator? We are torn, just like Teresa Wright. Teresa Wright's eyes tell the whole story from the audience's point of view, even if the audience is one step ahead of her. The scenes between Henry Travers and Hume Cronyn are how I imagine the story meetings between Thornton Wilder and Alfred Hitchcock. Patricia Collinge's performance is so spot on that you're longing for more. The structure is Our Townish, the characters, deliciously rich. Thornton Wilder was Hitchcock's partner in crime this time and it shows. Uncle Charlie's urbanity becomes his most frightening feature. Joseph Cotten is the perfect charming monster. ![]() ![]() I mistrusted the uncle thing as a term of endearment ever since. ![]()
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