{"id":11699,"date":"2010-07-26T11:48:54","date_gmt":"2010-07-26T18:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=11699"},"modified":"2021-01-19T15:27:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T22:27:51","slug":"spellbound-1945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=11699","title":{"rendered":"Spellbound (1945)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t feel this way towards a man who was bad.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Spellbound-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Spellbound-Poster-193x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-64514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Spellbound-Poster-193x300.png 193w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Spellbound-Poster-658x1024.png 658w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Spellbound-Poster-82x128.png 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Spellbound-Poster-173x270.png 173w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Spellbound-Poster.png 719w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA psychoanalyst (Ingrid Bergman) falls in love with a disturbed amnesiac patient (Gregory Peck) posing as her boss.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amateur Sleuths<\/li>\n<li>Amnesia<\/li>\n<li>Fugitives<\/li>\n<li>Gregory Peck Films<\/li>\n<li>Hitchcock Films<\/li>\n<li>Ingrid Bergman Films<\/li>\n<li>Mistaken or Hidden Identities<\/li>\n<li>Psychotherapy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nHitchcock&#8217;s enormously popular psychological thriller &#8212; made to capitalize on what was then a new craze of Freudian psychoanalysis &#8212; unfortunately hasn&#8217;t aged very well. Despite the undeniable star power of Ingrid Bergman at her loveliest, and an appropriately &#8220;tortured&#8221; young Gregory Peck, Ben Hecht&#8217;s screenplay (based on the novel <em>The House of Dr. Edwardes<\/em>) is simply too silly to take seriously: Bergman&#8217;s level-headed &#8220;Dr. Constance Peterson&#8221; falls immediately in gaga love with her purported new &#8220;boss&#8221;, then quickly shifts into dual identity as both maternal caretaker and amateur sleuth once she realizes that the love of her life may actually be a psychically wounded amnesiac murderer. (Of course, she cares not one whit that her life may be in perpetual danger by remaining in such close proximity to Peck.) Meanwhile, Hecht&#8217;s screenplay is simply littered with laughably offensive anti-feminist throwaway lines: &#8220;We both know that the mind of a woman in love is operating on the lowest level of intellect&#8221; (!). I was relieved to read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s614spell.html\">DVD Savant&#8217;s insightful critique<\/a> of this critically lauded film, which he argues plays merely &#8220;as an amusing mess&#8221; &#8212; albeit one he admits to enjoying on a purely visual level. To that end, watch for Peck&#8217;s infamous, Dali-inspired &#8220;dream sequence&#8221; (which should actually be viewed on a big screen) &#8212; and be sure to listen for Miklos Rozsa&#8217;s highly influential, theremin-heavy score.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ingrid Bergman as Dr. Constance Peterson<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/spellbound-bergman.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/spellbound-bergman.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"312\" height=\"240\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11725\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Several suspenseful sequences<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/spellbound-suspense.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/spellbound-suspense.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"312\" height=\"240\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11726\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Dali-inspired dream sequence<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/spellbound-dali.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/spellbound-dali.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"312\" height=\"240\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11727\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though hardcore film fanatics will be curious to check it out. <\/p>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0038109\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1945\/11\/02\/archives\/tide-screen-in-review-spellbound-a-psychological-hit-starring.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s614spell.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/index.php?page=review&#038;id=1048\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/91049\/spellbound#articles-reviews\">TCM Articles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CLjdji_bm1Q\">Tired Old Queen at the Movies Video Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t feel this way towards a man who was bad.&#8221; Synopsis: A psychoanalyst (Ingrid Bergman) falls in love with a disturbed amnesiac patient (Gregory Peck) posing as her boss. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Amateur Sleuths Amnesia Fugitives Gregory Peck Films Hitchcock Films Ingrid Bergman Films Mistaken or Hidden Identities Psychotherapy Review: Hitchcock&#8217;s enormously popular psychological thriller &#8212; made to capitalize on what was then a new craze of Freudian psychoanalysis &#8212; unfortunately hasn&#8217;t aged very well. 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