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On June 13, 1940, the movie "Butterfly Dream" was released
Eighty-five years ago today, on June 13, 1940 (May 8, 1940), the movie "The Butterfly Dream" was released. The film begins with the memory of the heroine of the dream, the first-person "I". She is an unnamed American girl who meets and falls in love with a wealthy British middle-aged widower, Maxim-Devonte, in Monte Carlo in the south of France. After a trip to the moon, the two return together to Devonte's mansion in England, Mandelie. It is a luxurious manor, but it is shrouded in mystery. The housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers, was obsessed with her former mistress, and made things difficult for Maxim's new wife. She followed her like a ghost, and she didn't let her cross the line. Mrs. Deventer was always in a state of panic and distress. It was only because of the accidental discovery of the sunken ship and the female body that the secret of Mandelie was revealed. It turned out that Deventer's ex-wife, Rebecca, lived a dissolute life, even fooling around with her cousin, and was later discovered by Deventer. During an argument, Rebecca collapsed and died. Deventer panicked and put the body in the yacht, chiseled through the baseplate, and sank his deceased wife into the sea. The judicial authorities suspected this, and Rebecca's cousin got in the way, and Deventer was suspected of murder. Fortunately, the doctor testified that Rebecca had already had cancer and was having suicidal thoughts. Derwent's situation was finally saved. But when they drove back to Mandalay, they found the entire mansion engulfed in smoke and fire. It was a fire set by Danfoss out of jealousy. In the raging fire, all the relics of her and her master were reduced to ashes. "Butterfly Dreams" is the first film made by British director A-Hitchcock after he went to the United States, and it is a meeting gift for him to show his unique talents to Hollywood. Hitchcock is good at creating suspense. In "Butterfly Dreams", he abandoned his usual tension-filled thrilling styles and editing techniques to focus on depicting the relationships of the characters, creating mysterious psychological effects through the use of mobile photography, props, voice-overs and reaction lenses. The whole story unfolds at a slow pace, but it is often inserted with strange strokes, surprising and scary in the scheduling of the scene. For example, Danfoss's appearance is handled in this way. The route she takes is never seen, and she often arrives unexpectedly. She is feared here. The film director and most of the actors are British, and the story is set in an English manor in the early 20th century. Therefore, the film is full of strong British colors, and the style is elegant and solemn. Hitchcock's later creation is mainly suspense films, and "Butterfly Dream" is his work from the British style to the American style. In the annual Oscar selection, it won almost all the major awards, with eleven nominations, and the result was Best Picture and Best Cinematography (black and white). The actress Joan Fontaine is highly regarded for her extremely sensitive and delicate performances. She was born in Japan in 1916, and her sister Olivier de Havilland is an actress who has long been famous. At first, Joan Fontaine could only play some small roles in B-rated films, and she rose to fame through Selznick's support and Hitchcock's guidance. She later won the Best Actress Award for "Boudoir Doubt". Joan Fontaine successfully created a series of images of young women who are demure on the outside but nervous and uneasy on the inside, such as "Fairy Resentment", "Jane Eyre", "Boudoir Doubt" and "The Pirate History". She is unique among Hollywood actresses and has a unique style. Stills from "Butterfly Dream"


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