Marnie

Our niece loved it!

I recently rewatched Marni (twice) as homework for a psychology class. The class spent a lively hour or so analyzing the various characters. There are some difficult issues portrayed, including marital rape. Overall, I think it’s one of Hitchcock’s most interesting films.

I was a little boy when this film first came out. I saw it with my Mom and sister and a friend at the drive-in. I didn't understand it all. Sean Connery is so sexy and powerful in this film. He was just a breath away from becoming a superstar in James Bond films. Tippi Hedren is excellent. She gave a remarkable performance. Louise Latham who plays Marnie's mother was outstanding. (she was a young woman who played older).This film is a psychological thriller. Sean Connery is bent on understanding what happened to Marnie to cause her to become a thief, liar, and frigid. Originally, Grace Kelly agreed to do this film. She was then Princess of Monaco and decided to come back. Then she changed her mind. Hitchcock gave Tippi a big chance but began trying to control her, run her life, and sexually harassed her. She did not give in to his sexual advances and he ruined her career. He had her under contract. She received marvelous film offers and Hitchcock turned them all down and would not release her. She should have sued.

Alright, I just love this quirky film. It's all about Alfred Hitchcock's vision of a glamorous thief, designed with Grace Kelly in mind, but intriguingly played by 'Tippi" Hedren. Several Hitchcock biographers and film critics have tried to leapfrog over the film's curiosities and problems, including the scenes suffused with red and the disturbing "rape" scene. The screenwriter and others pleaded with director Hitch to leave the scene out, as it was incongruous with Marnie's character development, but his lifelong, unfortunate sexual obsessions had begun to surface by then and he would not be dissuaded. Hedren's acting, as well as Sean Connery's and all other supporting players, seems masterful to me. Louise Latham handles the old/young aspects of her role especially well, with a self-righteous rejection of her daughter that turns ugly, then unexpectedly tender as revelations about their past surface. Toward the end of filming, Hitchcock lost interest due to well-documented inappropriate personal demands he made of his star. It is said that to cover the deficiencies in his directing of this curiously old-fashioned and poignant film, he told his longtime composer Bernard Hermann to make the movie's music very loud and very dramatic. Hermann's score, his last completed work for Hitchcock, is over the top, yes, but in an unforgettable, beautiful way.I've watched "Marnie" many times over the years, first on television, then DVD. My suspicion is that "romantics" love it, even while they recognize its flaws, while the "realists" who always saw the logical gaps in Hitch's work, disdain it. It's a great film and tells a sad, compelling story in high style, perfectly wrought tension, and great feeling.

Been looking for a long time. Great old movie!

Blasted when it was first released in 1964, this misunderstook Hitchcock film has picked up speed along the way and joined the ranks of his other earlier works. Tippi Hedren stepped in as the leading lady when Grace Kelly bowed out for political reasons, and she gives the best performance of her career. This was the last movie to use all of Hitchcock's "team," and the experience and polish that they learned is all exhibited here. Bernard Herrmann's haunting score is lush and adds much to what is going on. I would highly suggest multiple viewings of this film; each time you will catch more and appreciate the journey that Hitchcock takes you on. I will warn you though; even for a 1964 film, it has many adult themes and is definitely somewhat disturbing in light of its two main characters: a frigid kleptomaniac and her determined suitor who is obsessed with taming her. It was a highly personal movie for Hitchcock; he pushes Vertigo even further and goes to areas that would not have been permitted even 5 years earlier. Briefly, the story is of Marnie (Hedren), a beautiful ice-blonde who makes a habit of moving from city to city and robbing her male employer after she has earned his trust. Things change when she gets a job in Philadelphia working for Rutland & Company, a firm run by the handsome and widowed Mark Rutland (Sean Connery). Mark's scheming young sister-in-law Lil (Diane Baker) doesn't like the romance that she assumes is budding between Marnie & Mark. In reality, he has caught Marnie red-handed and blackmails her into marrying him; he believes he can "cure" her of the kleptomania. On the honeymoon, he also discovers she is frigid. The drama intensifies from there...especially once he finds out that Marnie's dead mother (Louise Latham) isn't so dead.The extras include a highly informative Making Of Documentary, with contemporary interviews of Tippi Hedren, Diane Baker, and Louise Latham, as well as a gallery of production/publicity photos. All in all a great package that makes this DVD worth owning.

Great quality used from seller. Been waiting to find at great price for a while.

Gli interpreti sono all'altezza della situazione,la storia ben congegnata.Un thriller psicologico molto interessante

Muy buena. Permite comprender los principios básicos de las teorías de Freud. Para disfrutar y aprender. Sean Connery está impresionante, además.

Attratta dalla trama intrigante, ho deciso di acquistare questo film per aggiungerlo alla mia collezione Hitchcockiana. Sono rimasta davvero sorpresa dalla bellezza di questo film, che fra i classici di questo grande regista viene sempre tenuto un po' in ombra. Grandissimi i protagonisti, a cominciare da Tippi Hedren (che interpreta un ruolo drammatico quanto affascinante), e ovviamente continuando con Sean Connery, in un'interpretazione divina. Il film in sè è drammatico, ma con punte d'ironia messe sempre al posto giusto, senza mai tralasciare quella suspence tipica di Hitchcock. Il mistero che pervade la protagonista femminile non vi lascerà fino allo sconvolgente finale, facendovi restare incollati allo schermo per tutta la durata del film (circa due ore). La qualità del blu-ray è incredibile, il restauro della pellicola ha prodotto risultati ottimi sulla nitidezza dell'immagine, così come sull'audio. Bella anche la confezione, realizzata per il 50esimo anniversario del film, con una copertina cartonata (anche se in foto non si vede) e scritte dorate. Che dire sulla spedizione? Tutto perfettamente rispettato, confezione integra e intonsa... prezzo molto appetibile per un film del genere con una qualità così buona. Consiglio questo film a tutti, e soprattutto a chi vuole esplorare un lato meno conosciuto del maestro del brivido.

Marnie est avec Spellbound un des films les plus psychologiques d'Alfred Hitchcock. Le thème initial est d'ailleurs très similaire: Margaret Edgar, surnommée Marnie (Tippi Hedren) est une voleuse qui trouve dans ses actes (perpétrés aux dépends de ses employeurs) une échappatoire à la névrose qui la poursuit depuis l'enfance. Elle a en effet une peur panique du rouge, du blanc et de l'orage. Sa mère, une femme infirme vivant à Baltimore est la seule à connaitre la vérité concernant l'accident qui a provoqué son infirmité ainsi que la névrose de sa fille.Pour ma part, c'est un des mes films préférés d'Hitchcock tant par le choix des acteurs et l'ambiance que par la qualité du scénario.Comme le dit François Truffaut, Marnie fait partie des grands films malades d'Alfred Hitchcock:"Un certain degré de cinéphilie encourage parfois à préférer dans l'oeuvre d'un metteur en scène, son "grand film malade"à son son chef-d'oeuvre"