2/27/2024 0 Comments Gaslight movie 2020But just as they’re about to set off, his mood darkens. Nonetheless, Paula is delighted when Gregory offers to take her to the theatre. He begins flirting with the new maidservant in front of his wife. Gregory reveals himself to be quick-tempered and controlling. The relationship that had initially seemed passionate and romantic starts to fray. ![]() Suddenly, I'm beginning not to trust my memory at all. I don't remember opening my bag, but I suppose I must have. Paula: But your present to me, your mother's broach. Paula: I must have pulled it out with something, I suppose. Oh, I’m terribly sorry, Gregory, please forgive me… Gregory: Oh Paula, didn't I tell you? How did you come to lose it? However, on their return, the broach is gone. He puts it in Paula’s handbag for safe-keeping as they set off on a rare trip out to visit the Tower of London. In a brief moment of intimacy, he gives Paula a broach that had belonged to his mother and her mother before that. Now that they are established in their new home, Gregory becomes increasingly cold and brusque. He also determines that Paula is not well enough to go out and gives the servants strict instructions not to admit visitors. Gregory resolves to clear everything away into the attic. The old house is cluttered with her aunt’s possessions with heavy curtains, elaborate ornaments and antique furniture – and all covered in dustsheets. There she meets and marries accompanist Gregory Anton (Boyer).ĭespite Paula’s understandable qualms, Gregory insists that the newlyweds take up residence in the long-vacant townhouse on Thornton Square. When the aunt is mysteriously murdered, Paula is sent to Italy to study music. Paula Alquist (Bergman) has been raised by her aunt in a large house on Thornton Square. It gave birth to the term often applied to psychological abuse: ‘gaslighting.’ This fine film, directed by George Cukor and starring Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer and Joseph Cotton, tells the story of a woman whose husband slowly manipulates her into believing that she is going insane. I recently watched the 1944 version of ‘ Gaslight’, a psychological thriller set in Edwardian London, adapted from Patrick Hamilton's 1938 stage play of the same name. ![]() ![]() Losing things…Now don’t be so worried, Paula. ‘I’ve been noticing, Paula, that you’ve been forgetful lately.
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