I watched "Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte" (1964) yesterday. Under the direction of Robert Aldrich and with a all-star cast (Bette Favis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten and a cameo role for Mary Astor), I read somewhere that this was shot soon after the great success of "What ever happened to Baby Jane" (which I enjoyed a lot, kind of chilling gothic movie) and received more Oscar nominations than any other horror film ever until "Silence of the Lambs" (nearly 30 years later). Well, maybe it's me, but I did not like the movie very much. I found it boresome and a pale imitation of the other. The actors very great, of course. There are never enough words to describe how great was Bette Davis. Oh, and it was a big fun to eventually discover the dark side of Melania Wilkes! :-)

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I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth (Blanche/A streetcar named desire)