My older sister gave me a late night, graphic account of Hitchcock’s The Birds after going to see that creepy movie many years ago. She was such a good storyteller that I lay awake in a state of terror. However, since then I have become an absolute
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CHILDHOOD TRAUMA The movie Raintree County (1957), starring Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift had a profound effect on me. I think it was the first ‘grown-up’ movie I ever saw. My mother was besotted with Liz Taylor, especially by her violet eyes. We lived in rural Tasmania
Read more →JAMAICA INN As child growing up in the late fifties there was a slim volume on our bookshelves that I turned to over and over again. It was certainly not intended for a ten or eleven year old, especially one more accustomed to Enid Blyton and The
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