I love Rebecca and the Rebeccaesque elements 1970PT incorporates. But I have to confess that when I originally watched 1970PT and first loved it in '70, I'd never read Rebecca or seen the movie, so the story was fresh for me (not to mention it was an infinite improvement over the insanity that was the last weeks of Leviathans). Perhaps if I'd first seen 1970PT when I was more aware of Rebecca, it might have been different.
But even at that, as I stated in a previous post, even now that I am aware of Rebecca, I grow to love 1970PT even more with each subsequent viewing because the levels of the plot and the construction of the storyline just seem to deepen for me.
Until then, I keep screaming in my head, Hoffman, tell her to jump out the window already!
Well, you have to admit that the way that element from Rebecca plays out is different because it's [spoiler]Angelique/Rebecca who encourages Maggie/Noname to jump, whereas Hoffman/Mrs. Danvers simply listens outside the door. In fact, Hoffman hates the very idea that Angelique would go to such lengths to get rid of Maggie.[/spoiler]