08-08-2011, 01:20 AM
If it hasn't been mentioned before, I also recommend Leave Her To Heaven (1945). While not really a Gothic, I think it will appeal to fans of the genre because it unfolds like one and concerns a femme fatale consumed by pathological jealousy (played to perfection by the incredibly lovely Gene Tierney).
While not in black-and-white in the proper Gothic tradition, this movie is as visually complex as anything by Welles; it was shot using the original Technicolor process, and the results are glorious and mesmerizing. Every shot looks like an oil painting or a tinted photograph, and the lavish sets and clothes take full advantage of the sumptuous color that you could eat with a spoon.
After moving from a spectacular New Mexico ranch, the rest of the movie takes place in a remote lodge in Maine, by a lake.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037865/
While not in black-and-white in the proper Gothic tradition, this movie is as visually complex as anything by Welles; it was shot using the original Technicolor process, and the results are glorious and mesmerizing. Every shot looks like an oil painting or a tinted photograph, and the lavish sets and clothes take full advantage of the sumptuous color that you could eat with a spoon.
After moving from a spectacular New Mexico ranch, the rest of the movie takes place in a remote lodge in Maine, by a lake.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037865/