If you learn one thing from this movie, it's this: do not, under any circumstances, try to get a job.
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Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
My Name Is Julia Ross
A bleak, atmospheric thriller.
Thriller
Mystery
1945
1h 5m
3.5(8.2k)via LetterboxdNina Foch + 4 more
Julia Ross secures employment with a wealthy widow and goes to live at her house. Two days later, she awakens in a different house in different clothes and with a new identity.
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6What people say
Got the excruciatingly tense noir abut the slippery, theatrical nature of identity I was sort of expecting but also an anxious, straight-up gothic horror story on gaslighting and wage slavery featuring a creepy mother-son murder duo. Pretty ahead of its time and Lewis was a spectacular visual filmmaker on a budget; love that dissolve from lion door knocker to the poison tea set, that blurry over-the-shoulder composition of Julia's face almost entirely cut off by her abuser except for her scared, helpless eyes, all the shadowy imagery of her in the cliffside mansion that make her seem trapped in a ghostly prison labyrinth... "People can think themselves into anything." Happy Criterion Channel day everyone! Full discussion on ep 294 of my podcast SLEAZOIDS.
Hi, my name's Jake. Um, a little bit about myself: I fucking LOVE 1940s movies that narrativize society's casual oppression of women by foregrounding how easily their very identities can be overridden.
Common questions
What is My Name Is Julia Ross about?+
A young woman is hired as a live-in secretary for a wealthy widow, only to wake up two days later in a different house where everyone insists she is actually the widow's daughter-in-law.
Who directed My Name Is Julia Ross?+
The film was directed by Joseph H. Lewis, an American filmmaker known for his work in the B-movie and crime genres during the 1940s.
Where can I watch this film?+
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