His focus moves from physical horror associated with freakish events to
psychological drama associated with the darkness of human mind, and I was not so surprised when he made a fairly
conventional period
drama «A Dangerous Method» (2011).
Three of his nominations came for movies that leaned toward the
conventional — David O. Selznick's gothic woman's movie «Rebecca,»
psychological drama «Spellbound,» and big - star ensemble «Lifeboat.»