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Rear Window
(1954)
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This is one of the best movies of the 1954
Jeff, a man temporarily confined to his wheelchair while healing from an injury, spends most of his time watching through his window at home.. and he thinks his neighbor has been murdered
It's a very simple movie, the movie's storytelling is done through a lot of visuals, just shots of what Jeff sees, his reaction and etc.. Some of the suspense is masterfully done as Stewart cannot do much because of his injury... and yet he can see what is about to happen. The acting and the close-ups on his face are amazing. He can express so much with just a look, the most impressive one being his "disarray" face. The beautiful Grace Kelly (who would go on to wed Prince Rainier of Monaco, and die tragically in a car accident after suffering a troke) plays Lisa, a spiffy romantic interest here and not the usual "shut up and dance" type, she's got repartee and spunk and won't take no for an answer (she ends up going on the little excursion while Stewart watches, powerless) MWG Blog has a cool podcast about this movie and extolls Grace's Kelly's first moments on film as one of the "best introduction of a character ever" Mr. Goeghegan has an interesting comment that Jeff is obssessed with what is going on outside of his apartment because he doesn't want to deal with what is going on in his life (namely how Lisa is ready to marry him and there's really no reason for them not to) He adds that the movie about voyeurism challenges the audience because we're watching someone who watches others, it's okay for us but often we find that it's not okay for the title character Jeff.. how odd ain't it? C. Reilly of The Movie Show comments the most famous thing about the film, which is (I think) Hitch’s opening shot. The camera just wanders around Stewart’s apartment and gives you his entire backstory without a word being spoken. You see his photos from “the front”, the car crash, etc.From hitchcock.tv Hitchcock makes his cameo appearance an hour into the film, winding the clock in the songwriter's apartment. I watched this on a big screen actually at the Stanford Theater, nice There was a cool homage in the Simpsons where Bart was stranded during a summer after a fall on a trampoline. He was really bored at first but started to use a telescope to spy on his neighbors and soon start to suspect Ned Flanders killed his wife Links - http://eddieonfilm.blogspot.com/2007/03/race-of-peeping-toms.html Last Updated 3/21/2007 10:15:53 AM 1hr 52min / Directed by Alfred Hitchcock / Starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly / Language: English / Watched: DVD Also by Alfred Hitchcock - filmography (11 movies)
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