The Great Films – Rear Window
- Title: Rear Window
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“Are you interested in solving this case or in making me look foolish?”
“Well, if possible, both.”
With the recent release of Disturbia I thought this would be a good time to introduce a new feature and take a look back at the film which it pays homage to. Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window is considered one of the director’s finest films by both critics (it earned a 100% Fresh rating from Rotten Tomatoes and ranked #42 on AFI’s 100 Greatest American Movies of All Time) and fans (at the time of this review it ranks #16 on IMDB’s Top 250 Films of All Time).
Alfred Hitchcock, ah, there was a man who knew how to tell a tale. The joy in Rear Window is the simplicity. One man looking into the windows of his neighbors discovers a little about them, and a little about himself, and uncovers what he believes is evidence of cold-blooded murder. It’s a film of slow revelations, of constant building tension, of troubled relationships, and of learning the truth about yourself as well as your neighbors. If you enjoy suspense then you could search long and hard trying to find a flick better than this one.
Stuck at home with a broken leg, photojournalist L.B. Jefferies (Jimmy Stewart) begins to examine the world around him finding numerous worlds in the apartments across the courtyard. Over the past six weeks these strangers have become his form of entertainment and his only way to experience the outside world.
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