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Photographer L.B. "Jeff" Jeffries (James Stewart) is, in fact, a voyeur by trade, a professional photographer sidelined by an accident while on assignment. His immersion in the human drama (and comedy) visible from his window is a by-product of boredom, underlined by the disapproval of his girlfriend, Lisa (Grace Kelly), and a wisecracking visiting nurse (Thelma Ritter). Yet when the invalid wife of Lars Thorwald (Raymond Burr) disappears, Jeff enlists the two women to help him to determine whether she's really left town, as Thorwald insists, or been murdered.
Hitchcock scholar Donald Spoto convincingly argues that the crime at the center of this mystery is the MacGuffin--a mere pretext--in a film that's more interested in the implications of Jeff's sentinel perspective. We actually learn more about the lives of the other neighbors (given generic names by Jeff, even as he's drawn into their lives) he, and we, watch undetected than we do the putative murderer and his victim. Jeff's evident fear of intimacy and commitment with the elegant, adoring Lisa provides the other vital thread to the script, one woven not only into the couple's own relationship, but reflected and even commented upon through the various neighbors' lives.
At minimum, Hitchcock's skill at making us accomplices to Jeff's spying, coupled with an ingenious escalation of suspense as the teasingly vague evidence coalesces into ominous proof, deliver a superb thriller spiked with droll humor, right up to its nail-biting, nightmarish climax. At deeper levels, however, Rear Window plumbs issues of moral responsibility and emotional honesty, while offering further proof (were any needed) of the director's brilliance as a visual storyteller. --Sam Sutherland
| ACTORS: | Grace Kelly, James Stewart |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 1954 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Universal Studios |
| MPAA RATING: | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Collector's Edition, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Adult Situations, Amateur Sleuths, B&W, Claustrophobic, Color, English, Feature, High Artistic Quality, High Historical Importance, Menacing, Mild Violence, Movie, Mystery, Mystery / Suspense, Mystery / Suspense / Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Romantic Mystery, Suspense, Tense, Thriller |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| MPN: | D20395D |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 025192039522 |
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Suspenseful, but... Despite some fine acting by James Stewart, Grace Kelly and Thelma Ritter, there were quite a few improbables in this story that unsuspended my suspension of my disbelief. The "characters", if you want to call them that, did things that no normal person in those circumstance would do, unless there was something wrong with the character which compelled this but which the audience was not privy to know. <
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>I found the movie cluttered with many unrelated bits--scenes--that had neither plot nor character significance and which were just time wasters--they didn't advance the plot or suspense one mite. I found the music terrible, too jazzy and breezy for the suspense that was trying to be evoked--it did the very opposite. <
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>Yes, there were some smart lines in the dialogue, especially Thelma's and Jimmy's, which you rarely get today. All in all the film was entertaining but hardly believable. Do not be fooled by the name Hitchcock--there are many better directors than he, director's whose work is far less contrived and manipulative--but the glamour and iconistic pizzazz of his name often blinds critics to his obvious flaws--flaws that they would and have condemned in other lesser known directors. <
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>By the way, Vertigo is far better than this movie--I found it highly believable and recommend it.
Excellent movie!
It's Hitchcock- what else? This movie is on the slower-moving side, but it still works well. It's very craftily put together and keeps your interest. I can't wait to watch it again! I love the apartment community and layout and the main character's apartment as well as the side story of him and the woman as well.
Slow in parts, but I still liked it...
This movie is interesting from the beginning, despite some slow banter between some of the characters. Jimmy Stewart's character is temporarily in a wheelchair with a broken leg, and Grace Kelly is his girlfriend. He spends a lot of time in his apartment watching the neighbors through their windows. He sees a woman dancing in her underwear throughout the film--very funny. He also sees something more sinister--a man who might've killed his wife. He tries to convince his friend, a cop or detective, to check it out, but he refuses. His girlfriend takes matters into her own hands, as does his therapist. Then he's discovered, and the man comes after him. The end is a nailbiter. I can't say whether or not this is the best Hitchcock movie, because I haven't seen many of them. But I can tell you that this is definitely worth seeing again and again. The actors and their characters are likable, and despite a few slow parts, it's a good movie that makes people think--a quality which today's movies just don't have.
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