Rear Window (1954)

Rear Window is a film about obsession and human curiosty. Voyeurism is the name of the game in this truely brilliant and suspenseful Alfred Hitchcock film. Not only does this film possess suspense but also humour and a look at relationships.

Rear Window was entirely filmed on one set; a very realistic appartment courtyard. The courtyard is composed of 31 appartments, and each tenant offers something different to watch, including the main character's appartment.

Jeff (James Stewart) is a professional photographer who has broken his leg while attempting to take a picture of a race car accident. He has been confined to a wheel chair and stuck in his appartment for six weeks, with nothing to do but watch his neighbors from the courtyard through his appartment rear windows. Not even his daily visits from his nurse, Stella (Thelma Ritter) and his girlfriend, Lisa (Grace Kelly) can keep him away from spying on his neighbors activities.

Late one night as Jeff watches outside his window, he stumbles across something. Jeff suspects that his neighbor from across the courtyard (Raymond Burr) has murdered his sick wife! With the help of Lisa and Stella, will Jeff be able to convince the police for an arrest?

Reasons To See Rear Window

• Great performances by James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter and Raymond Burr
• It's one of Alfred Hitchcock's greatest films!
• Good plot and story
• Tons of intelligent and sometimes funny dialogue
• You feel as though you are in the movie
• Very realistic sets (courtyard)
• Irony
• The Music - contains a very good soundtrack
• Does not contain vicious language and violence
• Romantic
• Adapted from the short story by Cornell Woolrich "It Had to be Murder"

Tips on how to get the most out of this film

To enjoy this already enjoyable film more, I suggest that you pay very close attention to the dialogue. I of course, never did the first time I saw the film. But after watching it for about the third or fourth time, I found something new (a joke, a detail) in the dialogue. May I also suggest that you keep your eyes on the screen the whole time. Because there are so many scenes without dialogue, maybe your eyes will wander. Don't let them! You will miss valuable clues!

Sound Clips

• Jeff complaining
• Stella
• Lisa & Jeff

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Rear Window Links

• Rear Window @ Greatest Films of All Time - includes a very, very complete look at the movie Rear Window (only meant for people who have seen this fantastic film)
• Rear Window @ Alfred Hitchcock - sorry, but it's in french (unless you speak french like me!)
• Rear Window @ Internet Movie Database - contains quotes from the movie and other stuff!
• Rear Window-Hitchcock Masterpiece - includes articles, essays, and many pictures
• The Grace Kelly and Princess Grace of Monaco Page - learn more about the films lovely heroine
• The Jimmy Stuwart Museum: Homepage- learn more about the man who played Jeff

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