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8/2/2019 Film Review - Rear Window
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FILMREVIEW:REARWINDOW(1954)DIRALFREDHITCHCOCK
CAST/CREW
DirectedbyAlfredHitchcock
ProducedbyAlfredHitchcock
ScreenplaybyJohnMichaelHayes
StorybyCornellWoolrich
StarringJamesStewart,GraceKelly,WendellCorey,ThelmaRitter,Raymond
Burr
MusicbyFranzWaxman
CinematographyRobertBurks
EditingbyGeorgeTomasini
SYNOPSIS
RearWindowisa1954AmericansuspensefilmdirectedbyAlfredHitchcock,
writtenbyJohnMichaelHayesandbasedonCornellWoolrich's1942shortstory
"ItHadtoBeMurder".OriginallyreleasedbyParamountPictures,thefilmstarsJamesStewart,GraceKelly,WendellCorey,andThelmaRitter.
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Thefilmisconsideredbymanyfilmgoers,criticsandscholarstobeoneof
Hitchcock'sbest.ThefilmreceivedfourAcademyAwardnominations.[WIKIPEDIA]
Trappedindoorsbyafull-legplastercast,Jeffturnstowatchinghisneighbours
throughthewindow.Thiscommonpastimeisseenasvoyeurismbymostreviewers:CPforTimeOutsuggestswhatthisrelentlessmonomaniacwitnesses
iseveryone'sdirtylinen:suicide,brokendreams,andcheapdeath.However,criticRogerEbertdescribesthefrustration:Theheroistrappedinawheelchair,and
we'retrapped,too--trappedinsidehispointofview,insidehislackoffreedomand
hislimitedoptions.Jeffwantstobeinvolvedinsomething,and(beingbeforesoapoperas)peoplewatchinggiveshimatouchofhumancontactthatweall
crave.
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Jeffcatchesglimpsesofpeopleslives,andbuildsupasnapshotofpersonallives.
Hedoesthisinthesamewayasthemovieisfilmed,parallelingliveswithfootage.EbertsaysJeffsitsinhiswheelchair,holdingacamerawithatelephoto
lens,andlooksfirsthereandthenthere,likeamoviecamerawould.Whathesees,
wesee.Whatconclusionshedraws,wedraw--allwithoutwords,becausethe
picturesadduptoamontageofsuspicion.
ReviewingRearWindowonrelease,NewYorkTimeswriterBosleyCrowther
(1954)drewinterestingconclusions:Whatithastosayaboutpeopleandhumannatureissuperficialandglib.Butitdoesexposemanyfacetsofthelonelinessofcity
lifeandittacitlydemonstratestheimpulseofmorbidcuriosity.
ILLUSTRATIONS
FIG1-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rearwindowposter.jpg[accessedon
01/03/12]
FIG2http://movieimage4.tripod.com/rearwindow/rear15.jpg[accessedon
01/03/2012]
FIG3-http://movieimage4.tripod.com/rearwindow/rear24.jpg[accessedon01/03/2012]
REFERENCES
Crowther,B(1954)RearWindowNewYorkTimesonlineathttp://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F0CE6DD113EE53BBC4D53DF
BE66838F649EDE[accessedon01/03/2012]
EBERT,R(2000)RearWindow
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20000220/REVIEWS08/2200301/1023[accessedon01/03/2012]
Pea,C(dateunknown)RearWindow
http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/76472/rear-window.html[accessedon
01/03/2012]