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Rear Window (1954),
Director: Alfred Hitchcock, rated PG
In deadly
danger...because they saw too much!
  Starring: James
Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr,
Judith Evelyn, Frank Cady, Georgine Darcy, Ross Bagdasarian
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★★★
- perfect
"People do a lot of things
in private they couldn't possibly explain in public." Lt. Doyle
Why watch this?
Nobody did it like Hitchcock. This one drips constant suspense.
Plot Summary:
Confined to his apartment with a broken leg, a photographer
named L.B. Jeffries spends his days observing his neighbors
through his rear window. His casual pastime takes a dark turn
when he becomes convinced that one of his neighbors, a traveling
salesman named Lars Thorwald, has murdered his wife. Despite
skepticism from his girlfriend Lisa and his nurse Stella,
Jeffries enlists their help in a perilous amateur investigation.
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Dad's Preview:
When does a little harmless voyeurism
become too much, and potentially get a person in trouble? I
always thought that this film's protagonist has a little hobby
that's a bit
sick, yet everyman Jimmy Stewart makes it seen normal. Well, it's not and
Hitchcock had something else in mind - there is going to be a price
to pay for peeping. This is superb story-telling by the
real master of manipulating the audience to build tension and
suspense. Stewart is always compelling, and the alluring Grace
Kelly captivates. |
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