Rear Window; Alfred Hitchcock

After go through Rear window for a second term Ive come to realize that not only if is Alfred Hitchcock a extensive director, but also a majuscule depiction watcher. What Im trying to say is that he knows exactly what spate want to check everywhere in certain paintings. Voyeurism captures the attention of any unmatchable and only(a), viewers want to spy on the characters without being interpretn, and they want to be in positions that reality doesnt supply them to be in. Hitchcock knows this feeling both also well, making one(a) of the greatest cinemas of any time around that one obsession viewers countenance.This is wherefore Rear window is a great icon for ENC 1102, along with the quixotic tension and doubled subplots. The first time a saw the movie I really didnt see the voyeurism of the submit, to the highest degreely because it was in my broad(prenominal) school hu homophileities class and was t overage to figure out the story merchant ship the thril ler. The teacher told us to find out the mystery of Mr. Thorwald. But by and by refreshing myself of the movie a bring outd that Hitchcock was a very smart, nosey man, just like the rest of society.I pictured Hitchcock in the wheelchair watching all those batch out of his window, and then myself and came to realize that anyone would watch if it were inconsiderate to you. This led me to recognize that the movie, coffin nail the crime investigation, was all about voyeurism and how people love to see without being seen. I watched it with my br other, who is a film study at UCF, and he too thought the same thing. We discussed the movie afterwards and he came to appreciate the movie for being shot in one ara.The one person that does make out to live the voyeurism in the movie is pile Stewart. Hes the perfect of import character, L. B Jeff Jeffries, who is a photojournalist. firearm on the job he broke his leg at an railcar race after a big crash. Because of this he is confi ned to his witness flatcar and begins to watch all his neighbors and how they go about their day. Behind his twist is a courtyard joined by three other edifices. throughout these three building are contrary characters that Jefferies watches.Theres a frustrated yet fun loving composer in the building to his right, a middle aged couple with a small dog, a professional dancer who seems to enjoy practicing her routines, a lonely woman who seems to live in a fantasy world, and a salesman and his unfounded married woman all in the building in front of him and a pair of isolated newlyweds that live behind the shades of their apartment window to his odd. As he sits cooped up in his apartment he begins to notice everyones behaviors, when suddenly the salesmans wife has disappeared. Jeffries and his girlfriend, Lisa Freemont, played by Grace Kelly, become suspicious of the salesman Mr.Thorwald. He begins to watch him every day and notices things that make him that more suspicious, like sending a suitcase off somewhere, having all his wifes jewelry, or wash the knife and saw in his sink. Where did she go? Whats in the trunk that the salesman ships a course(predicate)? Whats he been doing with the knives and the saw that he cleans at the kitchen sink? Rear Window was released on August 1, 1954 and was shot in Los Angeles, California. Its company is Paramount Pictures and is in full color and sound. It is listed under many different types of genres like crime, mysteries, thriller and romance.It was nominated for quadruple Oscars, best cinematography, best director, best sound, and best writing. It was nominated in nine other categories at smaller award ceremonies and won four of them. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and had 2 of import characters, L. B Jeffries and Lisa Freemont. Though the movie is one of the greatest ever made by Hitchcock and is supposed to be shot through a rear window, I find it disfranchised for people to have interest in a movie with two m ain shots. In the movie you see the buildings and courtyard the majority of the time, the other shots being the one of Jeffries apartment and close ups on the individuals in their homes.A user from IMDB. com didnt like the movie at all, I got intent with Hitchcocks penchant for manipulating reality, as if it didnt matter, in setting up his character conflicts towards suspenseful endings. Its all to do with believing what you see. One should not take for tending(p) any audiences, all of whom are familiar with real life. (Johnclark-1). Mr. Clark went on to spill about how he felt Hitchcock didnt bring reality into the film, one of the examples being that in New York no one ever left their doors unlocked and windows open, in fact we installed police locks says Clark.So some other curtilage some people didnt feel this movie should be bedded as one of the greatest all time. But we go venture to voyeurism, and people preservet help but be nosy, and get into other peoples business . Because of this one obsession Hitchcock gets you tangled in subplots and thrilling murder stories. Unless you pay close attention and watch for those delusive moments in the movie, you will never even notice them. As I sit and watched the movie never did I think about what people in New York really do with their doors or how often their digress their windows open.What Im trying to say is that you will never notice these things unless you were told about them prior to watching the movie. I must admit, after schooling that review I did see those moments in the film, but never did I think about them when I saw it the first two times. I am more than positive that if you give this in an ENC 1102 class they too will not notice the unrealistic lifestyle in the movie. other couple reasons to display it in ENC 1102 is because of the voyeurism, romantic tension, and the films multiple subplots.If there is a group of people that love to be part of drama, and know everyones business, it s the age group of 18 to 20 year old college students. They will be so enriched with all the inquisitiveness going on in the movie that they wont have problems for a week or two in their personal lives. The movie provides an insight on all the characters that live in buildings around that courtyard, and a voice over from Jeffries that voices his thoughts on all their lives. That brings me to my next point, the multiple subplots in the movie.Hitchcock gives the viewers all kinds of stories from the romantic couple who are rarely seen, to the bachelorette ballerina who brings home a guy every night, to the women who cant get a man and begins to make believe she invites one over for dinner. Another couple with the dog, they show love to each other through the dog, then the musician who throws parties to show off his new music, but struggles just to get there and last the salesman and his wife, the main story, the murder. Hitchcock develops all these plots that revolve around murder c ase. They all have something to do with it, or are related in some way to that couple.I dont believe an 1101 class could keep up with multiple plots as in Rear Window. And then theres the romantic tension between Jefferies and his girlfriend Lisa. Its just another part of the movie that anyone could relate to, not just 1102. Jeffries is very intrigued by this woman but has a heavier burden on his idea, the crime crosswise the courtyard. She insists time after time, but he never really takes his mind completely off the situation at hand. As I sat a watched Rear Window for the second time with my brother I asked him a couple questions throughout the movie to get his, soon to be, expertness on what he thought about certain parts.It was a beneficial experience for me knowing that he has a better eye for things that timed movie goers like myself usually dont tend to catch. He helped me understand the movie a little more, and discussed with me what Hitchcock was trying to do in his fil m. Even though hes close enough, my brother doesnt count as a critic, here are some experts on what they thought about the movie. James Berardinelli liked the movie mainly, once again, because of it voyeurism. He though Hitchcock had a great background on voyeurism, One of the most engrossing, and, in its own way, groundbreaking, studies of voyeurism is Alfred Hitchcocks Rear Window.The film is universally regarded as a classic, and a strong cadre of critics and scholars considers this to be the directors best accomplishmenture. (Berardinelli p. 1). He goes on to talk about the movie and its suspense, but also the great main character played by James Stewart, Not only does the movie generate an intensely suspenseful and fascinating situation, but it develops a have and memorable character L. B. Jefferies, a top-flight photographer who, as the turn up of an accident that left him in a leg cast. (p. 1). Another acclamation on the movie comes from Christopher Null he too thought th e movie was a classic. The aspect of the movie that caught his eye was the way Hitchcock made it all from a rear window, the master craftsmanship on display, placing virtually the completed film within the confines of L. B Jeffries apartment has few parallels in modern cinema. (Null p. 1). He too agrees with me on another aspect of this great film, helping it to be one of the all time greatest, not only for Hitchcock but for all movies.And finally my last critic is Lucia Bozzola, who liked the film for its one main shot, Keeping the camera in Jeffs apartment (except for a couple shots near the climax), Hitchcock limits the audiences view to what Jeff can see and hear from his immobilized perch. (Bozzola p. 1). Even though I thought this could be a problem for some viewers, it is still a great feat to shoot close to an entire movie on one main shot another reason why Rear Window is one of the greatest.So after reading all the reviews from the critics and getting diverse answers from repair movie viewers, a person who has yet to see the film should see it for themselves and decide on what they think. As for showing it to either an 1101 or 1102 class, I think it should be seen by more mentally mature childly adults in 1102. Primarily due to the voyeurism in the movie, watching all different characters I think they could keep up with it more. This is why Rear Window is a great movie for ENC 1102, along with the romantic tension and multiple subplots.I thank you for your interest in my movie selection and give way you with this, a quote from James Berardinelli, Simply put, Rear Window is a great film, perhaps one of the finest ever committed to celluloid. All of the elements are perfect (or nearly so), including the acting, script, camerawork, music (by Franz Waxman), and of course, direction. The brilliance of the movie is that, in summing up to keeping viewers on the edges of their seats, it involves us in the lives of all of the characters, from Jeffries and Lisa to cast off Torso. There isnt a moment of waste in 113 minutes of suppress time.