{"id":10950,"date":"2010-11-16T17:39:17","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T01:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=10950"},"modified":"2010-11-16T22:29:12","modified_gmt":"2010-11-17T06:29:12","slug":"the-rear-windowalfred-hitchcock-1954usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=10950","title":{"rendered":"Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock 1954): USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reviewed\u00a0 by <a href=\"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?author=1223\" target=\"_blank\">Samuel McAtee<\/a>. viewed at AFI film festival 2010<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/nighthawknews.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/rear-window_l.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"189\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0047396\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Rear Window<\/a>, a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock, shows what voyeuristic tendencies would be had if left no other means of entertainment. L.B. Jeffries, played by James Stewart, is confined to his room due to a broken leg. A shot panning by his shelving shows pictures of a race car accident giving some information as to why hes all layed up in a cast.\u00a0A very simple way of describing his predicament.\u00a0The film gives the audience a good feeling of intrigue into the lives of Mister Jeffries&#8217; neighbors. Through camera shots that give you\u00a0the feeling of looking through a pair of binoculars, to the wide shots from the back of his room showing him\u00a0looking outward at\u00a0his neighbors as tho there lives were levels of a\u00a0book\u00a0\u00a0shelf and he would pick and chose which life would intrigue him that day. There is\u00a0&#8220;miss lonely hearts&#8221;, the ballerina,\u00a0&#8220;the newly weds&#8221;,\u00a0&#8220;the musician&#8221; etc. and\u00a0he\u00a0is becoming\u00a0more and more intregued\u00a0watching and dissecting there lives.\u00a0In the film\u00a0James\u00a0Stewart&#8217;s character becomes increasingly suspicious of\u00a0his salesman\u00a0neighbor Lars Thorwald of murder.\u00a0\u00a0Hitchcocks choice in\u00a0a couple\u00a0scenes\u00a0to have\u00a0Lars Thorwald&#8217;s\u00a0room pitch black\u00a0accept for a red glow from the end of his cigarette really gives a creepy sense of fear and wonder as to what the character is up to.\u00a0\u00a0L.B.\u00a0Jeffrie&#8217;s\u00a0home care nurse Stella, played by\u00a0Thelma Ritter, is\u00a0some what of a\u00a0comic relief in the film, giving subtle anticdotes\u00a0and making light of the possibly murderous neighbor provides theaudiance\u00a0with levity. I think this film is a masterpiece, and\u00a0far ahead of its time predating reality tv shows, a real depiction of how we can so easily become consumed by other peoples lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reviewed\u00a0 by Samuel McAtee. viewed at AFI film festival 2010 Rear Window, a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock, shows what voyeuristic tendencies would be had if left no other means of entertainment. L.B. Jeffries, played by James Stewart, is confined to his room due to a broken leg. A shot panning by his shelving shows [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1223,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afi-filmfest-2010","category-films"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1223"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}