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Summary: Much over-rated Hitchcock movie
Review: Like most Hitchcock flix, Rear Window is stylish and well-made. But I found it not very suspenseful at all, which is why I watch Hitchcock movies. The "climax" was very disappointing. How intimidating can an overweight middle age weaponless villain be?! I find "Dial M for Murder" much more intriguing and its ending definitely more satisfying.
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Summary: Amazing movie
Review: If you want a stylish thriller, this is the perfect choice! Extremely well made. You are sitting on the edge of your seat most of the time. I also recommend "Vertigo" and "The Man Who Knew Too Much", both made by Hitchcock.
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Summary: Hitchcock's true masterpiece
Review: forget Vertigo, forget Psycho even. this is Hitchcock's real masterpiece. if there was a Hitchcock film i would most likely view frequently, this is it! stellar performances, excellent direction and superior setting and plot make this one an unforgettable experience in cinematic drama. as for the DVD, awesome documentary, great trailer, informative interview with John Michael Hayes, a poster gallery and more interesting facts in the production notes. this DVD is a must for collectors.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: Did anyone else notice the scene where the main character, his wife, and his cop friend are all standing around the apartment, discussing the neighbor...but they're holding glasses of brandy the whole time. They swish their glasses in their hands during the whole conversation. It diverted me from what they were actually saying, because I couldn't help but laugh as each one of the characters seemed to be inadvertently doing the same thing. Classic Hitchcock.
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Summary: Best of show.
Review: It will make your palms sweat, guaranteed.
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Summary: unfortunately very boring
Review: i'm a fan of typically hitchcock's earlier (30s) and later (50s-70s) work, but this classic just didn't cut it with me. extremely boring despite some good acting, cinematography and directing. the script is extremely lukewarm however and wants you to sit through absolute nothingness forever!! i would not recommend this one, but i'm sure friends of yours already have. oh well..
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Summary: Rear Window kicks butt. Transfer gets kicked IN butt !!!
Review: Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window" is my favourite movie of all time, so I was thrilled to find that Universal were releasing it as one of their magnificent Collector's Edititon. Let there be no doubt about the cinematic qualities of this feature, this movie is what it is all about! If you must buy one DVD this year, let it be this one. It doesn't get any better than this. Having said that, I would like to comment on the technical quality of this "Collector's Edition." This is the one negative aspect that I could find. The extra material is very good, however, taking into consideration the many difficulties that the restoration team encountered while trying to save this movie, I (for one, at least) would have liked to see more about how it was actually restored. And why wasn't the 2000 re-release trailer included, when you can find it on the Internet? Also, I miss a separate audio track with commentaries from the cast and crew, not to mention the restoration team, led by James C. Katz and Robert A. Harris. And finally, and this is single most important issue in connection with this release, why did they make such a lousy transfer of the movie itself? It looks like it was made in ten minutes or something. Maybe a new THX certified transfer would be preferable for subsequent releases of this movie, i.e. on the second edition of this DVD. In my opinion the "Vertigo" Laserdisc edition looked sharper and had less noise than this DVD version of "Rear Window." And I think that they did a wonderful job with the "Vertigo" DVD transfer, so I don't understand why this one needs to look so second-rate. Really, this doesn't change anything, though, you should still buy at least three copies of this movie! They don't make movies like this anymore.
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Summary: No doubt, a classic
Review: About as near to perfection as one can get. A flawless suspense film. I won't waste time detailing the plot. Watch it. Great added documentary. Another great restoration following Vertigo. But it today!
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Summary: Never tires
Review: Of Hitch's "big four" (Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, Rear Window) this is the one that has aged the most gracefully. Perhaps this is because it is the simplest story of all his classics. Rear Window finally gets the royal treatment with a DVD collector's edition. Hurray! Jimmy Stewart is just a master of the everyman. His plodding style suits Hitch's slow build-up incredibly well both here and in Vertigo.
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Summary: Rear Window
Review: Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window" is one of the best movies he has ever made. The new restored version is perfect. The picture is excellent, the sound is perfect, and the movie is the best. Grace Kelly and James Stewart are the best couple. The set for this movie is the coolest set anybody will see in a movie. I recommend this movie to everybody that likes suspense. If you are going to buy this film, get the DVD, it has an hour long Documentary, which shows how it was made and about the actors and actresses, and the people that worked on the film. If you have a DVD-ROM you can print out the entire movie Script.
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