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Summary: Amazing...
Review: Given that my movie-watching life really began with Star Wars, I had been somewhat focused on films released after that time. This went on until I saw Rear Window for the first time...I was lucky enough to see it on the big screen and was just blown away by every element of the film: cinematography, storytelling, and of course the wonderful acting. Until that time I had never had an appreciation for just how great Jimmy Stewart really was...and I was basically mesmerized. Simply put, this is one of the most enjoyable film experiences I've ever had and it continues to be a favorite of mine to this day...
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Summary: in my top 5
Review: "Rear Window," "Vertigo," and "Psycho" are three movies every film lover should see. Hitchcock was a true craftsman and this may be his masterpiece. There's a little bit of a voyeur in everyone, which is why it's such an inspired concept for a movie. For those who like thrillers, it's sure to be a favorite.
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Summary: entertaining thriller
Review: Well done, and all from the bed room window of the apartment. The ending was pretty lame, and not at all credible. But, the ending comes so quickly, it does not ruin the previous parts of the film, which are fairly clever. Not for everyone-but if you like Hitchcock, this is a must.
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Summary: A Voyeuristic Masterpiece
Review: "Rear Window" and "Vertigo" have been referred to as Alfred Hitchcock's voyeuristic masterpieces with good reason. The latter film relates to Jimmy Stewart playing a retired detective determined to make another woman into someone he believed had previously existed but never did, and was only a fictitious creation of her lover, who was a clever murderer. Kim Novak, in one of her early efforts, played the dual role with just the proper measure of ethereal distance. Four years before "Vertigo" previewed Hitchcock directed another powerful voyeuristic film with Stewart cast in the male lead, this time opposite another blonde bombshell, the future princess Grace Kelly. Based on a story by master thriller author Cornell Woolrich, "Rear Window" is about a successful photographer who, after breaking his leg in an accident while covering an automobile race, is laid up in his Manhattan apartment. In between visits from gorgeous socialite Kelly he whiles away his time observing his neighbors from the apartment building behind his own, separated by a courtyard. Stewart lives as a voyeur, spending his time observing people like Miss Lonelyhearts, the woman who fixes herself candlelight dinners she shares with wine and music with imaginary love interests, a composer constantly at work at his piano, and a seductively constructed ballet dancer with a seemingly unending host of male admirers. Kelly becomes concerned over his interest in observing the ballet dancer. Eventually Stewart becomes preoccupied, however, with another neighbor, the husky, white-haired Raymond Burr, several years away from his future starring role in the Perry Mason television detective series. Stewart notices that Burr's wife is ill and confined to bed. He then becomes increasingly preoccupied with Burr's comings and goings at various hours of the night. At first Kelly tells him he is concerned over nothing. He then attracts her interest, and finally that of his detective friend and former World War Two Air Force buddy Wendell Corey. Just what is happening? Are their imaginations overworked? The finale is spelled out in typical Hitchcock fashion, after he has worked his audience's curiosity to overpowering levels. Hitchcock seemingly loved little, if anything, more than tweaking his audience. The curiosity grows and grows until the finale. The color and camera work are spectacular. We stare into the lives of individuals who are unaware of the fact that we are there. That is, until Raymond Burr begins to suspect something. At that point the story moves into high gear, all the way to its compelling climax.
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Summary: Hitchcock at his finest
Review: I have seen all 53 of Hitchcock's films and this one stands out in my mind the most. who would of thought that a movie could be so absorbing and suspenseful if the whole story took place on one set? only hitchcock could create such masterpiece. given to any other director and this story would have fallen apart in the first scene, it takes genius to do what he did. this movie has everything: sex, betrayal, humor, murder, nudity, and all seen through a handy pair of binoculars. you won't be dissapointed with this thriller! watch this movie, and i promise you'll think differently about the people next door.
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Summary: One of the best Hitchcock movies
Review: This thriller that starred James Stewart and Grace Kelly is one of the best Alfred Hitchcock movies I've seen. It is about a wheelchair-bound man (he broke his leg and had a cast) - played by James Stewart - who had nothing to do in his apartment for 6 weeks but just to watch his neighbors in a New York courtyard. One of his neighbors is a husband with an invalid wife...well, the wife disappeared and James' character put pieces together from his apartment to solve the murder. His fiancee (Grace Kelly) and his nurse (Thelma Ritter) helped him solve the case. I am not going to tell you the rest of the story, so go watch it! :) There are intense scenes but very enjoyable. Great movie to show your kids or grandkids if they like suspense movies. I recommend this one.
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Summary: Very suspensful.
Review: One of the best films made by Hitchcock. Once again the master shows he is the master of suspense, even with a very limited setting. Nice last line.
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Summary: Recipe for a Great Thriller:
Review: Ingredients: 1 part sex
2 parts mystery
2 parts suspense
2 parts voyerism
1 director - Hitchcock
1 handful of great actors
2 parts audience participation Directions: Mix all ingredients together until you get the perfect consistency. Let simmer for about an hour and a half, then turn burner on high for 25 minutes. Final Outcome: Hitchcock's Masterpiece - Rear Window Serving Suggestions: Kick back and get ready for a wildly entertaining film, one of Alfred Hitchcock's Best! Enjoy!
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Summary: Great drama/suspense film.
Review: Like the Greenwich Village courtyard view from its titular portal, Alfred Hitchcock's classic Rear Window is both confined and multileveled: both its story and visual perspective are dictated by its protagonist's imprisonment in his apartment, convalescing in a wheelchair, from which both he and the audience observe the lives of his neighbors. Cheerful voyeurism, as well as the behavior glimpsed among the various tenants, affords a droll comic atmosphere that gradually darkens when he sees clues to what may be a murder. Definately one of Hitchcocks best, but my favorite is, and always will be Psycho. See it today.
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Summary: Close the curtains
Review: Fascinating Hitchcock thriller with James Stewart as the peeping man in a wheelchair. The focus of his attention is the rear window of his apartment; among his neighbours a sinister plot might be about to take form.
Great cast and script, only minus is that as a chilling thriller it seems a bit outdated. Tension is built upon dialogue first and foremost, therefor it turns out like a intriguing crime story more than anything else.
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