Rear Window
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“You have a great talent for creating difficult situations.”
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Overview
Stuck in a full leg cast and listless in his New York apartment, adventurous photographer Jeff (James Stewart) spends his recuperation spying on the neighbours he can see out the window. Visited only by his spirited, disapproving nurse Stella (Thelma Ritter) and on-again-off-again love interest Lisa (Grace Kelly), Jeff’s fascination with the day-to-day rituals he’s observing becomes something of an obsession when he suspects one of his neighbours of murder. Stella and Lisa are soon (reluctantly) pulled into his web of suspense and intrigue in this properly nail-biting Hitchcock masterpiece.
70th anniversary
Why You Should See This Film
What kind of man ignores a luminous Grace Kelly to spy on his neighbours? Rear Window asks just such a question, and the answer is because this is a Hitchcock film— with all the weird psychosexual undertones the big man excelled in. The incredibly detailed studio set of the 31-apartment complex allows Hitchcock to exercise total control over every element, playing out the ordinary lives (and deaths) of the residents in a miniature morality play while Stewart/the audience voyeuristically gazes in on them. This was Stewart's favourite of his four film collaborations with the auteur, and 70 years on remains a perfect encapsulation of Hitchcock's skills and obsessions.
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