Here Come the Reviews pt. 1

I have decided to start reviewing the movies I own. This could take a while. I own a ton of moview. My collection is probably nowhere near a lot of other people's collection. However, I do not buy movies I have never seen. Also, I will not buy a movie I can't see myself watching multiple times.

There are many directors and writers that have been imitated but never duplicated. Alfred Hitchcock comes to mind. I have a few Hitchcock movies on hand as should everyone else.

Rear Window has one of Hitchcock's go-to boys, James Stewart, starring along side the beautiful Grace Kelly. The set was amazing. If you haven't seen the film it involves a photo journalist who injured his leg in an accident while photographing formula one racing. With his leg broken and in a cast he is forced to stay at home looking out his window into his Greenwhich Village apartment complex. The set was three levels, which meant they had to remove the floor and use the basement on the set. Stewart's character is visited by his physical therapist/nurse as well as his girlfriend (played by Grace).

One would think that one set along with a handful of characters would be boring. That one person has obviously never seen a classic Hitchcock film. Among the neighbors is a ballerina, a pianist, a lonely old lady, a newly-wed couple, and older couple with a dog, and a nosy woman. So there is a lot going on. Yet, there is another couple who seem to not get along too well. This is where it gets interesting.


What Hitchcock plays upon is our human need to be voyers. Because let's face it. There is a lot of voyerism going on in this film. And Stewart's character has brought in both of his skeptics and made them both voyers with him. This movie is one of the most intense movies along with a great set a cool costumes (by Edith Head).