Brilliant use of claustrophobic space.

Rating: 10/10 (29 September 1998)

I am constantly finding new images to examine in this film. Hitchcock's use of a claustrophobically small apartment as the setting for most of the action is brilliant. The depiction of the crucial events at a distance is not only visionary but also a difficult cinematic problem, which Hitchcock has solved admirably. I may see this film more from a cinematography and directorial standpoint, but I love the acting, the dialogue, the building of tension through showing only what Jimmy Stewart sees. This movie is my favorite of Alfred Hitchcock's films.