Very good movie

Rating: Null/10 (26 September 2018)

Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window is a masterpiece of filmmaking. The film focuses on a professional photographer, Jeff Jeffries, who broke his leg and spends his time recovering by looking at his neighbors through a rear window in his apartment. Throughout this time Jeff suspects that one of his neighbors has murdered someone, while also having conflicts with his girlfriend, Lisa Fremont.
Throughout the film, there is a linear plot. This helps ensure that the audience is not bored while watching the film, as there is always something new happening throughout the film. This plot does focus on a specific point, which is the lives of Jeff's neighbors. The entire plot occurs within one setting, which is Jeff's apartment. Nevertheless, through Hitchcock's change throughout the film, audience remains entertained despite the fact that the setting does not change throughout the film, which is something that was not really done at the time.
Hitchcock's use of conflict also works towards the goal of entertaining the audience. The film does delve into aspects of the lives of the other characters, but maintains a focus on Jeff Jefferies, the film's main character. The struggles shown throughout the film are his own, from the internal conflict of whether to marry Lisa Fremont, to the external conflict of proving Thorwald murdered his wife. These conflicts are developed in a way that holds the viewer's interest.
The film's use of suspense also helps keep the audience interested. Throughout the entire film, Hitchcock never actually shows that Lars Thorwald murdered his wife, but the audience is informed of Jeff's suspicions as Lar's actions get more and more dubious throughout the course of the film. The audience is left with the question of whether Jeff will be proven wrong, or if Thorwald really did murder his wife, throughout the entire Second Act. of the film. Hitchcock also uses suspense in smaller magnitudes throughout the film, including a phone call that Detective Doyle takes. The audience doesn't hear the call after the caller asks if Doyle is on the line, but we are told of it afterwards. In the meantime, we are left wondering what was said and what effect it would have on the film. This furthers the audience's interest and renders them unable to stop watching.
Hitchcock presents moral questions regarding privacy throughout the film, which is one of the central themes. Throughout the entire film, Jeffries's curiosity leads him to invade his neighbors lives from afar, and take the audience along with him. It even gets to the point where he almost takes his focus off of a woman about to commit suicide in order to satisfy his curiosity about whether Thorwald killed his wife or not, but it doesn't end there. Jeffries continuously spies on all of his neighbors, coming up with cute names for them. He spends his entire recovery looking out of a rear window at his neighbors. He is literally unable to stop. This point is stressed by the actors in the film, where the actor portraying Jeff shows that there is no point where Jeff will not go in order to satisfy the urge to spy on his neighbors. When the lights in Thorwald's apartment goes out, he simply changes to a different neighbor for a moment. This central theme of the ethics of questions regarding breaching someone's privacy adds to the content of the film, making it substantially more interesting.
Hitchcock also uses irony beautifully in Rear Window. Throughout the entire film, all Jeff wants is to go back to work and get out of his apartment. He even asks for a job while he is still in a cast, which he is denied. In the end he ends up with another broken leg. This further adds to the theme of the ethics involving privacy because it almost seems to be a punishment to Jeff for spying on his neighbors so frequently. Now he will have to stay in his apartment for much longer than he intended, which he considered torture.
The script of Rear Window is written well in order to convey the theme and maintain the audience's interest. Throughout the movie, there is always some element at play maintains the viewers' interest in the film, and the plot furthers the central theme. Whether it's irony, suspense, or action, there is always something holding the attention of the audience. Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window manages to experiment and break norms of the time in order to deliver a wonderful experience to the audience, and is interesting at every turn.