On Lars Thorwald

Rating: 8/10 (25 July 2012)

Last night I saw Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window". The guy we will know to be the murderer, who is the protagonist's front neighbor, is called "Lars Thorwald". He is spotted by L. B. Jefferies, through an open window. The movie's name comes from here, in fact - this is the Rear Window.
I woke up this morning with a name in my mind. Linus Torvalds. Yes, the principal force behind the development of the Linux kernel and operating system.
At the beginning, I couldn't figure out the reason for having the name echoing in my mind. But it gradually became more and more clear: Lars Thorwald - Linus Torvalds, L. Thorwald - L. Torvalds.
And who is the greatest obstacle to the free software project, Linux? That's right, "Windows"...
Now that I think about a line from Det. Lt. Thomas Doyle, about "privacy", things are getting more accurate to me, and everything makes sense...
Anyway, Rear Window was released in 1954. Linus Torvalds wasn't born until 1969.
Curiouser and curiouser...