It really blows me away...

Rating: Null/10 (28 January 1999)

I first saw Rear Window about 4 years ago in a video/film program that I was attending. At that time I was simply blown away by it.
For starters, I was simply impressed w/ the set. The fact that you can see out of Jeffries' apartment window, across the courtyard and into the other tenant's apartments to see their goings on is incredible. The music used is a musician tenant creating a piece. The fact that it ebbs and flows w/ the action, until the very end when you actualy hear the finished piece committed to vinyl is really cool.
I liked the fact that you only see what Jeffries sees and therefore have to try and guess what actually happened.
While the movie, in a way is actualy about nothing, yet it is about voyeurism and to a lesser degree about love between two apparently different people. However, that is a side line to the actual plot.
for Hitchock, this film uses suspense, rather than gross thriller, such as Psycho or the Birds did to draw you into the film. I've seen it many times and always get something out of it every time. I own a non restored copy on tape and watch it at least twice a year-or more.
It's simply one of the best movies ever made that I've seen and one of my all time favorites. A near perfect movie if I say so myself.
Hitchcock realy paid attention to detail in this movie. The fact that you see "miss Lonely Hearts" actions, Even Lars Thorwald's action is incredible. The attention to detail is simply incredible.