Stationary Suspense

Rating: 9/10 (14 September 2019)

(Flash Review)
Panning and peeping is what a man with a broken leg in a wheel chair is doing as he looks down and across the courtyard from his apartment to another apartment building and into the windows of each unit. He believes he has spotted a crime occur...based on witnessing chopped up segments of time, his limited vantage point and visual obstructions. As his imagination runs wild, he begins using a long range lens to help back up his assumptions! He contacts a few other able bodied people and they get into mix to find the truth. Is what he think he saw really what he believes? This is a really unique approach to a film, even by today's screenplays. I love the opening series of panning shots to paint the picture of the location from the POV of the main character stuck in a wheelchair trying to entertain his mind. Hitchcock slowly builds suspense through small details, sticky situations and good storytelling. Never once was a bored watching a man watching other people. Impressive!