the most intelligent Hitchcock picture!

Rating: 9/10 (13 February 2007)

i watched rear window for the first time and felt a little disappointed, even though i noticed the greatness in it there was one thing that disturbed me, i didn't like the fact that we are witnessing a murder without getting no background nor any details about it, for all we know a married couple had a fight and the wife gets murdered.after doing a little research i found that this is exactly what made this film so great and unique.
almost the entire movie is taking place in a little apartment of an injured photographer (James Stewart) that is stuck to a wheelchair without anything to do but to watch his neighbors in their everyday lives.all we know is what he knows, all we see is what he sees, there is not a single thing we know the he doesn't know or a single moment where we are ahead of him, we are him.
this might not be Hitchcocks' most thrilling picture but it definitely is his most intelligent one, simply a work of a genius!