Ahead of it's time

Rating: 8/10 (10 August 2004)

Along with North by Northwest and Vertigo probably the best Hitchcock there is. I really liked the introduction-shot of Grace Kelly. The way it is shot proves Hitchcock was well ahead of it's time. The atmosphere created is often copied yet seldom they succeed. The slow-paced scenes where sound fills in the courtyard, the sleepy looks of Steward while he's gazing through his camera, the humor and then the tension.. brilliant!
How to keep such a tension with such little resources if baffling. I give it a 10!