Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Rear Window
Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly star with Raymond Burr in Alfred Hitchcock's film about the ethics of cracking crime. While Stewart plays the peeping Tom with girlfriend Kelly assisting, Burr plays the salesman turned murderer.
--Angela Allan, Resident Scholar
Alfred Hitchcock's riveting movie. After a work related accident, apopular magazine photographer (stewart) is injured and put in a leg cast. The entire movie takes place inside of Stewarts small apartment as he watches the people around him. Grace Kelly is elegant as his doting girlfriend.
Outstanding acting performances by everyone, and a brilliant commentary of big city apartment dwellers. A beautiul movie, one of the best ever made
--Evan McKearn, Resident Scholar
At home with a broken leg, L.B. Jefferies, spies on his neighbors for entertainment. He comes across something suspicious in the second floor apartment across the court yard. Jeff believes his neighbor, Thorwald, killed his wife. With the help of his girlfriend,Lisa, and his nurse, they uncover a murder mystery. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Rear Window is Hitchcock's best film.
--Kelly Alleman, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of Rear Window
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 10% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 70% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Moderately Challenging
- Very obvious
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 80%
- 90%
Misc. Plotlets
- local police have IQ of houseplant
Kind of mystery?
- amateur citizen investigator
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- journalist
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- physically sick
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- businessman, small
Eccentric:
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
City?
Yes
Yes
City:
- New York
- New York
Misc setting
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- in awe
How many deaths in film?
- 1
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
