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One of my favorites
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"Alfred Hitchcock does it again. Rear Window is so well done that there isn't a moment where my attention was lost. Obviously due to Mr. Hitchcock's direction. And also to the superb performances by James Stewart and Grae Kelly. Raymond Burr, Thelma Ritter and Wendell Corey are also excellent.
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Revisiting Rear Window for the ...
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"What's the AFI project, you ask? For more information, or if you just enjoy my bemused ramblings, read here: http://www.spout.com/blogs/pip pin06/archive/2008/3/1/25756.a spx Rear Window is on the following AFI lists: The Original Top 100 (#42)100 Most Heart-Pounding Movies (#14)The Revised Top 100 (#48)10 Top 10's (#3 Mystery) At the same time that I purchased North by Northwest on DVD, I also purchased this film, though the situation was the same. I've owned it on videocassette for quite some time, so the test has equally passed here. This is my other favorite Hitchcock film (so far) and, unlike North by Northwest, I, at least, still get chills from this one. It's not that I don't know what happens, as I've also seen this one more than a few times; it's that this movie's mystery is more compelling and engaging because it's told from the perspective of a guy sitting in a wheelchair over the course of two hours who sees much but is unable to really do anything, except make trou ... "
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AFI's 10 Top 10: Mystery
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"The mystery list is another one that seems poorly conceived. Unlike animation, “mystery” may be a genre, but the way it is defined and applied in the AFI list leads to a muddled selection of films.The AFI defines mystery as “a genre that revolves around the solution of a crime”. I'm not convinced that that adequately describes the films on the list, or, even if it does, it is absurdly reductive. Most ironically, the definition seems least appropriate when applied to the list's top selection, Vertigo (1958), which does not actually revolve around the solution of a crime at all, but a domestic mystery, and is really about Scottie's (Jimmy Stewart) inner-demons and obsessions in any event. Similar questions can be raised about other movies on this Top 10. For example, the second film on the list, Chinatown (1974), certainly starts with a mysterious murder, but part of the point of the film is that some “crimes” aren't illegal at all, and may even be facilitated by laws. The plot of T ... "
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Rear Window
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"The great master of suspense delivers another beauty. This is a movie that no one should miss. It does not age any bit and retains its form even 40 years after it was released. The ultimate "Peeping Tom" story carries its suspense till the end and leaves the viewer glued to his seat. The pairing of an aeging Jimmy Stewart with the glamorous blonde Grace Kelly works great and the chemistry shows when sparks fly during the conversations that they have. One wonders how any sane human can stay aloof from the advances of such a female as Grace Kelly and the double entendre in the dialogues are simply classic. Thelma Ritter is another character that comes out with flying colors. Hitchcock delivers and how. One of the greatest from Hollywood and also from the master. Krishna Kumar Menon, Chennai(Madras), India "
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'Eye' sore
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"Shia LaBeouf and director D.J. Caruso reworked Hitchock's “Rear Window” for the teen set with adequate results in last year's “Disturbia.” With “Eagle Eye,” the two return in an attempt streamline Francis Ford Coppola's “The Conversation” for the text message set. Call it “The CNVRS8SHN.” On second thought, don't call it at all. “Eagle Eye,” a project long-shelved by LaBeouf's number-one cheerleader Steven Spielberg, has a kernel of an interesting idea rattling around in its hollow head, but it defaults back to the clamor and clatter of the worst of summer blockbusters. With visuals that suggest the film was edited in a Jeep traveling at top speed on a cobblestone street, the film does not so much transition but spasms from one scene to the next. The only reason I sat through "
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"In the new movie Eagle Eye, three characters participate in a re-creation of the famous crop duster sequence from Hitchcock’s North by Northwest. Only the plane from NbN has been replaced with an electrical tower and power lines, and it takes Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan and Anthony Azizi to perform Cary Gran’t part (Azizi also substitutes for the pilot and the farmer, I guess). Such an homage is not surprising coming from director D.J. Caruso, whose last picture, Disturbia, is currently involved in a lawsuit for being an uncredited remake of Hitch’s Rear Window. This time, fortunately, Caruso borrows enough from other films, including Hitch’s second version of The Man Who Knew Too Much
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"Jimmy Stewart is my favorite actor, so of course Rear Window makes the cut. I like its simplicity. It relies more on dialogue and atmosphere than a lot of crazy stunts, and its subtle message about the perils involved with voyeurism is interesting. "
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One of the Hitchcock GREATS!
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"Rear WIndow is one of my all time favorite movies. I've viewed it several times since I was a wee one, and it still keeps me biting my nails. First of all, the film has Jimmy Stewart as L. B. Jeffries, an injured photographer. This is a role a bit out of place for Stewart. Mostly noted for his happy-go-lucky type characters - Jeffries is cynical and sardonic. Stewart plays Jeffries as if the character is a second skin. Grace Kelly is smooth as silk as Lisa, and Thelma Ritter is wonderful as the voice of reason and comic relief. The scene where Thorwald (Burr) realizes that Jeffries is watching him is one of the most chilling moments in Hitchcock history. Hitchcock keeps the suspense going by letting the audience in on "secrets." Instead of quick scene changes and annoying dialogue - he perfects his art with slow methodic acting. If you've never seen a Hitchcock film, this is the one to begin with. "
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Brutally...boring!!
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"Alfred Hitchcock made approximately zero good movies in his life except maybe The Birds, which I liked a lot. But most of his movies, including and especially Rear Window are just two hours of people sitting around talking about suspenseful things. I know because they're old these movies are supposed to be so great, but you can't tell me that Rear Window is as exciting as a movie like Disturbia!!! I guess you can tell me that, but I don't plan to listen to you. Here's what happens in Rear Window: No, I didn't make a mistake in that paragraph. I was proving a point that nothing happens (by leaving a lot of blank space after the colon). It's a movie about Jimmy Stewart sitting in a wheelchair and watching real action happen through binoculars. Guess what, Alfred Hitchcock? Maybe it would have been a better movie if we had been watching whatever was going on in that other building and not wasted our time watching the guy who was watching all the cool stuff go d ... "
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