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“It makes a strange sort of sense that the hero of Rear Window is confined to a wheelchair in his apartment. His immobilization only highlights his character’s obsession and fascination with voyeurism, hinted at with the opening crawl through his apartment that slowly caresses a broken camera and the framed photograph of a car crash. James Stewart’s L. B. Jeffries is a man more interested in watching what’s going on “out there” then what’s going on in his own life. The cinema is frequently an exercise in voyeuristic displays, but Rear Window takes that concept to its zenith. Over the course of nearly two hours, Alfred Hitchcock traps us inside of L. B.’s point-of-view, slowly but surely transitioning us away from mere audience and into his accomplice. Not only do we spy” read more
"I watched this Hitchcock classic several times as I was a child, and it's one of my favourite classic movies. Grace Kelly is so beautiful and the story exciting."
"Best Sound Recording! Winner: Rear Window! Nominees: Brigadoon The Caine Mutiny The Glenn Miller Story Susan Slept Here"