Alfred Hitchcock
basically invented the thriller, creating the postulates of tension on
the big screen long before the golden age of the genre itself. He did it
in a old school fashion, with minimum on
screen violence and blood, tangling with the viewer's mind.
„Rear
window” brings us the original concept of photographer (immortal James Stewart)
strapped to a wheelchair that begins to suspect his neighbor is a murderer.
Suspicion is the backbone of the script that is placed in a small inner
courtyard of the building and it succeeds to drag every person living there in it,
including the lead character's girlfriend (Grace Kelly). Things are
getting more and more complicated as the dilemma grows, leading to a final
crescendo.
The
major flaw of the script is the production uncapable of visually presenting the
final showdown as well as certain naïve explanations and action sequences.
„Rear
window” is a great old school thriller and a role model in the decades that
followed its appearance.
FOTO: hitchcockzone.com
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