SCREENWRITERS TRYING TOO HARD

There are Hitchcock flicks that stood the test of time and then there are the ones that didn't. „Dail M for murder” is one of the latter ones, being the huge innovation when it came to script writing in its era, but sadly succumbing to their vast ambition to create one of the most complicated murder stories in the entire history of cinema.

The basic plot would go on to suffocate the stellar Grace Kelly, so the final outcome would be below the very high standards made by the famous director himself.

„Dial M for murder” is one of the more overrated Hitchcock's movies.

DIAL M FOR MURDER - 4/10

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THE BIRTH OF A PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER

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.

REAR WINDOW – 7/10

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