Advantages: A good idea for reworking "Rear Window"... Disadvantages: ...but it had a poor script and lost a lot of what made the original plot so good
Rear Window (1998) - FILM ONLY REVIEW
Certificate: PG (UK)
Running Time: 89 Minutes
Director: Jeff Bleckner
Voyeurism is the act of observing the lives of others, often, though not always, for sexual gratification; it is a process by which the observer gets more satisfaction from viewing others than from experiencing their own lives. There is a little bit of this tendency in all of us, as what is watching a film if not opening up a window on the lives of others, be they real or fictional? It is no surprise, therefore, that the film industry has from time to time chosen voyeurism as the subject of its stories. A widely regarded classic of the theme is Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 film "Rear Window", an engrossing and suspenseful examination of what it is like to be a voyeur, first enforced by circumstance and later pursued ...
Collingwood21 13.09.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Rear Window (DVD)
Advantages: Deliberately slow build-up of tension Disadvantages: May be a bit too slow for some
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The acting from the top-drawer cast is great, especially from James Stewart, who is in practically every scene, and commands your attention at all times. Grace Kelly radiates beauty and style, but also shows she can do some serious plotting and sleuthing. Raymond Burr plays the salesman with loads of creepiness, although he hardly says anything at all, since most of the time he is being watched from afar. But as usual, the most important person in this film is Hitchcock himself, whose technical brilliance and ability to tell a good story are the driving factors in this film. In the hands of a different director, this film could have been completely boring, as opposed to mildly boring as this was. I have to say that of the three Hitchcock films I've seen (this, Strangers on a Train and North by Northwest), Rear Window was my least favourite ...
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