I love this movie, so far I've watched 10 Hitchcock films, and I've seen Psycho and this film beats Psycho for me, I'm wondering if this will be my #1 Hitchcock film.
It’s so hard to choose when it’s a director with such an incredibly extensive catalogue of brilliant films! I think this one tops them all for me, personally.
Indeed it is! It was mislabeled during the editing process. Unfortunately we caught it after the video was uploaded and it was too late to edit it. Thank you ☺️
We love Hitchcock and will definitely return to him in the future. But if you're hankering for more stuff like his check out our Parasite video. It's very reminiscent of Hitchcock's best work.
I just love this movie so much! No other movie I’ve ever scene has created such a “cozy” environment while being about a murder! I love watching rear window late at night when I’m already a bit sleepy. I don’t know why, but it feels like my mind is under a warm blanket, the epitome of comfortable. Just looking in that backyard full of lovely little details gives me that feeling. It’s like a perfect cozy world, something that only films from that era are capable of displaying. I don’t know why and what it is, but I love it. I will always remember watching that movie the first time and how it made me feel so embraced by comfort. It was around 2 pm at night, my wife was sleeping besides me in our super comfortable bed and I felt like a good old movie I haven’t seen yet. That’s how I discovered Rear Window and I love recreating the cozy feeling of watching it the first time!
I completely know what you mean! There are some films that, no matter how many times you’ve seen them so you know exactly what to expect…they are just…you said it perfectly: cozy!
Good day boys and girls,if anyone is interested, 3 of the players in Rear Window, went on to be in episodes of PERRY MASON. Frank Cady. the owner of the little dog, Jesslyn Fax, Miss Hearing Aid, and of course the wonderful WENDELL COREY, as the policeman.😊
Maybe this playlist i speak of is outdated is is supposed to be privated, but i thought the teaser playlist of videos was a very nice bit of audience engagement. I wonder why the videos are privated...we can’t see them anymore y’know.
We will continually add teasers for upcoming videos, but we felt it would be beneficial to privatize the teasers once the videos for which they were made are up, as it seemed that people were viewing the teasers and not realizing the full video is available. However, we are always open to feedback/suggestions and are happy to pow-wow about re-sharing that content. :)
CineStructure i figured this. I was trying to be helpful incase it slipped through. Makes perfect sense. Maybe it would be more clear if the playlist was deleted and replace with a new title (Ex. Video Teasers No. 1, No. 2., etc.) if it were to become a recurring event. I think it would be very cool to look forward to the next video.
That's a great point! We considered getting rid of the playlist altogether so that it wasn't just this empty thing when not in use...I think that def makes the most sense.
I was thinking 🤔 about the theme....could it be interpreted that through technological advancements,we live through our smartphones and with ongoing social media participation and our ongoing use of the very same social media platforms,we in turn are the product in the end....
The thing that's lovely about Hitchcock...and so many other classic directors/films...is that they can completely be applied to today's tech/social issues/etc. It's the mark of a film well done!
Eek! Good catch! This is what happens when we’re up all night trying to finish a video. 😂 Thank you for the correction! So glad you enjoyed the video! ☺️👍🏻
Really great analysis. I learned some new things and new perspectives. I didn't realize the tenant down there was named miss hearing aid. One thing though....the narrator defined voyeurism, which clarified that voyeur is not what the character Jefferies was. There was no sexual component in his motivation to watch.
Hi! We are a husband and wife team…we both do the research/ writing (forgive the few hiccups we realized we had in the video after uploading), I (wife) do the voiceover (and sometimes editing…I’ve done a few of our videos myself) but my husband is the real editor in the family and completed this video.
Thank you so much for the kind words and encouragement! We are planning to ramp back up in 2024 with new content and more regularly released videos! Looking super forward to checking out your channel! 🥂👍🏻
Thank you! So glad you liked it! Totally agreed. You grow up hearing the words “movie magic” and when you start learning more about the process, they start making so much more sense! 👍🏻😁
Shot at Paramount Studios I believe. This is a great movie but I always wondered. After living in the U.K in the 50's up through the mid 60s I became very familiar with British built cars, of which brings me to my point. You are obviously in America in this movie & yet when I spy a vehicle passing by down that narrow alleyway I see mainly British cars. They are either of the Consul or of the Zephyr MK1 models that were built by the Ford Motor Co. of England. I kind of found that aspect rather strange. Thought I'd just point that little oddity out.
Good eye! They are indeed 1950s Fords! I read somewhere a while back that these cars were used for two reasons: 1. They were smaller and could fit onto the set and 2. Because of their small size, they appear further away to give the set more depth and realism. I LOVE tricks like this! Great eye and thanks for bringing up that bit of fun trivia! 🖤🙌🏻
You caught that, eh? 😂 That was a mistake during recording, missed in editing and too late to correct once everything was uploaded. Oh well…it happens… ☺️👍🏻
The mannered look (obviously no glass on the windows of the songwriter's apt) of a soundstage set of the distant past gives a melancholy 1950's glow to a re-creation of NYC. I like the city as it was idealized in Rear Window. I feel the same way by how Hitchcock portrayed SF/Northern Calif in The Birds or Vertigo. Part of that is also due to the old-timey quality of decades ago too. But I know a moviegoer who doesn't like that style of filmmaking. He instead prefers hip-real cinema verite, which is now also way too much CGI too. Today is much slicker, but also less charming.
I know what you mean…I feel that way about the California house in “The Parent Trap” (the original, of course). It’s clearly a soundstage but there’s something so comfortable and idealist about it. The midcentury aesthetic for creating the period is just perfection in this film.
Concise and mercifully accurate review . Raymond Burr was chosen for his ominous bulk and directed by Hitchcock to move with a ponderous simplicity, inexpressive face and even walk in such a way that it effected us even across the courtyard. Burr himself was an erudite.and gentle gay man.
