Movie: Rear Window 1954
Language: English
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Run Time: 112 minutes
Awards: Edgar Allen Poe Awards- Best motion picture (1955)
National Board of Review- Best Actress
New York Ctritics Circle Awards- Best Actress
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Rear Window was extremely interesting to watch and when relating it to film theory you have to mention the 180 degree rule. The entire film was basically filmed out of a window. And of course some shots inside of the home. But other than those two places the camera never goes anywhere else. Without using the 180 degree rule the viewers watching could lose track of where they are in the film and it's gets disorienting. Still weeks later I remember where everything is located in the courtyard. That tells me the director did an extremely good job on keeping the viewers focused.
An article by Roger Ebert actually doesn't really cover my thoughts at all of the movie. He mainly talks about how the leg cast is a symbol and he talks in depth about how the brightness and darkness of the shots and more of the story line rather than how it was filmed. Usually he mentions what I was thinking about the film but not this time. Another article does mention the camera technique used and how to keep a viewer interesting in the film when you only film in two location the entire time. The author suggested that film is slightly disorienting at times to the viewer but overall the the camera shots helped make it easy to understand the set up of the courtyard.
In my personal opinion this is another one of the great movies by Alfred Hitchcock and it broke rules at the time it was made. It was the most suspenseful movie we watch all semester and definetly a considered to be a great one.
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20000220/REVIEWS08/2200301/1023
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