Alfred Hitchcock Background
There were many great directors during the 19th century era of film, but one renowned filmmaker of that time was Alfred Hitchcock, who “is among the few directors whose films almost constitute a genre unto themselves, the suspense-filled
“Hitchcock thriller” ’ (2 Dixon & Foster 102). In his career, Hitchcock directed many films from the late 1920s to the early 1970s, before dying in the 1980s (1Biography.com Editors 1). His first feature film, in Hollywood, was Rebecca (1939), and then he went on to direct some other fantastic films such as, Rear Window (1954), “Psycho (1960), The Birds (1963) and Marnie (1964)” (1 Biography.com Editors). Hitchcock was well-known for his suspenseful, scary, and dark films, but one theme that was introduced …show more content…
In Rear Window (1954) the secondary characters consist of Jefferies fiancé, Lisa, and his nurse, Stella. In the beginning, both of the women mocked Jefferies obsession with watching the neighbors, and tried to get him to pay attention to them. Stella reprimanded him and said society was a whole “race of Peeping Toms” (4 Hitchcock), and he needed to be less concerned about other people’s lives, and more concerned with his. Once, the murder occurs, both women finally began to help Jefferies, and they tried to find evidence that would convict Thorwald of murdering his wife. Like Rear Window (1954), in Nightcrawler (2014) Bloom also had a side-kick or helper, named Rick, who was a young, poor teenager, who had the job to listen to the police scanner, to read the gps, and to wait at the car, while Jefferies was filming. Both of the secondary characters were important because they assisted the voyeur throughout the film. The difference in them was that Jefferies was concerned about his fiancé when she was looking for evidence in the man’s apartment, while in Nightcrawler (2014), Rick was not important to Bloom, and could be disposed of at any time, which was what happened at the end, when Rick was killed during the police chase accident. Even though both of these films had protagonist obsessed with watching people, they were also very
“Hitchcock thriller” ’ (2 Dixon & Foster 102). In his career, Hitchcock directed many films from the late 1920s to the early 1970s, before dying in the 1980s (1Biography.com Editors 1). His first feature film, in Hollywood, was Rebecca (1939), and then he went on to direct some other fantastic films such as, Rear Window (1954), “Psycho (1960), The Birds (1963) and Marnie (1964)” (1 Biography.com Editors). Hitchcock was well-known for his suspenseful, scary, and dark films, but one theme that was introduced …show more content…
In Rear Window (1954) the secondary characters consist of Jefferies fiancé, Lisa, and his nurse, Stella. In the beginning, both of the women mocked Jefferies obsession with watching the neighbors, and tried to get him to pay attention to them. Stella reprimanded him and said society was a whole “race of Peeping Toms” (4 Hitchcock), and he needed to be less concerned about other people’s lives, and more concerned with his. Once, the murder occurs, both women finally began to help Jefferies, and they tried to find evidence that would convict Thorwald of murdering his wife. Like Rear Window (1954), in Nightcrawler (2014) Bloom also had a side-kick or helper, named Rick, who was a young, poor teenager, who had the job to listen to the police scanner, to read the gps, and to wait at the car, while Jefferies was filming. Both of the secondary characters were important because they assisted the voyeur throughout the film. The difference in them was that Jefferies was concerned about his fiancé when she was looking for evidence in the man’s apartment, while in Nightcrawler (2014), Rick was not important to Bloom, and could be disposed of at any time, which was what happened at the end, when Rick was killed during the police chase accident. Even though both of these films had protagonist obsessed with watching people, they were also very