Mid-term Paper 10/18/2012 Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 production Rear Window is indeed a film primarily concerned with masculinity‚ or better yet emasculation‚ and the male gaze. The central character L.B. Jefferies‚ or Jeff‚ is a newspaper photographer who recently broke his leg snapping pictures at an auto race. He is now confined to a wheelchair and spends all of his time observing his neighbors from his Greenwich Village Apartment window. When he sees what he believes to be a murder‚ he takes it
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One of the most crucial elements of Rear Window‚ and a very clever tactic used by Hitchcock‚ is realism. In other words‚ most if not all things that happen in this film‚ and everything that every character feels and emotes‚ is entirely plausible in real life - perhaps not witnessing a murder‚ but something equally shocking‚ such as spousal abuse is entirely possible. Because of this there is at least one thing or person that everybody can identify with‚ either with Jeff‚ Lisa‚ the neighbours‚ or
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Trevor Stopka Mr. Bessey Rhetoric of Cinema 9 February 2015 The insight on Jeff and Lisa’s relationship Rear Window (Paramount Pictures 1954) is one of Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest movies. He takes you through mystery and troubles of a relationship in this movie. You are shown what it is like to be stuck in your apartment and nothing to do but watch your neighbors. Also seeing how relationships were during the 1950’s and how Jeff (James Stewart) and Lisa Carol Fremont’s (Grace Kelly) relationship
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VOYEURISM IN "REAR WINDOW" In this essay‚ I shall try to illustrate whether analysing the movie Rear Window as a classical example of the Freudian concept of voyeurism‚ is appropriate. Voyeurism is defined in The Penguin dictionary of psychology as: "Voyeurism: characterized by a pattern of sexual behaviour in which one’s preferred means of sexual arousal is the clandestine observing of others when they are disrobing‚ nude or actually engaged in sexual activity. Arousal is dependent upon the
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Reflection of Rear Window As I read the title of this short story‚ I was wondering what kind of story is this. The title does not give me a really good impression of the short story. But well‚ I guess it is true that we can’t judge a book by its cover. The title is not that impressing but rear window is really an attention-grabbing short story. Once you have started read it‚ you just can’t stop. This story is full of surprise and it’s unpredictable. We never get to guess what is going to happen
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The Rear Window Spying on friends has never been easier thanks to social media. Social media websites such as Facebook and Instagram give you the opportunity to peer into other people’s lives without even having to contact them in person. Sometimes this can get out of hand‚ leading to voyeurism and stalking. Although “The Rear Window” was produced in 1954‚ it relates to social media in this day and age when it comes to peering into other people’s lives. L.B. Jefferies is the main character in
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Sequence Analysis 1 – The Rear Window Although many realist films tend to realize that the viewer is an observer‚ there is a theme that is clearly established in the first few minutes of Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock‚ 1954) with a variety of long shots that clearly show the setting; complimenting this Hitchcock also utilizes pan and dolly as well as transitioning angles so we can observe every apartment and tenant. Sound and different camera distance also contributes to the mise en scene that further
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Katelyn Binkley THSP 2800 October 18‚ 2015 Rear Window Screening Report Rear Window is a film created by the cinematic mastermind Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock is a giant in in film history‚ due to his superior films and very edgy style. If one were to look at the some of the components of this film such as murder‚ suspense‚ and mystery they will see that these are common themes amongst Hitchcock’s work. Overall‚ the film was exceptionally well done‚ and a definitive favorite of this class so
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Alfred Hitchcock touched on many different themes of relationships between sexes that I have observed in both of the movies‚ Psycho and Rear Window. Some of main themes in both of these movies include the theme of marriage‚ sex‚ infidelity and murder. Through class discussions and my observation of these movies‚ my analysis of these points are as follows: Women were portrayed to be desperate for companion‚ a hunger for control with a streak of jealous behavior. But‚ they are also compelled to
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------------------------------------------------- CIN 375E: formal notes for Novermeber 8‚ 2010 Part 2; Prepared by: Sivfong Liu (Siv) We began the second half of the class discussing about the film Rear Window. Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window is a movie about an injured photographer’s (Jeff) accounts and observations of his neighbor’s daily activities through the windows of his confined New York City apartment. After being injured during an auto race accident‚ Jeff’s left leg was encased in castings up to his waist‚ leaving him immobile
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