I saw a restored print of "Rear Window" at a local movie theater recently. It looks great, especially that shot of Grace Kelly leaning in to kiss James Stewart/the camera. Were it not for its reputation and a few points that give away its 1950s setting, it could easily pass for a modern movie.
It is very good, surely one of the Master's best movies. Highly entertaining, with great performances from Stewart, Kelly, (Actually likeable for once, and very sexy) and the hilarious Thelma "Maybe he put her leg in the East" Ritter, and a great script, the film also does have a great deal of tension and suspense in its last half, created as only Hitch can do it, esepcially in the scene (Possible Spoiler) where Raymond Burr enters Stewart's apartment and he keeps taking pictures of him to distract him. It's also highly engrossing from the beginning; like Stewart's character, we really become voyeurs and get caught up in the lives of the people he watches from his window, most of whom hardly even speak.
A great Hitchcock film, and a great film period.
It is very good, surely one of the Master's best movies. Highly entertaining, with great performances from Stewart, Kelly, (Actually likeable for once, and very sexy) and the hilarious Thelma "Maybe he put her leg in the East" Ritter, and a great script, the film also does have a great deal of tension and suspense in its last half, created as only Hitch can do it, esepcially in the scene (Possible Spoiler) where Raymond Burr enters Stewart's apartment and he keeps taking pictures of him to distract him. It's also highly engrossing from the beginning; like Stewart's character, we really become voyeurs and get caught up in the lives of the people he watches from his window, most of whom hardly even speak.
A great Hitchcock film, and a great film period.