Disturbia And Rear Window Comparison

The Crime Writing genre has retained its perennial popularity owing to its capacity to transcend context, evolving in response to changing values and attitudes. The timeless 2007 film Disturbia by D. J. Caruso opens up for us an understanding of the fundamental changes time has brought on Crime Writing. Caruso examines the social mores of their respective contexts while combining the traditional conventions of crime writing with their own unique twist.
Caruso’s Disturbia depicts a new high tech world of voyeurism; directly parallel to Rear Window but with the added social facts of modernity and new technology to appeal to a younger audience. The protagonist and amateur sleuth Kale, being “6 months shy of eighteen” is judged as an undependable