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
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The famous films‚ Psycho and Rear Window‚ by Alfred Hitchcock use editing and color differently‚ yet have similar base plots. While both films are justly considered suspenseful masterpieces‚ they each achieve this differently. In the film Rear Window‚ the point of view was always set as the main character‚ Jeff. Jeff was stuck in his apartment room due to a broken leg; therefore the camera only showed shots from looking out of his window or in his own room. Hitchcock chose to do this as a way to
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Character Analysis on Rear Window Rear Window‚ directed by Alfred Hitchcock‚ was made in the year 1954. It has been said that Rear Window is the basis for D.J. Caruso’s movie Disturbia. Rear Window has three main characters‚ J.B. “Jeff” Jefferies played by James Stewart‚ Lisa Fremont played by grace Kelly‚ and Stella played by Thelma Ritter. Each of these three characters is critiqued by five different categories‚ including‚ appropriateness‚ inherent thoughtfulness or emotionality‚ expressive
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After many people read novels‚ and then watch the film‚ you hear them leave the theater saying that movie was nothing like the book. That can be true‚ but a movie has to be judged while keeping in mind that it has both a budget and a time limit‚ which only allows most movies to focus on the crux of the story. However‚ where books attempt to give a depiction of their characters and capture their essence‚ a good director can encapsulate and portray the fundamental nature of the characters clearly
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The action/thriller film of 1954 Rear window‚ directed by Alfred Hitchcock shines the light on the primary theme of marriage throughout the film. Each of the characters are related to their marital status‚ at one point or another‚ even the crime on which the plot twists is the product of a failed marriage. Within the first couple of minutes you are able to tell that L.B. Jeff Jefferies‚ tosses the idea of marriage around throughout the film. With Jeff examining his neighbours marital problems each
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Alfred Hitchcock as a Misogynist In the film Rear Window‚ directed by Alfred Hitchcock‚ misogyny and Svengali is portrayed throughout the film. Misogyny is the hatred of women by men however; Svengali is a person who manipulates or exerts excessive control over another. Alfred Hitchcock has extensively agonized from a reputation as a misogynist and a Svengali. Hitchcock has received this reputation through scenes of violence against women in his films‚ his remarks about women in his interviews
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Andrew Raphaelson Art 138 Prof. Friedberg 11/25/12 Rear Window Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window is a demonstration of the world created for us by viewing a film or real life situation. In this movie‚ we gain insight into the point of view of a hidden spectator and the physical space around him. L.B. Jeffries‚ the protagonist of the film‚ who is reduced to nothing but a wheel chair and the view from his window of neighboring apartments‚ witnesses what he suspects to be a murder and shows the
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25 January 2013 Rear Window In Alfred Hitchcock’s mystery movie “Rear Window”‚ Hitchcock creates the character L.B. Jefferies‚ an adventurous man who is in a conflicting love relationship with Lisa Freemont. Although the major overall theme of the movie is curiosity and morals on society‚ another underling theme is conflicting social classes between Jeff and Lisa. Hitchcock continuously shows the differences between Jeff and Lisa social class through strategic film strategies such as the
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CLASSICAL HOLLYWOOD CINEMA *** Assignment: Textual Analysis The opening of Rear Window (from the very beginning to Stella’s entrance). The classic Hitchcock film‚ “Rear Window”‚ is an intelligent and engaging analysis of human perception‚ voyeurism and what it means to see‚ to be perceptive. Set in 1950’s New York‚ a boisterous free-lance photographer finds himself confined to a wheelchair in his tiny apartment recuperating from a broken leg. With only the occasional distraction of a visiting
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Lauren Riley Professor Piana February 26‚ 2012 Rear Window Last class we viewed the film called Rear Window. The main plot behind this film is the main character‚ Jefferies‚ has a broken leg therefore he has to spend 6 weeks in a wheelchair in his apartment. The one form of entertainment he has is to window watch all his neighbors. Jefferies has a girlfriend named Lisa but tells his nurse that he does not want to marry her. After a few weeks Jefferies catches onto his neighbors business. He
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