Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 film “Rear Window” demonstrated a suspenseful and terrifying storyline‚ which captured the attention of a variety of audiences. The film focuses on James Stuart (Jeff) and ultimately his neighbors who live around him. Stuart is crippled from the beginning of the movie and is unable to leave his apartment. Due to his immobility‚ he remains confined in his home with a broken leg and begins to watch his neighbor’s particular behaviors and routines. The film progresses into
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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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Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window is a mystery and thriller that leaves audiences in a constant state of suspense. Rear Window opens by showing photographs of high risk environments hanging on a wall of an apartment. This leads one to believe that whoever owns the apartment lives a high risk and adventurous life. However‚ once the broken camera is shown‚ it is understood that the main character‚ L.B Jefferies‚ is a photographer before it is stated through dialogue in the film. Early into the film we
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Control Broken Windows Theory and CPTED Broken windows theory is a criminological theory of the norm-setting and signaling effects of urban disorder and vandalism on additional crime and anti-social behavior. The theory states that monitoring and maintaining urban environments in a well-ordered condition may prevent further vandalism as well as an escalation into more serious crime. The title comes from the following example‚ “Consider a building with a few broken windows. If the windows are not repaired
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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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Leah Krainz Miss Marchek and Mrs. Wood AP English Language and Composition 10 October 2012 Comparing the Effectiveness of Elie Wiesel and Russell Baker Elie Wiesel’s text “The Perils of Indifference” and Russell Baker’s text “Happy New Year?” convey a common underlying message: succumbing to social culture for the sake of acceptance has consequences. This message is explained in each work through the usage of Wiesel and Baker’s ethos‚ pathos‚ tone‚ figurative language‚ and rhetorical questioning
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at the March on washington " by Josephine Baker . Those article argue for freedom with non-violence to find a solution. To start with ‚ some citizen believe that everybody should have freedom to get came vip right. For example Josephine argues in line 50-51 " I didn’t have to do that i wish i could go into any restaurant i wanted to and i didn’t have ". This show that not all have freedom and they want freedom with non-violence. For instance Baker claim in line 12-14 " i want you to have a
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Linux versus Windows NT Forget the browser wars. This year’s big nerd battle is the server shootout between Linux and Windows NT - and it’s not just a bunch of geeks nit-picking. While both offer more affordable platforms for Web service than in the past‚ Linux and NT are polar opposites on almost every other level. They look different‚ run differently‚ support different software‚ and cost money in different places. So far though‚ most press coverage of the Linux-NT debate has focused on the competing
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Rear Window Director: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: James Stewart‚ Grace Kelley‚ Wendell Corey‚ Thelma Ritter‚ Raymond Burr Screenplay: John Michael Hayes based on a short story “It Had to be Murder” by Cornell Woolrich published 1942 Cinematography: Robert Burks Music: Franz Waxman Paramount Pictures Use of Subjective point of view. Someone said there are two kinds of people in the world‚ there are people who
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