Rear Window and Vertigo are two Hitchcock films in which the main character shows voyeuristic behavior‚ experiences relationship problems and suffers from some sort of a handicap‚ be it physical or psychological. Rear Window has to do with a group of peeping toms. As his broken leg heals‚ wheelchair-bound L.B. Jefferies becomes absorbed with the parade of life outside his window and soon fixates on a mysterious man whose behavior has Jefferies convinced a murder has taken place. Many would believe
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never have been uncovered. Crucial female characters found many clues‚ pieced together the events within the crime and risked their lives with absolutely no recognition. Lisa‚ who could have had a strong relationship with Miss Torso given the opportunity could have helped further the investigation. With the understanding that the genre relies heavily on these stereotypes to recognise crime fiction they should be re-evaluated as the times have changed. Women have fought relentlessly to attain rights
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Alfred Hitchcock’s film Rear Window released in 1954 portrays the power shift between the fictional couple‚ L.B Jeffries and Lisa Freemont. In the beginning of the film the viewers see Lisa as a perfect‚ high maintenance‚ wealthy woman who did everything to grasp Jeffries attention and prove to him that she is a worthy wife‚ but Jeffries believes "she’s too perfect‚ she’s too talented‚ she’s too beautiful‚ she’s too sophisticated‚ she’s too everything". Despite Jeffries being in a cast‚ sitting in
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home‚ in order to guarantee stability in the community and the family. As time passed and attitudes changed‚ women were beginning to be depicted as strong willed‚ independent minded characters‚ who were eager to break away from convention. The genre of the crime film represents such a change in the roles handed to women. Two films that can be contrasted‚ in order to support this view‚ are: The Public Enemy by William Wellman (1931) and Bonnie &Clyde by Arthur Penn (1967).<br><br>In The Public Enemy
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The scene begins when Lisa comes to Jeff’s apartment with dinner. After the waiter leaves the dinner‚ Lisa and Jeff have a drink next to the window discussing Lisa’s day and Jeff’s future plans. Lisa is sitting on the right side of the window and Jeff is on the left side. In the middle of the window‚ there is a beam that splits the window into two halves. People in the background can clearly be seen in the opposing side of the apartment complex. Alfred Hitchcock uses this scene to get the movie watcher
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of his keen eye for creativity in the simplest of forms. He created art out of the “artless.” Most importantly‚ he created suspense from lighting‚ building up nerve-racking situations‚ and the use of his directing and filming skills. The film Rear Window is no exception to this. Hitchcock created one of the most suspenseful
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neighbor’s windows. Modleski argues that the more important character in Rear Window is the female lead‚ Lisa. She suggests that the photographic portrayal of the female in the film is stronger than that of the invalid protagonist‚ Jeff. Lisa is pictured as active and competent‚ while Jeff is portrayed as incapable and imprisoned within his apartment. She is aggressively sexual while he displays fear of interaction. Juxtaposed with these two characters are their alter egos in a neighboring window: the
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Genre Speech: Rear Window vs. The Real Inspector Hound When you think of the term ‘genre’‚ what does it exactly mean to you? Well I’m sure it’s without a doubt that you all commonly believe it constitutes either a kind or category of text‚ but in actual fact does it really? Good morning Year 11. The prime focus of your studies during the HSC course next year‚ I’m going to discuss how the genre of crime fiction has extended through time‚ whereby a variety of notions and characteristics exhibited
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Gangster film Genre Reading number one-Developed around the sinister actions of criminals‚ gangsters‚ particularly bank robbers and underworld figures who operate outside of the law stealing and murdering their way through life. Crime stories in this genre usually highlight the rise and fall of one of these leading individuals. And the personal power struggle between these gangster and officials of the law. Gangster films are usually set in large crowded cities‚ to provide a view of the secrets
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Genre Genre is a term that is used to classify or describe a type or form of literature. While this sounds like a simple concept‚ it in actuality is a very complicated classing system. The reason for the complication is that literature does not always follow the typical characteristics set up by that type of genre. For example‚ one of the characteristics in the genre of tragedy is that there is a tragic hero‚ who is in a position of power. In the classical tragedy this is true‚ as can be seen
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