Rear Window

+ intro by film and talks programmer & writer Nadia M. Oliva

Hitchcock’s masterly thriller about an injured photojournalist whose observations of his neighbours lead him to suspect a murder has been committed.

  • Director

    Alfred Hitchcock

  • With

    James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr

  • USA 1954. 112min

  • Digital 4K

  • Certificate

    PG

Hitchcock’s brilliant adaptation of a short story by Cornell Woolrich has a photojournalist (Stewart) confined to his apartment with a broken leg; reduced to observing his neighbours, he begins to suspect a murder may have been committed. The film succeeds as a mystery-thriller, a portrait of psychological anxiety, and a reflection on voyeurism and cinematic storytelling, with the constricted setting skilfully turned to advantage.

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