Review of Rear Window (1954) by Gene I B — 06 Jun 2015

WOW......WOW.....WOW.....WOW......THRILLING......FANTASTIC......GENIUS......SUPERB.......MAN I HAVE JUST SEEN THIS MOVIE 4 THE 1ST TIME N THINK THAT THIS IS SUCH A BRILLIANT MOVIE 2 WATCH......its got a good cast of actors/actresses throughout this movie.....I think that james stewart (.R.I.P.), grace Kelly (.R.I.P.), Wendell corey (.R.I.P.), Thelma ritter (.R.I.P.), Raymond burr (.R.I.P.), play good roles/parts throughout this movie......I think that the director of this drama/mystery/suspense/classics movie had done a fantastic job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie.....

The film was shot entirely at Paramount studios, including an enormous set on one of the soundstages. There was also careful use of sound, including natural sounds and music drifting across the apartment building courtyard to James Stewart's apartment. At one point, the voice of Bing Crosby can be heard singing "To See You Is to Love You", originally from the 1952 Paramount film Road to Bali. Also heard on the soundtrack are versions of songs popularized earlier in the decade by Nat King Cole ("Mona Lisa", 1950) and Dean Martin ("That's Amore", 1952), along with segments from Leonard Bernstein's score for Jerome Robbins's ballet Fancy Free (1944), Richard Rodgers's song "Lover" (1932), and "M'appari tutt'amor" from Friedrich von Flotow's opera Martha (1844), most borrowed from Paramount's music publisher, Famous Music.

Hitchcock used costume designer Edith Head on all of his Paramount films.

Although veteran Hollywood composer Franz Waxman is credited with the score for the film, his contributions were limited to the opening and closing titles and the piano tune ("Lisa") written by one of the neighbors, a composer (Ross Bagdasarian), during the film. This was Waxman's final score for Hitchcock. The director used primarily "diegetic" sounds - sounds arising from the normal life of the characters - throughout the film.

Man this is such a creepy chilling movie 2 watch, but it is such a fantastic movie 2 watch.......I think that james stewart was absolutely brilliant throughout this movie as the lead photographer in the wheel chair throughout this movie........I think that Raymond Burr as Lars Thorwald, was absolutely brilliant throughout this movie......WARNING THIS MOVIE CONTAINS STROBE LIGHTNING EFFECTS THROUGHOUT SOME SCENES THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE......

Cast notes.

Director Alfred Hitchcock makes his traditional cameo appearance in the songwriter's apartment, where he is seen winding a clock.

I think that this is such a classics movie 2 watch with such a brilliant cast throughout this movie......