Rear Window (1954)
Based on the short story “It Had to Be Murder” Alfred Hitchcock directs James Stewart and Grace Kelly in this tale of suspense. A man stuck at home with a broken leg watches his neighbours from the window and is convinced he has witnessed a murder.
This is up there with the best of Hitchcock's work and contains plenty of well executed suspense as you would expect. There is some excellent camera work and the film never feels constrained by it's setting which is a common pitfall of similar films. The film also works contains some interesting depth by considering how the nature of the protagonist as a voyeur reflects on our own voyeuristic tendencies as an audience.
5/5
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