Rear Window (1954) Full Length Reaction

@John Cool. Mari finished Firefly back in March.

Daryl

Reactor Anna M Alexander will be watching Serenity within the next week or so, since she just finished the last episode of Firefly.

John Walters

Me too. Better than having motion sickness shots. 🤢🤣 More an observation than a criticism. The pairing / occasional trio varies. On this occasion it was Cassie of Pib. You know me, I fell asleep my last attempt, when she did it a while back.. So an opportunity for a paring. I will get to Serenity when Mari shares hers, as I watched Firefly as a trio.

Daryl

Exactly! Until the very end I wasn't sure if Jeff was just obsessed and seeing clues where there weren't really any, or if there was an actual murder. The key scene that made it so questionable for me was that he was asleep and didn't see the woman exit the apartment. This really was masterfully done!!

Jen M

Thanks Daryl! Curious, what other reactor did you sync up with mine? That's such a neat idea! Very true about the shots of the lens, I hadn't thought about that, but I'm willing to look past it!

Jen M

What makes this film so good is that when you see it for the first time you really don't have a clue what is going on. You're trying to figure out a mystery based solely on what Jeff speculates has happened when it could have turned out in the end that there was no murder at all. The first time we heard the wife scream could have been someone having an accident. The screenplay is written so well the things we think are evidence of a crime could have been easily explainable events causing Jeff to be more and more paranoid due to his prolonged stay inside his apartment.

This was a fun evening. I've not seen enough of Hitchcock's films. So looking forward to more in the future of both I have and haven't seen yet. Another chance for a reactor pairing, making use of my new tablet stand. You on the big screen, premier position of course. 😉 I really enjoyed this one, so much so I managed to fight past my usual sleepy eyes. (Looks at clock, geez it's only 9:30 Grandpa! 🤣) My only extremely petty bugbear. As a photographer, I couldn't help but think that the telephoto lens shots from the characters perspective. Were practically speaking a little too close to perfect. They did work well cinematically for tracking the observed characters movements. I liked the style and I appreciated they are only indicative of the filming techniques of the time. I just couldn't help thinking. That's a way too smooth, steady and precise tracking shot for a handheld non stabilisation lens. That he's just got propped on his knee, or they are stood holding. Really stupid I know. 🤣

Daryl

Thanks Miles! Would love to see another with Grace Kelly 👍👍

Jen M

So many great movies!!

Jen M

Stella was awesome!

Jen M

Great reactions, Jen! Alfred Hitchcock isn’t called, “The Master of Suspense” for nothing! Other Hitchcock films (* = my particular favorites): * “The Birds” (1963) Rod Taylor and Tippi Hendren * “North By Northwest” (1959) Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint “Vertigo” (1958) Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak (a lot of people like this one, but it’s only so-so for me) * “Dial M For Murder” (1954) Ray Milland and Grace Kelly “Strangers On A Train” (1951) Farley Granger and Robert Walker * “To Catch A Thief” (1955) Cary Grant and Grace Kelly “Rope” (1948) James Stewart and Ron Dall “Torn Curtain” (1966) Paul Newman and Julie Andrews Yes, Alfred Hitchcock can usually be found somewhere in a cameo in his movies. That was him in the musician’s apartment. In “Psycho”, which you’ve already seen, he can be seen through the window when Marion Crane arrives at work. Something else you might notice is most of Hitchcock’s movies’ leading ladies are blonde.

Miles E Coburn

The above suggestions are great, but also Dial M for Murder If you like Grace Kelly and a cerebral exercise in proving who we all know really did it. I like North by Northwest as a sort of Spy intrigue/romantic romp because it has the incomparable Cary Grant, a Hollywood actor I think everyone should experience. The Birds is completely different as an eerie tale of a small town faced with an unexplainable phenomenon of nature.

Greg Nelson

Shadow of A Doubt, which was his own personal favorite of his movies!

Tyler Gorash

Awesome reaction (as always), Jen. I can't wait for you to see Hitchcock's Vertigo, my personal favorite. This was set in NYC's Greenwich Village and they did a great job in showing off the artsy and often eccentric types that lived there at the time. Did you notice there was no actual movie soundtrack...most of the music you heard was from the Musician's apartment. Stella was my favorite, such an old school, no-filter havin' Nu Yawka-type character, you rarely see them here nowadays. Anyways, looking forward to the next one!

Evan