Film Review: Rear Window (P.G.), (U.S.A. 1954) (Director: Alfred Hitchcock), Saturday 20.10.2012 13:15, The Filmhouse Screen Three, Edinburgh

My favorite Hitchcock film. Photographer played by James Stewart is recuperating in his flat after an accident, and is tended to by his girlfriend Grace Kelly. His flat looks onto the rear of another block of flats. The film revolves around the relationship between the photographer and his girlfriend & the allure and thrill of voyeurism. The film also has much to do about the dangers of assumptions and how deal with concerns raised by peeping. As more and more clues build and the photographer's suspicions appear to have weight, the tension builds in a satisfying way. There is a neat twist of an ending to the film, the various residents of the viewed flats are revealed to be other than what had been assumed  by the photographer. Meaning the only one he was right about was the murderer. It feels difficult to explain quite why this Hitchcock film I place above all others including Vertigo and Psycho, though if you have not seen it, I obviously highly recommend. 

Rating: 10/10.