The film stock has been in storage for some years, and black shadows appear from time to time in the projection, but it is okay, and the flaws are not hidden. It should be said that the suspenseful elements of the film are only average in all Hitchcock's films, a bit flat and straightforward, and there are not too many overhangs and surprises at the end; Grace Kelly's appearance is amazing, it's really beautiful. She smiled, all the haze dissipated, and the sun had to stick her head out to take a look, which made people feel warm and bright. Such a bright and moving woman, Hollywood will probably only produce one in a hundred years. At that time, female stars were selling elegant and charming temperament, charming and lovely character, or as charming, innocent and sexy as Marilyn Monroe, but now, they are selling meaty and real. "sexy" flesh. Alas... it's really a generation after a generation.
In the film, Jeffrey (James Stewart James Stewart) is a photojournalist. Because he broke his leg and was tied in a cast, he had no choice but to "shoot" the neighbor's house outside the window. After observing for a long time, he discovered a murder case. On the surface, the film is describing people's voyeuristic desires. In fact, I think "Butterfly Dream", the only film directed by Hitchcock that has won the Oscar for Best Picture, is the only film that really brings a certain The voyeuristic desire of one person to another person is depicted to the extreme, but unfortunately it did not participate in the special screening in memory of Hitchcock at the film festival. Joan Fontaine's second Mrs. Derwent, "I," has always been curious and fearful of the late first Mrs. Derwent, Rebecca. As the late Mrs. Derwent's personal butler, Mrs. Danforth took advantage of this mentality of "I", using her heart and mind to make calculations to express or imply how "I" was inferior to the late Mrs. Derwent, no matter what. From appearance, character, to Maxim's love for "us", this makes the unconfident "I" played by Joan Fontaine even more suspicious of Maxim's love for him, and wants to spy more strongly What kind of person was this former Mrs. Derwent. I want to go from imitating her to how to surpass her. She didn't know, in fact, Maxime had long since disliked the late Rebecca, who was noble and elegant on the surface, but was actually wild. I seem to be getting a little too far.
So what is the theme of "Rear Window"? Personally, I think it's love and marriage, whether it's suspense or voyeurism, it's all accessories. In the movie, Jeffrey and his girlfriend Lisa (Grace Kelly) have some kind of arguing with each other. Jeffrey didn't want to quit his job as a photojournalist for a magazine and went to take pictures for fashion magazines, so he told Lisa that everyone is different; but Lisa thinks that it doesn't really matter what job you do, just like everyone It doesn't matter where you work and what you do. Can't you sacrifice your little self for the sake of great love? Looking from the window that Jeffrey peeped through, it was either the newly-married Yaner, the sweet and loving young couple, or the old couple who were tired of each other and suffered in the "siege" for many years; A sexy female dancer harassed by a group of men, or a lonely, lonely, unhappy old girl. These are all people who are related to love and marriage. Some of them live happily and some live unhappily. There is a scene at the end of the film, which has a profound meaning and is quite the finishing touch. Lisa looked at Jeffrey, who was already asleep, and secretly replaced the book "How to Cross the Himalayas", which was used to please Jeffrey, and pretended to be reading, to "Harper's Bazaar" magazine, her favorite. It can be seen that even two people who are in love with each other in life have a place to run in. In life, sometimes it's best to "open one eye and close one eye".
Sometimes, everyone has a little desire to peep and be peeped, depending on who the object is. If it is someone you love, you would be eager to peep and be peeped. Love is such a magical thing. There are so many people in this world, why did you fall in love with her instead of him? Everyone is different, maybe it's his voice, his appearance, his behavior, his body, his character, or even just a hair on his body (this will involve "love fetishism", be optimistic about Hitchcock's Vertigo will discuss it further), and sometimes just the usual cordial greeting "Hi, hello" can make people slip on their feet and fall in love accidentally. It can be seen that people are fragile, easily lonely, and desperately longing for love.
But marriage and love are still different. In my opinion, the biggest difference between the two is that love is free, while marriage is not. Before marriage, you can love many people; after marriage, in theory, you can only love the one legally recognized, your life partner. If you cheat, both physically and mentally, you will be cast aside by secular public opinion. So many people, he has, she may not have; she has, he may not have; why can't you love a few more at the same time? But most people still want to get married and put on this set of shackles voluntarily to show his current lover how much he loves her and how willing he is to be "forever" loyal to her? Or to show the world how responsible and responsible man he is?
Hmm... Fortunately, this country, which loves to control its own affairs and is good at using public opinion to guide the people's direction, has not been tolerant enough to design a marriage system for gays, oh, thank God!
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