At the beginning of the film, the three windows opened in sequence open up the world inside and outside the window. Inside the window is Jeff, a magazine photojournalist recovering from an injury, and outside the window is an apartment with open windows. Jeff is bored and enjoys peeking at what's going on in the open window of the apartment across from him, a lonely woman, a couple who like to sleep on the balcony because of the heat and their puppy, a young composer...and There is a conflicted couple, the Dels. One rainy night, Jeff found Mr. Del going out with a suitcase, then came back, three times. The next day, Jeff found that Mrs. Del was gone. He then concluded, through his own inference, that Mr. Del killed his wife. Jeff immediately told his medical lady, his lover Miss Lisa, and his friend Dolly. They began an investigation amid suspicion.
The scene of the film does not change from the beginning to the end. From a single scene, it reflects a complex social phenomenon and people's complex psychology, which fully demonstrates the superbness of this film. The film also uses a lot of long shots, and this documentary expression is also used very well in this film. A long shot, we see the lives of all the people outside the window.
People are curious, and the desire to peep is caused by curiosity. According to Freud's theory. When an individual is in a public space, these social concepts are strengthened and highlighted in the consciousness, and the desire for voyeurism is suppressed. This instinctive desire impulse is transformed through camouflage or symbolism, thereby releasing desire. The driving force of all people's life and work comes from people's primitive instincts, that is, their sexual instincts and death instincts. Peeping is also closely associated with this primordial instinct. And the things that can arouse people's pleasure are often hidden behind things, which is the root of voyeurism.
The protagonist Jeff's peeping is also in such a public space, a building group, and his desire to voyeurize, but at first he can't let others know that he is peeping, which is a very hidden voyeuristic behavior. He secretly watched a couple quarrel, secretly watched a dancer change clothes, secretly watched the young composer, secretly saw a murder case he imagined... These secret behaviors are all Human nature and the needs of the death instinct. The more he snooped, the more curious he became. Finally he ran to the house where the murder took place and found the murderer, satisfying his curiosity.
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