Rear Window Theme

Rear Window In the film, Rear Window, Hitchcock makes me feel as though I am trapped as I watch other people's lives behind a lens like he does. To me, the main theme of this movie is his human curiosity and obsession with others and what they are doing in their daily lives. It is almost as though he has his own personal soap opera Television show, just without the Television. I really like the suspense and different kinds of emotions he makes you feel during the film. Four different things really stuck out to me though. The way Hitchcock films the movie, the way he tells the story, the “Mise en Scene”, and also how he really just told a visual story of many lives with no words.
To start with, the way Hitchcock films this movie is incredible. He uses juxtaposition to make the audience feel the sense of suspension that Jeff felt. I also like how he uses the apartment windows opposite of Jeff as a cinema type screen. This film was simply a story about looking, and Hitchcock was able to turn it into something so intriguing. He really makes this movie and the way it was filmed very unique.
The way Hitchcock tells the story is different, but interesting. It comes off as a murder mystery, but if you really pay attention it could seem as though it was really a story about love and relationships. He is able …show more content…
It makes me want to start spying on my neighbors, but I would never really do that of course! For being an older movie and not having the technology we have today, Hitchcock really did an amazing job with the making of this movie. I usually am not a fan of older movies, but this one is so different and interesting. Rear window really gets your mind going when you think about the way Hitchcock films this movie, the way he tells the story, the “Mise en Scene”, and also how he tells a visual story, with no words, in the beginning of the