{"id":48900,"date":"2020-08-18T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-quarantine-stream-rear-window-is-more-relevant-than-ever\/"},"modified":"2020-08-18T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T15:00:00","slug":"the-quarantine-stream-rear-window-is-more-relevant-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-quarantine-stream-rear-window-is-more-relevant-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Quarantine Stream: \u2018Rear Window\u2019 is More Relevant Than Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#The Quarantine Stream: \u2018Rear Window\u2019 is More Relevant Than Ever<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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(Welcome to\u00a0The Quarantine Stream<\/strong>, a new series<\/a> where the \/Film team shares what they\u2019ve been watching while social<\/a> distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Movie<\/strong>:\u00a0Rear Window<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Where You Can Stream It<\/strong>: Peacock<\/p>\n

The Pitch<\/strong>: Jimmy Stewart<\/strong> plays a gruff photographer named L.B. Jeffries who broke his leg on the job. To recover, he\u2019s sentenced to spend seven weeks at home, wheelchair-bound in a full leg cast, visited only by his company\u2019s insurance nurse Stella (Thelma Ritter<\/strong>) and his high-class girlfriend Lisa (Grace Kelly<\/strong>). With not much else to do, Jeffries kills time by looking out his window and observing his neighbors, all of whom have their windows open because of a heat wave that\u2019s settled over Manhattan. But as he watches, he begins to suspect that one of his neighbors may have murdered his own wife, and Jeffries becomes obsessed with solving the case.<\/p>\n

Why It\u2019s Essential Viewing<\/strong>: Considered by many to be among the best films ever made, Alfred Hitchcock<\/strong>\u2018s 1954 classic is a study in voyeurism and a masterwork of suspense. If you haven\u2019t seen it, now is a particularly excellent time to take the plunge, because the film ended up being an unwitting predictor of our current quarantine experience. (I haven\u2019t spotted any murders out my window yet\u2026but since this pandemic isn\u2019t going away any time soon, there\u2019s still plenty of time for that.) I\u2019m far from the first person to point this out, but Jeffries being confined to his apartment reflects how many of us are still staying home as much as possible as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, making the movie possibly more relevant \u2013 and definitely more relatable \u2013 than ever.<\/span><\/p>\n

It had been many years since I\u2019d seen this, so I was surprised to rediscover how weird the relationship is between Stewart and Kelly. The movie puts them on opposite sides of a societal line, with Stewart\u2019s photographer wanting to continue his on-the-go lifestyle as a globetrotting photographer and Kelly\u2019s high society woman wanting him to settle down. Their relationship becomes the focus of the movie any time the potential murder isn\u2019t being discussed, and it\u2019s fascinating to think about how much our culture has changed since the mid-\u201950s and yet how much it\u2019s stayed the same.<\/p>\n

It was also surprising to rediscover just how much time Hitchcock takes to set the stage before the action ramps up near the end of the film. So much of the movie is made up of reaction shots of Stewart simply glancing one way or the next as he takes in the mundane activities of his neighborhood \u2013 yet the movie is riveting, because you know there could be a clue hovering in the corner of any frame. Stewart\u2019s a charismatic, physical performer who finds himself slightly hamstrung here by his character\u2019s situation, unable to fall back on his regular bag of acting tricks and utilize his lanky body in the way he\u2019s used to. But star power isn\u2019t reserved for those who are always standing, and his character, the audience avatar, is still a compelling, engaging presence on screen.<\/p>\n

The last time I watched this movie, I was too young to realize that the whole film works as a commentary about McCarthyism, which had torn across the nation for years and was just starting to die around the time this film was released. The idea of actively spying on your neighbors was promoted in some circles as a way to try to ferret out communists and communist sympathizers; when a dog is murdered in Rear Window<\/em> and its owner gives a heart-wrenching speech about how neighbors are supposed<\/em> to act toward each other, it feels like the movie\u2019s refutation of the McCarthy-era mindset. But then again, Stewart\u2019s character spies on a neighbor who ends up being a murderer, so the film\u2019s stance is more complicated than it app<\/a>ears.<\/p>\n

Still, putting all of its messages aside and viewing it purely as a visceral suspense thriller, Rear Window<\/em>\u00a0straight-up rules. The moment when Raymond Burr<\/strong>\u2018s character stares directly into the camera lens may be the movie\u2019s most chilling moment: not only has Stewart been caught looking at him, but so has the audience. Its turbulent climax (even with some dodgy VFX) is still masterfully staged and executed \u2013 I found myself accidentally holding my breath, even though I\u2019d seen it before. Hitchcock! Filmmaking! What an art form! What a movie.<\/p>\n

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