Hitchcock's "Rear Window" features a harmony of diverse love. It's not just a "peek" movie.

A limited situation where you can't move and the world surrounding it

The movie ``Rear Window'' has a number of unique characteristics. For example, the camera almost never leaves the room throughout the film, and the story consists only of ``the view from the window.'' The same goes for "sound."

The sounds that make up this work, with the exception of the jazz number that plays at the beginning, are the sounds that the protagonist's ears catch, such as noises, talking, sounds from radio and records, melodies played by the composer, quarrels, dogs barking, etc. Only the sounds of life. The content is different in the morning and evening, and the sense of distance is somehow conveyed by the size and strength of the sound. Every single note has a meaning, and it is packed with people's activities. This precise sound design was also a major factor in enhancing the sense of realism of this work.

This film is often referred to as a ``peep movie.'' To put it simply, it is true. However, on the other hand, it is also true that the current protagonist can only connect with the world by doing so. For him, who is unable to move due to a leg injury, the "window" is his only source of information and point of contact with society. The scenery you can see from there is the whole world.

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Previous works include `` Lifeboat '' (43), `` Rope '' (48), and `` Dial M for Murder (54), Hitchcock has created limited spaces, and this work can be said to be the culmination of that work. As we interact with this work, we learn that the problem of ``How do we depict a limited space?'' is closely connected to the proposition of ``How do we depict the world (surrounding that situation)?'' be.

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