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Glendale Community College Rear Window Movie Notes

 

MAKE SURE TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS:

Please watch Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window (1954) (Links to an external site.) either by clicking the link below or renting it on Amazon or by however else you would like to rent it. While watching the film please answer the following questions: (3 pts each)

I did manage to find a free link to the film! You can watch Rear Window on Vimeo by clicking on this link. (Links to an external site.)

MAKE SURE TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS:

1) What is voyeurism and how does the role or voyeurism impact the cinematography of the film?

2) What is this story really about? In other words, how do the main characters transform throughout the course of the film? Please explain.

3) What is a doppelgänger? Provide an example of a doppelgänger of one of our protagonists from the film. What inner conflict does this double teach us about the main character.

4) What other stylistic elements stand out as being unique to Hitchcock’s style? Provide an example