Creepy, Clever, Classics.

Rear Window.

Alfred Hitchcock is just the master of movie making. I don't really care who has come before or after or how you want to try and argue it there is something so intoxicating about watching one of his movies. Its an unmatched quality. I have never been more drawn to any other movie than I am to his.

Rear Window was no exception. The intricate way in which he sets up the story. The intensely specific details put into the characters, setting and action is just delicious. It is almost a disservice to try and describe how fascinating this movie is. Its the sort of mystery where half-way through you have just realize you have leaned in so close and moved yourself closer to the screen just so you can get closer to the action.

Grace Kelly is a dream in this film. A true example of angelic beauty but with the talent to really back it up. James Stewart makes this kind of creepy character a little more believable. His hapless charm makes it really appear like this is a situation that everyone gets themselves into. The duo together is just dynamo and really helps to increase the tension found within the film.

Initially I was quite upset with the ending of this film. There was such an intense buildup throughout and while exciting the whole idea of the "what you see is what really happened" didn't initially seem satisfying. After getting over my initial agitation I actually realized the utter brilliance of this ending. Where other films of Hitchcock's (Vertigo) have a slow build-up to a killer ending, this one has the intensity in the buildup and the then the truth is the calm point of the story. Still this actually makes you connect more to the film overall because it makes it that more believable and therefore more disturbing.

I'm still getting chills over the brilliance of this movie as I am writing about it. Fantastic. <3