Rear Window, a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock starts the opening scene by introducing professional photographer, L.B. "Jeff" Jeffries who broke his leg while trying to get a picture at an auto race. He is immobilized and passes time by observing his neighbors through the window of his New York City apartment. He begins to suspect that a man across the courtyard may have murdered his wife. Jeff procures the help of his visiting nurse Stella and model girlfriend Lisa Fremont, whom the topic shall be concerning, to investigate Jeff’s suspicions about his neighbor. The information obtained from Rear Window about Lisa Fremont will be used to explain what is known about the character, what role she plays in the movie, how she might think, and how that conclusion was made. Lisa Fremont from what is known about her is a glamorous fashion forward woman who occasionally throughout the movie is very assertive and an independent figure. An example of her assertiveness occurs when Lisa confronts Jeff about wanting a commitment and that their romance is doomed unless he commits to her. In the movie Grace Kelly’s character Lisa from first assumption seems to be a femme fatale character who later on in the film contradicts that assumption. …show more content…
"Jeff" Jeffries who tells her about his suspicions that the traveling salesman across the courtyard killed his wife; she does not believe him at first. Later on in the film there is a scene that shows the viewer Lisa and Jeff spying in on the traveling salesman and watches as he wraps rope around a large trunk, this is where Lisa changes her mind and again gives another example, this time it is an example of her independence. Lisa now believes the salesman’s wife’s body is in the trunk, Lisa hurries across the courtyard to look at the salesman’s mailbox and tells Jeff over the phone that his name is Lars Thorwald. Lisa seems to be a character that has a mind of her own and shows her intelligence and grace when she is on
In this story Jeffrey shows that he is stubborn, helpful, and independent through his life experiences. Jeffrey’s parents were killed when a train went off its tracks. So he was an orphan and his Aunt and Uncle were there to take him in for eight years. Then he had enough with the two of them not talking to each other and lives on his own for a year. Until he found the Beales and they helped him feel welcome for sometime until he moved out and moved on again. Jeffrey is the main character written by Jerry Spinelli shows that Jeffrey can't really figure where he belongs in the
Rear Window directed by Alfred Hitchcock was an exceptional movie with a jaw- dropping 8.6 rating on IMDb’s website. The movie is about L. B. Jefferies (protagonist), who is a well-known photographer in a wheelchair.The lack of entertainment and extreme boredom caused Jeff (Jefferies) to stare out the rear window day and night. He eyed his neighbors through this window 24/7 and revolved his wheelchair season around their personal lives. As the movie goes on Jeff feels as if Lars Thorwald (antagonist) has murdered his sick wife. He knew they were an unhappy married couple already and had some unmistakable clues. In this series of events Jeff’s girlfriend who he thought to be too perfect for him and epicene turns out be a risk-taker and brave.
Rear Window and the works of Hopper are both required with confinement. Disregarding its blended utilize land setting, Early Sunday Morning does not pass on a warm, fluffy feeling of group. In like manner, in Rear Window, the inhabitants of the lofts are confined from each other. Apartment Houses is additionally for the most part viewed as another antecedent to Rear Window. Large portions of Hopper's night settings portray scenes from New York City and Night Windows is no special case. The lady in this work of art is totally unconscious of the stage she is on and the front line situate its eyewitness involves. Its semi-sexual story is resounded in Rear Window, and it catches strikingly the experience of living in New York: the a large number
He uses the point of view shot a lot in Rear Window, most of the film we are looking from the perspective of L.B. Jefferies view outside of his window. Everything he sees, the audience sees through his view. This seems to really create an honest relationship with the audience and the character. For example, when L.B. Jefferies sees Lars Thorwald putting his knives away. We see everything that L.B. Jefferies sees and essentially feel the same way that he does. When Hitchcock adds in a shot following the POV of L.B. Jefferies reaction to what he saw Lars Thorwald just do, that is Hitchcock using the Kuleshov effect. Used in almost every Hitchcock film, the audience gets a sense of reality and the reaction to that reality from the character. In Hitchcock’s The Birds for example, the Kuleshov effect is used extremely. In the scene where the man gets knocked down by the bird at the gas station and gas spills down the roadway. We see this through alternating shots of POV from Melanie Daniels view and her facial expression as the gas trail leads to man who is about to light a cigarette. We see the fear and drastic change in emotion in the close up shots showing her reaction to what she saw. In the end, the audience feels psychologically involved and connected with the
In the film Rear Window directed by Alfred Hitchcock, a significant shift of power is portrayed. This shift occurs between the protagonist of the film, L.B Jeffries and his romantic partner, Lisa Freemont. This shift also aids in outlining the main theme of the film, which is marriage, as all aspects of marriage are observed and taken into account by Jeffries. The change of dominance within Lisa and Jeffries relationship can be broken down into three stages, which develop and change throughout the film. At the beginning of the film Jeffries is shown to have the power within the relationship as he dictates the parameters of the relationship, however he is also intimidated by Lisa 's social standing. Towards the middle of the film the possession
The women in both films gave the men something to look at. For example, in the opening scene of Rear Window, the audience sees Jefferies looking from his window over to Miss Torso who is dancing and stretching as she gets ready for her day. As in the film Disturbia, the audience sees Kale looking through
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In the story, Windows by Bernice Morgan, the protagonist, Leah, is convinced that she is dying. As the story progresses, she experiences a full range of emotions and thoughts about everyone and everything in her life. Leah struggles with mental and physical illnesses. Her biggest problem is her depression. The theme of depression is explored through Leah’s relationship with other characters and her surroundings.
This left Hitchcock films as some of her mother’s favorites. Pemberton, went to a Hitchcock festival as an adult, this time watching Rear Window, which she had not seen since she was a child with an objective examination, she found a scene that would shift both her and her mother’s perspective of this movie. As Jimmy Stewart’s character, Jefferies, realizes he is in danger, telephones his friend Wendell Corey, who was not at home, but he spoke with the baby-sitter who did not appear on screen, but was portrayed in a voice that would convey imagery of a “familiar black image.” Asking the inspiration for this essay “Do he have your number, Mr.
Many movies aren't as good as some, but some are just as better as others. Many movies have a lot of similarities and others have not a lot of similarities. Take both of these movies for example. “Rear Window” was made in 1954, the movie was based around a violent man killing his wife, being watched by a neighbor who is handicap at the time. Disturbia, made in 2007 is about a man killing multiple people being brought into his house, with a younger person watching him from his house.
Even when Jeffrey was incarcerated for the death of Tim in the penitentiary institution he was still being bullied! He thinks about being reborn as someone better. Jeffrey told the truth when he was tried in court, which proved he showed remorse. Jeffrey proved that he was really strong and has a lot of self-control (you know, besides when he hugs his bully of a boss to death), considering the circumstances, anyone would have eventually snapped. At least Jeffrey did not kill a complete innocent. In the end, Claude used his observation skills against Jeffrey to maintain his authority he had on the job.
When Jeff flunked out of college, a desperate Lionel took him to enlist in the army. The ever docile Jeffrey went along with his fathers wishes as if he had no opinion of his own.
Secret Window, released in 2004, is a film based on Stephen King's novel Secret Window, Secret Garden. The film follows increasingly disturbing events around a character called Mort Rainey, who is portrayed by Johnny Depp & John Turturro. This character appears to suffer from Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Rainey is a middle-aged novelist recently estranged from his wife; as a result, he has isolated himself at his cottage. As the story progresses, it becomes clear that Rainey has another personality called Shooter, and Rainey himself comes to the realisation that Shooter is an identity that he has created to protect himself from the pain of his marital breakdown. Shooter takes over Rainey’s mind one last time to murder his wife and the man she cheated with. After his vengeance is carried out, Rainey seems at ease and jovial, and as the film ends, Rainey seems to be in a positive emotional state. This is an ambiguous ending that leaves the viewer unsure of Rainey’s mental health status.
In 1830 in a little log cabin lived a young couple, whose lives turn into a nightmare, one characters life went to a life of loneliness and supernatural events. The Boarded Window is a love and death story the turns into a supernatural. The main character murlock was a loving husband by trying to keep his wife well but it did not work so she died. Then murlock started losing his mind and went crazy over time. The Boarded Window is a love and death story the turns into a supernatural. The main character murlock was a loving husband by trying to keep his wife well but it did not work so she died. Then murlock started losing his mind and went crazy over