Why 'Rear Window' Is a Masterclass in Cinematic Tension

How Hitchcock Used Editing to Turn 'Rear Window' into a Masterpiece of Visual Storytelling

Explaining a Movie on Instagram: "Martin Scorsese has praised Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window as a film that can be watched “again and again” because its power lies less in the plot and more in how Hitchcock tells the story through purely cinematic means. He sees it as “pure cinema,” where camera placement, movement, cutting, sound, and the interplay of all the tiny details in the courtyard create an experience that stays fresh no matter how well the viewer already knows the outcome. Scorsese emp

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Rear Window (1998)

Films & Architecture: "Rear Window"