Rear Window

Jefferies making out with the most beautiful woman in the world: "well now just wait a minute.. why did he bring his BRIEFCASE outside at night?? why is that??" Favorite movie ever love it so much oh my gosh :) Such a treat to see in theaters. Cry every time I see this RANT BELOW-- A little detail I love is how every shot in this movie is either in Jefferies apartment or from the perspective of his apartment EXCEPT two moments: when the dog is killed and when he's thrown from the window. During those two scenes, the camera moves to the courtyard. What's different about these two scenes is that Jefferies is pulled into the action, rather than being a passive observer. During every other scene, he's essentially looking through people's windows as if they're a weekly show for him to watch, rather than real people. He ONLY sees them through the perspective of his window "screen". But when the dog dies, the neighbors force him and everyone else to realize that they aren't just entertainment, but that they're real people, but none of them go comfort the neighbors or give them condolences. And Jefferies is just as bad as them; that whole time, he was still stuck on getting proof that his neighbor killed his wife. And then the other time is of course when he's confronted with his actions and is literally thrown through the window (the place he used to watch entertainment) and thus becomes PART of that story. I don't know it's just such a cool way of showing an idea through camera placement. We learn how Jefferies views his neighbors just by the way the movie is shot. So so cool.