“Rear Window” is the classic film thriller of window-watching and murder; it was added to the Registry in 2005.
Former Library of Congress Film Preservation Board member John Belton recapped the film by stating:
“‘Rear Window’ tells
the story of a globe-trotting photo-journalist who breaks his leg on a
dangerous assignment and is confined to a wheelchair in his Greenwich
Village apartment with nothing to do all day but look out the window at
his neighbors. The film alternates back and forth between two story
strands–a murder mystery and a love story, intertwining the two plot
lines through the theme of voyeurism. The hero’s voyeurism is integral
to the murder mystery which he pieces together by looking out his
window, but it is also connected to his relationship with the heroine.
Refusing to commit himself to a love relationship, Jeff (James Stewart)
prefers to look out his window at his neighbors across the way rather
than to look at Lisa (Grace Kelly), the beautiful woman who is in the
same room with him and who repeatedly throws herself at him. He opts for
the freedom (and irresponsibility) of a one-way relationship based on
voyeurism (seeing without being seen) instead of a two-way relationship
rooted in mutual regard, recognition, and concern.”
Read the rest of this “Rear Window” (PDF) essay.
Title: “Rear Window”
Year of Release: 1954
Year Added to the National Film Registry: 2005 (See all films added to the Registry in 2005.)
Trivia: Not surprisingly, Alfred Hitchcock has
several films on the National Registry including “Vertigo” (also with
Jimmy Stewart), “Psycho,” “Notorious,” and “The Birds.”
via https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2018/11/reading-the-film-registry-rear-window-1954/
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