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Alfred Hitchcock's Best Film

Why "Rear Window" wins the prize hands down.

I believe Alfred Hitchcock's best film was Rear Window, 1954, with James Stewart. It not only has the down home feel to it, but it relates to a man bored to tears while convalescing over a broken leg. He Lives in an apartment complex in New York. He has gotten a broken leg attempting to photograph a race and was hit by one of the cars.

He desperately wants something to do as he is not one of those people who can just sit all day. Grace Kelly plays his girlfriend who wants him to settle down and do fashion photography. He does not want to do that as he is a professional photographer, former air force officer, who travels the world for photos and wants to keep doing that.

As he is cooped up in his apartment he notices one of the neighbors has apparently done something to his wife; he believes he has murdered her. He tries to convince his police detective friend of that, but has not real proof. He and his girlfriend proceed to try and get proof, following him, going to his apartment while he is not there and calling him.

In the end this gets the neighbor played by Raymond Burr to come after Stewart in his apartment and tries to kill him to shut him up. He manages to have the police arrive in time but ends up have his other leg broken in the process. I have watched this movie quite a few times, and I would watch it over and over again. I believe this really is Hitchcock's best film.

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Comments (1)
#1 by johnson1740, Aug 12, 2007


You offer up no other films for comparison. You have offered no reasons why this is Hitchcock's best film, nor have you defined what makes a film in a director's oeuvre a "best" film.

I'd like to accept your assessment, but you haven't proven your case and therefore haven't convinced me. I think The 39 Steps more entertaining, Strangers on a Train more provocative, Psycho more suspenseful, and Vertigo much richer.

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