Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window in 5 minutes

A short, 5 (and a half) minutes summary of Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece classic, Rear Window (1954). The voiceover borrowed (partly) from the wikipedia's plot summary.

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Film & Animation

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• film
• summary
• classic
• Hitchcock

[Lunario333]

You left out all of the many side plots and symbolism. All of the other people Jeff watched were very important to the story, and nobody knows what the magazine at the end meant, because that was just ending another side plot that was going on with Lisa and Jeff. Also, that voice sounded just like those widgets where you type in something and it talks for you. It was much too uniform to be a real voice. But you did do a good job of showing the main plot.

[mikissi]

@Lunario333 Thanks for the remark.

- About the symbolism: it is up to your interpretation(s), thus not part of the movie.

- You're right, all the other neighbors are important, but hey, it's classical H'wood narration, in which everything is important (otherwise it is left out = no unmotivated shot, character, montage, etc.). It's like making a map from a city: it requires some selection, however you know that the most precise one is the city itself.

- About the magazine you have right.

[MegaPatriot123]

I freaking HATE the narrator's accent.

[mikissi]

@MegaPatriot123 Wonderful, however you forgot to tell us what did you LIKE:)

[marcuslastname]

I've never seen this movie, and your 5 minute summary had me thrilled in suspense. Hitchcock is certainly a powerful film-maker.

[richardflog]

Tu est française? :) Very nice summary!

[TVLubber]

I assume that after Thorwald was arrested, he was executed. After all, he killed his wife and some witnesses, and he almost killed Jeffries.

[z2153]

I think the magazine title was a play on words. Bazaar sounds like Bizzare so it's HItchcock's way of saying this was one strange movie.

[CraigASilver]

Not sure the point of this Cliff's Notes version of the painstakingly paced movie. I've written an original song tribute to the master, "Here's To Alfred Hitchcock," the music video of which is viewable right here on YouTube. Just click on my name below.

[Raoulistical]

wow the sudden movement in the picture at 3:50

[Reofive]

Very nice summary!

[BlekoBadBoy]

3:52 the most scary moment in whole movie! this view is creepy.

[MegaPatriot123]

@MrSirSnoozealot Hey Mrsleeze I'm not white so I guess you been duped.