Rear Window

And then just to have a change of scenery one day, my mother decided I should enjoy the summer and sit in a chair ... except I kinda felt like Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window.

Nikki Luongo: Expect the Unexpected Nikki Luongo 2011

When Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window needs restoring, when movies by legends of British cinema like Powell-Pressburger only survive because Scorsese reaches into his own pocket to help pay for that rescue, you realize that no film is safe.

Michael Giltz: Movies: "Blimp" Is Back! British Gem Is Beautifully Restored Michael Giltz 2011

The rest of the episode is a suspenseful high-tech homage to Rear Window, with an injured Reese restlessly confined to a wheelchair, watching the residents of an apartment building via monitors in this week's game of spot-the-perp/victim while Finch does most of the legwork.

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When Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window needs restoring, when movies by legends of British cinema like Powell-Pressburger only survive because Scorsese reaches into his own pocket to help pay for that rescue, you realize that no film is safe.

Michael Giltz: Movies: "Blimp" Is Back! British Gem Is Beautifully Restored Michael Giltz 2011

And then just to have a change of scenery one day, my mother decided I should enjoy the summer and sit in a chair ... except I kinda felt like Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window.

Nikki Luongo: Expect the Unexpected Nikki Luongo 2011

But the one thing Rear Window gets wrong is the quality most people remember most: the sensation of surveillance.

Chuck Klosterman on Living and Society Chuck Klosterman 2009

The problem with Rear Window is that the things Stewart sees are too lucid.

Chuck Klosterman on Living and Society Chuck Klosterman 2009

But the one thing Rear Window gets wrong is the quality most people remember most: the sensation of surveillance.

Chuck Klosterman on Living and Society Chuck Klosterman 2009

While Grace Kelly may have been Hitchcock's real first choice to play Eve Kendall -- having already starred in Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder, Rear Window, and To Catch A Thief in rapid succession before becoming Princess of Monaco in 1956 -- Saint proved to be an inspired choice.

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The problem with Rear Window is that the things Stewart sees are too lucid.

Chuck Klosterman on Living and Society Chuck Klosterman 2009