Thriller · Mystery · Drama
American
1954 · Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 113 min
A news photographer with a broken leg is stuck in his Greenwich Village apartment during a heat wave. With nothing to do but watch his neighbours across the courtyard, he begins to suspect that something is wrong in one of the windows.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining film of Hitchcock's 1950s Hollywood peak and a landmark of the suspense thriller, it showed how point of view and editing alone could generate tension.
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Treat the film as a study of looking: ask who is watching, what they can and cannot see, and what they decide it means.
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