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This Video was provided by JM63.Will become a YouTube edit sometime down the road :)

(The intro and part of the outro have been removed as they are personalized)

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Bruce Galles

I will have to wait for YouTube..I can't wait..I remember watching this with my Mom when we first got HBO in 1975(?). Only had 12 channels..hehe

Michael Keenan

My absolute favorite Hitchcock movie. Thanks JM63

EastPeak Slim

Worthy for certain. Pretty much all films by The Master of Suspense are.

JM63

Thanks for the upload, Kate!! I will definitely watch this again this week!

Rick Caruso

Kate I saw your message and had to be one of the first to watch it. I love this movie. Imagine this movie came out in 1954 the year I was born. That makes this movie 72 years old. Unbelievable how amazing Hitchcock was with building suspense. Also, when they would have filmed this movie Grace Kelly was only 23 years old. You talk about her posh accent, she was born in Philadelphia to Aristocratic family. That was she was well educated and her is unfathomable. She would get married to the Princess in 1956 the year hitchcock’s To Catch a Thief came out with Carry Grant and of course filmed in Monaco. I remember watching this when I was 13 and wow that slow motion kiss with her coming into focus twitterpated me. I think I fell in love with Grace Kelly. I just saw a you tube video about the Style of Grace Kelly. That Mark Cross overnighted bag become a style icon because of Grace Kelly. And Marc Cross still makes that case to this day. Vintage ones run $10,000. I am so very happy you reacted to this movie, it was wonderful watching your reaction. Thank you so much Kate. BTW Have you reacted to To Catch a Thie yet? If not I highly recommend that.

Michael Walsh

Thelma Ritter one of the great scene stealers of all time. She did it in a bunch of films with limited screen time. Kate, love your line about Miss Torso making kissy face with Danny DeVito! She's been entertaining a lineup of hunks but she gave her heart to Danny DeVito....😂😂😂 Nice request JM63!

ButtercupsTrueLove

Thank you, JM63, for sharing "Rear Window" with us. It's a great film and Kate's watchalong was fun!

pvmt9761

Raymond Burr is an all time evil great in this. First time I watched this while going through my Hitchcock video store rental phase, I really wanted to know at which dirt track Jimmy Stewart's leg was broken! Was it Flemington, New Jersey? Syracuse Mile? It was a nice touch I always remembered. That kind of stuff makes a classic. Looking forward to this watch.

Michael Muggeridge

Excellent reaction and stellar request hy JM 63! Love the dynamics of the neighbors. The indictment of unfeeling neighbors by the lady who's dog is killed is really powerful. This was the period when American sociologists became interested in people (in urban environments) becoming estranged and isolated from each other. I'm sure Hitchcock is reflecting on that in this film.

Michael Keenan

I was thinking about what Kate said about Jimmy Stewart at the end of the movie, yes once again. He WAS OFF THE CHARTS …again.

pvmt9761

Line I just caught for the first time during this watch during the soiree scene. I can't stop laughing. 🤣🤣 Grace-"Where does a man get inspiration to write a song like that? Jimmy-"Oh, he gets it once a month from the land-lady" 🤣 1954! Hitchcock rules!

pvmt9761

Sorry, but I have to defend Jeff here. 🤣 The man was in a full leg cast and a wheelchair. He called the cops. Even if he shouted "hey Thorwald, I know what you did! Stop messing with her or I'll be over there in 90 minutes to kick your butt!" I don't know would have helped her😉🤔😝 But on the serious side, the scene of the woman shouting at the neighbors after Thorwald killed her dog fits in. They just went about their business. Not sure if it's related that maybe Jeff yelling out would be mostly ignored? You got me thinking about it. One thing I heard years ago (and not sure if it's true or an urban legend) is if you're really in trouble in a situation, yell "fire" instead of "help". Bystanders will pay more attention.

JM63

I’ve always loved Rear Window, but my estimation of it has increased so much over the last few years and I now see it as one of the most insightful and important films ever made. It’s a meta-commentary on both film-watching **and** film-making. (Jeff “directs” the players and the action from a seated position, just as Hitchcock did on set.) The opening sequence, which takes the viewer on a tour of the “stories” in the apartments, ends by pulling away from the courtyard to a daydreaming Jeff. This image suggests that these concurrent storylines, which exist separately in the world of the apartment complex, are being sucked into Jeff’s head, where they constitute a shared reality. This is exactly the same way that we, as film and TV viewers, process the various shows and movies that we consume. Like the apartment complex, this film has multiple levels to explore. On one level, it’s a dark romantic comedy; in a cute, and slightly perverse way, snooping on Thorwald saves Jeff and Lisa's relationship. (This relationship was partly based on the real-life affair between Casablanca’s Ingrid Bergman and war photographer Robert Capa.) And Thelma Ritter as Stella is fantastic as the Greek chorus, sprinkling in witty retorts to Jeff in sharp Brooklynese.

NebulaM57

Kate, I love the energy you put into watching these movies! You're always as much fun as the movie itself! Hitchcock was such a talented director. And he always got the top stars to play in his films. So many talented actors/actresses back then. I miss films like this. Probably never come around again. Movies from that era were all done so well. And the colors were so cool back then. That's one of the many things I liked about Star Trek TOS. The colors they used were quite striking. You made the comment about enjoying looking into the windows of these characters. When you said that, I wondered if they'd let you make a movie like that again.... spying on strangers in their homes. Just a interesting thot. Thank you again for sharing!!