Alfred Hitchcock's film, Rear Window, stars James Stewart and Grace Kelly in a tale about an injured photographer ridden with boredom who watches his neighbors from his apartment window. When he becomes convinced that one of his neighbors has committed murder, he takes it upon himself to crack the case.
Upon studying "The Gaze" in class, it became apparent that this film was a model example of not only Laura Mulvey's idea of the feminine gaze seen in many Hitchcock films, but also intra-diegetic gaze as Stewart views his neighbors from a pair of binoculars and a camera lens. Like many other "Hitchcock actresses" Grace Kelly was put in the spotlight of the film while the caretaker, played by Thelma Ritter, was much more subservient as a womanly figure.
The movie overall was a psychological thriller filled with suspense and themes of fear and voyeurism. Overall, Hitchcock does a great job keeping the audience engaged and on the edge of their seats and the movie plays out to send a message that things arent always what they seem.
