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Episode #012: Rear Window (1954)
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On today’s podcast adventure, Adolfo and Mark discuss the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock classic: REAR WINDOW! On this week’s show:
An in-depth discussion of Disney World Parks
Jedis are gender neutral
Adolfo’s favorite Hitchcock film
Thelma Ritter: The MVP
The inevitable “Simpsons” discussion
How sound plays such an important role in the film
Hitchcock’s growing pains in cinema
The movie is completely set up in the first two minutes
The believable cast of characters in the courtyard
How the film turns the audience into voyeurs
Grace Kelly at the peak of her Grace Kelly
How Hitchcock places doubt in the viewer’s head
Lars Thorwald is more sinister being kind to a dog than being cruel to it
How long does it take to walk up a flight of stairs?
How Hitchcock makes you feel bad for the killer
Sacrificing realism for suspense
An exercise in reaction editing
Differences to the original short story
Hitchcock likes to get around the censors
Thorwald and Jeff mirror each other
“It’s almost as if it’s being written for us”
The camera as a phallic symbol
The made for TV Movie remake starring Christopher Reeve
PLUS CONVERSATIONS ON:
WINGS (1927)
THE LODGER: A STORY OF THE LONDON FOG (1928)
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1934)
THE 39 STEPS (1935)
SABOTAGE (1936)
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938)
THE LADY VANISHES (1938)
HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940)
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
IN A LONELY PLACE (1950)
DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)
A MAN ESCAPED (1956)
VERTIGO (1958)
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
PSYCHO (1960)
“THE SIMPSONS” BART OF DARKNESS (TV Episode 1994)
REAR WINDOW (1998)
DISTURBIA (2007)
AVATAR (2009)
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 (2017)
LINKS:
The Essential Films: essentialfilmspodcast.com
Rear Window 1998 TV Movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bqrzWLRNEw
Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUNZPHbwA-U
SOCIAL MEDIA
TWITTER: @EssentialFilms, @FPMoviePodcast, @Adolfo_Acosta, @Sportsguy515
FACEBOOK: The Essential Films: https://www.facebook.com/The-Essential-Films-130585803634489/?fref=ts
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An in-depth discussion of Disney World Parks
Jedis are gender neutral
Adolfo’s favorite Hitchcock film
Thelma Ritter: The MVP
The inevitable “Simpsons” discussion
How sound plays such an important role in the film
Hitchcock’s growing pains in cinema
The movie is completely set up in the first two minutes
The believable cast of characters in the courtyard
How the film turns the audience into voyeurs
Grace Kelly at the peak of her Grace Kelly
How Hitchcock places doubt in the viewer’s head
Lars Thorwald is more sinister being kind to a dog than being cruel to it
How long does it take to walk up a flight of stairs?
How Hitchcock makes you feel bad for the killer
Sacrificing realism for suspense
An exercise in reaction editing
Differences to the original short story
Hitchcock likes to get around the censors
Thorwald and Jeff mirror each other
“It’s almost as if it’s being written for us”
The camera as a phallic symbol
The made for TV Movie remake starring Christopher Reeve
PLUS CONVERSATIONS ON:
WINGS (1927)
THE LODGER: A STORY OF THE LONDON FOG (1928)
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1934)
THE 39 STEPS (1935)
SABOTAGE (1936)
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938)
THE LADY VANISHES (1938)
HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940)
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
IN A LONELY PLACE (1950)
DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)
A MAN ESCAPED (1956)
VERTIGO (1958)
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
PSYCHO (1960)
“THE SIMPSONS” BART OF DARKNESS (TV Episode 1994)
REAR WINDOW (1998)
DISTURBIA (2007)
AVATAR (2009)
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 (2017)
LINKS:
The Essential Films: essentialfilmspodcast.com
Rear Window 1998 TV Movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bqrzWLRNEw
Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUNZPHbwA-U
SOCIAL MEDIA
TWITTER: @EssentialFilms, @FPMoviePodcast, @Adolfo_Acosta, @Sportsguy515
FACEBOOK: The Essential Films: https://www.facebook.com/The-Essential-Films-130585803634489/?fref=ts
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