"Rear Window" is a suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Reiter and others. The film tells the story of a photojournalist, Jeffery, who monitors his neighbors and peeks at their daily lives in order to kill time, and sees through a case of murdering his wife and corpse. On August 1, 1954, the film was released in the United States.
From the perspective of the film itself, some interesting places also create a psychological environment for the audience, such as thermometers, bird sounds, and sweat. We cannot feel the environment in the film, but our subconscious will tell us this is It’s hot. For example, when we see a snowy sky, we will feel it’s cold without it. This is the natural response of the brain under visual conditions. Someone of him has done a terrible experiment. He tied a death row prisoner to a shelf. Blindfolded, he cut a hole in his hand, put a basin next to it, dripped water from a hose, and then told him that he was bleeding, and he would die if it drained, and he would die soon, actually the wound Healed a long time ago, this is the function of psychological suggestion. This method is also used in the details of the movie. The visual and acquired knowledge are mixed and become psychological suggestion.
At the beginning of the film conflict, some of the heroes began to use a proper prop, the camera, we directly see the content in the viewfinder from the first-person perspective. The small circular frame allows us to see so little, so anxious. But it is full of details, which makes people feel more exciting. This is its role. The camera in the camera is indispensable for bringing in and transcending. Hitchcock is called the master of suspense and thriller for a reason. He firmly grasped the audience's psychology, using props, music, and even the audience itself to create an environment to attract the audience and do whatever they want. This is what a director should do. What we call a bad film is not only the plot. , Design, etc. cannot capture the audience, nor does it capture the audience’s own thinking. At this time, the audience is detached and sober. The audience looking down on the screen in the third person is the perspective of God. They are indifferent when they are not involved. Bystanders, there are naturally many problems that have been singled out. The most terrifying shot in
is that Jeffrey saw the wedding ring through the lens and then moved to the salesman’s face. The salesman moved his gaze from the ring to face the camera. Believe me, close in the lens. Finding a murderer staring straight at you, without being able to move but without a helper, is the most terrifying. As mentioned above, the known and predictable dangers and fears are the greatest fears. Suddenly There is no fear of killing a person with a bullet. Both the audience and Jeffrey knew what was going to happen next. The salesman would come to the door and kill himself, but he lacked the ability to resist. This conflict point pushed the entire movie to a climax.
The portrayal of various characters in this film is flesh and blood. A large number of pages portray the normal life of a community. It is ordinary and reasonable. This is not the same as most suspense thriller movies. This is also the case, which makes people watch the warmth In a harmonious community, a fact was discovered with horror. Danger and darkness, blood and death were all in a flash, far not as far away as we imagined. Perhaps it was next door to us and we didn’t know it, but the death of a person, A few days later, the wind was calm and the waves were calm, forgetting was the most frightening thing, the waves flashed by, and the lake was still sparkling.
This kind of cross-dimensional survey has a sense of distance anyway. So what I admire most is the alley exit in the scene design, which connects to the outside world. This is a philosophical thinking. The known and unknown outlets of a movie space bring greater psychological comfort to the viewers. Whether this outlet belongs to the people in the play or the audience. To an eternal proposition, where do I come from and where do I go. Psychological catharsis is a necessary element condition for all entertainment consumer products. As a comprehensive art film, it is no exception. Whether it is sorrow, joy, fear, anger, and anger, when we vent our psychological emotions, it is its success and its existence. significance.
