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Camera Angles in Rear Window

“Rear window” (1954) composed by Alfred Hitchcock, has been dubbed as one of Hitchcock’s ‘most recognised films’, ‘a stylish and classic thriller’. Starring James Stewart as J. B. "Jeff" Jeffries, Grace Kelly as Lisa Carol Fermont, Wendell Corey as Detective Thomas J. Doyle, and Thelma Ritter as Stewart’s nurse Stella, and Raymond Burr as Lars Burr.

J. B. "Jeff" Jeffries the professional photographer was determined to take the pictures of a lifetime and stepped in the way of a racecar accident. The result, a broken leg and six weeks in a cast in his own Greenwich Village apartment. Bored out of his wits, Jeff can let go of his profession and begins observing the world around him. Since his world is limited to the courtyard and the apartments surrounding him, he begins watching and studying his neighbours. As he becomes more familiar with the cast of characters surrounding him, Stewart begins naming different neighbours and becomes familiar with their routines For ex...

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