Rear Window
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly
Alfred Hitchcock was a brilliant director (maybe the least original thing I've ever written). He really knows how to build suspense. The secret: let the audience see things that the protagonist does not. This is used well in the last scene of Rear Window, a classic film(and rightfully so).
This is one of those movies that I knew a lot about from pop culture (parodies like the one on Tiny Toons from my childhood). Stewart plays an amateur sleuth who thinks he witnesses a murder from his window view from his wheelchair. He doesn't have quite enough evidence to really convince anyone (including the audience). The puzzle comes together slowly, building tension over the course of the film.
Grace Kelly is a knockout. I don't think I'd ever seen a whole movie with her in it. She is beautiful, charming, dangerous, and sweet. No wonder she ended up becoming a princess.
Hitchcock uses great noir film making techniques to build this mystery. It was fun to watch and really had me freaked out in the last 15 minutes.
Lesson learned: Mind your own business.
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