Rear Window's main motif is voyeurism; the title itself announces it. Jeff is obsessed with watching his neighbors, and even though he discovers a murder in the process, he's basically invading the...

Through Jeff's lens, we see images of all kinds of male-female relationships. From the distant views of the squabbling older couple and the sad exploits of Miss Lonelyhearts to the close-ups of Gra...

Hitchcock always gave himself a brief cameo in each of his films: a non-speaking role where he'd basically appear once and never be seen again. It's a little running joke between Hitchcock and his...

Having gotten his start in silent films, Hitchcock developed a genius for telling stories visually. He liked to remind critics that "in other words, we don't have pages to fill, or pages from a typ...

Diegetic sounds are sounds that occur "in-world": things like dialogue, gunfire, passing street noises, and anything else the characters themselves might hear. Non-diegetic sounds are things like t...

Hitchcock liked to play with Freudian symbolism. Even so, he'd probably be surprised at some of the interpretations of Jeff's full-leg cast. Just as it makes Jeff powerless to get around or do anyt...

If the cast represents Jeff's "broken" man parts, then the super-size telephoto lens is what he uses to compensate. It's the only way he can feel useful and powerful. Mere looking isn't enough—he...