So,
when the awesome Waad The Magazine offered to feature a review from KemzMovies
in its instagram account (@Waad_TheMagazine) I thought that I needed a movie
that is awesome of course and has some of the iconic fashion in Hollywood
history. I was so happy to see that one of these movies is Rear Window;
a suspense thriller by none other than the brilliant Alfred
Hitchcock and stared by James Stewart
and Queen of Monaco, Grace Kelly.
The
movie is the thrilling story of photojournalist L.B. 'Jeff' Jefferies (James
Stewart) when he was forced to stay at home for 7 weeks due to a broken leg. As
he contemplates on whether to marry his socialist girl friend Lisa (Grace
Kelly), Jeff spends his days looking at his neighbors through his window. Their daily routine was just the
entertainment he needed in his boring days, until one day he suspects a
neighbor of killing his wife.
I
saw this movie maybe a year or so ago and I couldn’t forget it! I loved it so
much! Hitchcock movies for me are timeless. I knew that when I watched my first
Hitchcock movie, Notorious.
This
movie however is not in Black & White and has a more fun element to it. The
story in itself is very interesting (based on short story by Cornell
Woolrich). How we do sometimes look at windows and wonder who live
there and what their stories. It was clear how through Jeff’s window we saw
many variety of characters and stereotypes, like, the lonely woman, the young
dancer adored by all, the newly weds and the old couple who fights everyday and
through that window as well, we, the viewers, look inside Jeff and Lisa’s
relationship. The whole story is revolved around that one Rear Window!
It’s
quite remarkable how this now resembles how people peep into other people’s
lives, not through binoculars, but through social media. One click and a window
is opened to us to peak into someone else’s life. We should be careful to not
end up obsessing like Jeff!
On
another note, Grace Kelly is seriously amazing! She’s so graceful, elegant and
smart. She portrayed a very powerful woman in this movie and played her really
well. I loved how her character Lisa wasn’t just this stereotype of a woman who
just loves fashion, no, she was a strong and accomplished woman who didn’t fear
to face the danger threatening her. To comment on the fashion side of it, every
time the apartment doors open, Grace Kelly enters wearing a beautiful elegant
gown, a summer dress or a chic suit! The four iconic looks created in the movie
is such a beautiful tribute to 1950s fashion! As timeless as the movie itself!
I’m
looking forward to the movie about her life, Grace of
Monaco, priemering at this year’s Cannes International Film
Festival. Even though Nicole Kidman
is playing Grace and lately she hasn’t been good in any of her movies! Ah, let’s
wait and see!
I
really enjoyed the movie even though this is the second time I watch it, but
you know what? It’s fun and exciting and it’s just a nice true thriller that
doesn’t have all that elaborated soundtracks and fake blood and weird stuff
going on.
You
know, you can never go wrong with a Classic!
Till
Saturday! (I’m thinking, Argo?!)
Kemz
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& Instagram: @KemzMovies
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