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One of the most popular thrillers of Alfred Hitchcock's middle
years, Rear Window is now also recognised as one of the most
brilliant demonstrations of the director's cinematic wizardry.
Starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly, with Thelma Ritter and
Raymond Burr in memorable supporting roles, the film centres on a
photographer confined to a wheelchair in his apartment who, using
binoculars, spies on his courtyard neighbours and witnesses a
possible murder. Stefan Sharff, professor emeritus of Columbia
University's film department, shows us how Hitchcock achieved the
mounting excitement and fear that mark this film. The author first
provides a detailed overview of the director's skill in developing
the story from intriguing start to shattering climax. In the second
part of the book, he goes on to a shot-by-shot analysis; using the
film's continuity as his text, he describes how Hitchcock's
technique accomplished its magic. Illustrated throughout with
stills from the film, The Art of Looking is a unique appreciation
of the art of Alfred Hitchcock, made even more valuable by the
first publication in any form of the full dialogue of a screen
masterpiece.
Beginning with the proposition that there exist uniquely
cinematic elements of meaning and structure, Stefan Sharff clearly
and systematically lays the foundation for "literacy" in cinema --
a sensitivity to the aesthetic elements intrinsic only to film.
Sharff presents the basic elements of structure, modes of
expression, and rules which he argues create a specific "language"
and "syntax" of cinema.
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