The Master of Suspense is coming to the Film Center, so we asked Film Center patrons to vote on their favorite classic Hitchcock film, and promised to screen the winner at the Film Center.
The winner is….
REAR WINDOW
A newspaper photographer (Jimmy Stewart) with a broken leg passes time recuperating by observing his neighbors through his window. He sees what he believes to be a murder, and decides to solve the crime himself. With the help of his nurse (Thelma Ritter) and girlfriend (Grace Kelly), he tries to catch the murderer without being killed himself.
“The most densely allegorical of Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpieces, moving from psychology to morality to formal concerns and finally to the theological. It is also Hitchcock’s most innovative film in terms of narrative technique.” – Chicago Reader
“This is Alfred Hitchcock at his best — a hugely entertaining, romantic and witty film with just a touch of mayhem.” – Atlanta Journal-Constitution
