Rear window
Who could forget Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 film: Rear Window? I thought it was one of his best. I actually fell in love with James Stewart in the Glenn Miller story from the previous year but Rear Window really gets inside your soul.
Driving home from work last night I thought of Rear Window and wondered whether James Stewart had been reincarnated as the driver of the Chelsea tractor behind me. Quite clearly he wanted to get inside my car. I wasn't driving slowly as I didn't want to miss any of the weekend. Yet. the driver behind me seemed unconcerned about hitting me and obviously wanted to floodlight my back seat. My rear window was a white space, like those shots they show on television when the patient first comes out of a coma. Was the driver behind me curious or disturbed? What would Hitchcock have made of it?
Why do people drive in this way? Are they, like Stewart in the film, frustrated sexually? Is this why they have to purchase their 'weapons?'
Maybe there are clues in the film. Maybe I'll get it the DVD...
Driving home from work last night I thought of Rear Window and wondered whether James Stewart had been reincarnated as the driver of the Chelsea tractor behind me. Quite clearly he wanted to get inside my car. I wasn't driving slowly as I didn't want to miss any of the weekend. Yet. the driver behind me seemed unconcerned about hitting me and obviously wanted to floodlight my back seat. My rear window was a white space, like those shots they show on television when the patient first comes out of a coma. Was the driver behind me curious or disturbed? What would Hitchcock have made of it?
Why do people drive in this way? Are they, like Stewart in the film, frustrated sexually? Is this why they have to purchase their 'weapons?'
Maybe there are clues in the film. Maybe I'll get it the DVD...
Labels: Alfred Hitchcock, Chelsea tractor, Drivers, Glenn Miller, James Stewart, Rear Window
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