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Friend in Tumbling
It has come to my attention that Sam — who is living on my couch for another week or so as he looks for a place in the city — was just tumbling at the EXACT SAME TIME AS ME on the other couch in my family room.
Yes: I know. You are as excited about this as I am. Please try and contain yourself. Please.
No duh.
Was just making this argument to Sam the other night …
Above: Scarlett Johansson and Javier Bardem. Photograph by Norman Jean Roy.
The film has been called a superb commentary on watching films, on loneliness, and on obsession, as well as a sharp critique of the male psyche. But at its essence, Rear Window is a paean to old-fashioned snooping. “Sure he’s a snooper, but aren’t we all?”said Hitchcock.“I’ll bet you that nine out of ten people, if they see a woman across the courtyard undressing for bed, or even a man puttering around in his room, will stay and look; no one turns away and says,‘It’s none of my business.”
These shots of Hitchcock movies from Vanity Fair this month sometime in the past are great. (Thanks to Baby J for the heads up on the timeline.)