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偷窺: 男主的視角限制觀眾的視角. 希區柯克用電影囚禁我們. 觀影的整個過程壓抑又刺激.
婚姻: 希區柯克的」厭女症」. 麗莎甘願為一個不成熟的男人犧牲和冒險, 她是一個復合各種期望的女人, 同時全心全意付出忠誠, 這一切對Jeff來說太多了. 男人想逃脫, 而又懦弱地屈服.

Hitchcock, 「Rear Window was structurally satisfactory because it is the epitome of the subjective treatment. Rear Window is entirely a mental process, done by use of the visual. What people ought to do is get outside their own house and look in for a change.」
「Rear Window as the clearest statement in Hitchcock of the therapeutic theme.」
「The sweetness-and-light merely covers up that chaos world that underlies the superficial order.」

男主: 詹姆士 Stewart - Jeffries
男配: Raymond Burr - Lars Thorwald
女主: Grace Kelly - 麗莎 Fremont
劇本: John Michael Hayes
原著: Cornell Woolrich
MacGuffin: The Thorwald murder

「Can』t you just see me, coming home from work to a nagging wife?」
「You said it reminded you of my apartment.」
「Smell trouble right in this apartment... Look out of the window, see things you shouldn』t see.」
「I could see you looking very handsome and successful in a dark blue suit.」
「Do you think it’s ethical, to go around the world taking pictures of people -- just taking pictures of people?」 「We become a race of Peeping Toms.」 「What people ought to do is get outside their own house and look in for a change!」
「I wonder if it’s ethical to watch a man with binoculars and a long-focus lens. Do you suppose it’s ethical even if you prove he didn』t commit a crime?」 「I』m not much on rear-window ethics. But look at you and me, plunged into despair because we find out a man didn』t kill his wife. We』re two of the most frightening ghouls I』ve ever known.」
「None of you know the meaning of the word neighbor! Neighbors like each other. Speak to each other. Care if anybody lives or dies. But none of you do.」 「Was it because he liked you?」
「If you』d told me you』d quit your job, we never would』ve gotten married!」