{"product_id":"9780809324002","title":"Hitchcock's Rear Window: The Well-Made Film","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the process of providing the most extensive analysis of Alfred Hitchcock’s \u003ci\u003eRear Window \u003c\/i\u003eto date, John Fawell also dismantles many myths and clichés about Hitchcock, particularly in regard to his attitude toward women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e            \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough \u003ci\u003eRear Window\u003c\/i\u003e masquerades quite successfully as a piece of light entertainment, Fawell demonstrates just how complex the film really is. It is a film in which Hitchcock, the consummate virtuoso, was in full command of his technique. One of Hitchcock’s favorite films, \u003ci\u003eRear Window \u003c\/i\u003eoffered the ideal venue for the great director to fully use the tricks and ideas he acquired over his previous three decades of filmmaking. Yet technique alone did not make this classic film great; one of Hitchcock’s most personal films, \u003ci\u003eRear Window\u003c\/i\u003e is characterized by great depth of feeling. It offers glimpses of a sensibility at odds with the image Hitchcock created for himself—that of the grand ghoul of cinema who mocks his audience with a slick and sadistic style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough Hitchcock is often labeled a misanthrope and misogynist, Fawell finds evidence in \u003ci\u003eRear Window \u003c\/i\u003eof a sympathy for the loneliness that leads to voyeurism and crime, as well as an empathy for the film’s women. Fawell emphasizes\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ea more feeling, humane spirit than either Hitchcock’s critics have granted him or Hitchcock himself admitted to, and does so in a manner of interest to film scholars and general readers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e    \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Southern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47020597313776,"sku":"9780809324002","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780809324002_p0.jpg?v=1763740673","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780809324002","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}