If you are a fan of the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, you need to see these classic James Stewart Hitchcock films. James Stewart collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock on 4 films over a period of 10 years. The 4 films are:. Two of these James Stewart Hitchcock films really stand out as being better than the others: Rear Window , and of course, Vertigo. The movie centers around two men who believe they have pulled off the perfect murder.
They strangle a man with—you guessed it—a rope, then hide his body and proceed to throw a dinner party in the same room with the body, confident they have pulled off the perfect crime. Measure ad performance. Select basic ads. Create a personalised ads profile. Select personalised ads. Apply market research to generate audience insights. Measure content performance. Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. By Shawn Dwyer. Updated December 01, Featured Video. The Most Important Movies of the s.
The 15 Most Important Movies of the s. A decade before Vertigo , Stewart made his first film with Hitchcock, Rope.
Stewart plays Rupert Cadell, a philosophy professor who argues in favor of murder as an art that only superior beings should be allowed to practice. When, at the end of the movie, Cadell discovers that his students have actually killed someone, in part because of his discourse, he is horrified.
Not content to merely watch his neighbors through his window — which is understandable for someone bored and temporarily wheelchair bound in the s — he gets high-powered binoculars and begins to actively spy on his neighbors. Yes, Jeff catches a killer, but one has to wonder how the other residents of the building felt about being watched.
Although Jeff is redeemed by his detective work, many of his actions, not just his words, make him a morally gray character. Of course, that is the point in the movie in which Jeff pays the most attention to his girlfriend. The rest of the time he ignores the absolutely gorgeous Grace Kelly, and would rather try and figure out what the neighbors are doing.
Ben McKenna. Although McKenna operates in a moral gray zone, I can easily argue that his actions are necessary, even justifiable. McKenna lies to the police and hides information about an assassination attempt in order to protect his son.
Most importantly, McKenna commits manslaughter while attempting to stop the would-be assassin. Although his motivations are good, this character is an important next step in the Hitchcock-Stewart character evolution. McKenna introduces the potential for physical violence into the mix. At first, it seems harmless, but when she tries to drown herself early on in the film, it becomes clear that Scottie does not know how to behave like a normal person or private detective would.
Scottie does very quickly — probably way too quickly — decide he is in love with Madeleine, and enters a deep depression when she throws herself off a bell tower.
His depression ends when he meets Judy, who looks like Madeline, but with brown hair and different clothes. This is where Scottie becomes an anti-hero.
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