REAR WINDOW Guest Artistic Director

The best people, the best mood, the best setting for a murder mystery. – David Lynch Alfred Hitchcock’s REAR WINDOW is a deconstruction of the art of filmmaking, a decoding of our deepest voyeuristic desires and a crackerjack thriller all wrapped up in one irresistible Technicolor package . Jimmy Stewart stars as on invalid photographer who turns to spying on his neighbors out of sheer boredom. From his apartment window, he becomes involved in their private moments – seen through the safety of a series of lenses. T he line is crossed when one of the neighbors seems to dispose of his bedridden wife, forcing Stewart to turn to his girlfriend (Grace Kelly) and home-core nurse (Thelma Ritter) for help – quickly forming a trio of unlikely gumshoes . REAR WINDOW was ranked at #42 on the American Film lnstitute’s “100 Years… 100 Movies” list .