This, in my opinion, is Hitchcock's masterpiece. Staring Jimmy Stewart, Grace Kelly and Raymond Burr it tells the story of a murder, and the man who thinks he witnessed it. The voyeuristic nature of the film taps into something inside all of us, and the mystery grabs us from the very beginning.
This film is why Hitchcock was a true genius. He tells this story flawlessly, while we almost never leave the confines of this small New York apartment. As the mystery builds and more and more questions arise more people become obsessed with finding the answers. The true brilliance here is that we are watching the events unfold as if we are in that apartment. There is no piece of information that these characters know, that we don't learn at the same moment. This makes us feel the tension even more because we truly feel like the movie is happening outside the window, and if the people in the apartment are discovered we will be too.
It's pure genius, using the voyeuristic nature of film to turn the fear and tension back around on us. There will never be anyone like Hitchcock again.
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