A time-lapse film of the view outside James Stewart’s rear window, in Alfred Hitchcock’s film of that name:
Very, very cool!
(See the creator’s own site for additional details. And if you don’t know the film at all, you could do worse than to start with Roger Ebert’s looking-back review from 2000. Of course you could also do better, and just rent or borrow it yourself. :))
Sherri says
Well that is just fantastic. I wanted to look everywhere at once.
John says
I know! Amazing what persistence, great software, and great source material can accomplish, hmm? :)
cynth says
I first started watching it on that tiny little window thing (ha! pun intended) and couldn’t see anything. Then I watched it full screen. Then I listened to the music which I sort of recognize because of an old Allen Sherman parody (Hungarian Goulash anyone?). Thanks. Very entertaining on many levels…
John says
For the life of me, I can’t remember the Hungarian Goulash reference. As soon as I saw the name “Allen Sherman,” though, I immediately flashed (for some reason) on the line, Vittoria de Sica / Makes the picture twice-a-bigga…!
Raymond Burr, to my mind, always succeeded much more as a dangerous bad guy than he did as a noble hero.
s.o.m.e. one's brudder says
Well, this “condensed” version just underscores my LOVE of this movie. I had seen it on big screen at the Ritz 3 in Philadelphia, around 1983 when it was released as a return “theatrical” release. Sat in the third row, and couldn’t see the limits of the screen unless I turned left or right. Fabulous movie! And, I concluded that i would never see a more beautiful woman in my life, than Grace Kelly in this movie.
John says
Know exactly what you mean about Kelly. Here’s what was obviously a publicity still for the film:
On the other hand, she always seemed alternately a little icy or a little, well, goody-goody… Or so I thought, until The Missus read a bio of her many years ago and shared some of what she was learning, especially about her Hollywood years. Wild. But what really sent me around the bend about her was the biography’s cover photo, a black-and-white version of this (by Howell Conant):
Zowie. Very interesting to me that it has that effect (on me), yet doesn’t really, like, show anything. It’s the combination of the wet hair and the eyes, I think; she looks like a flirtatious otter. (Er, not that I’d ever give a flirtatious otter the time of day.)
Oh, and yes: the movie is outstanding. That must’ve been great to see it in a venue like that!
Jayne says
Very, very, very cool! Oh my gosh, I cannot count the number of times I’ve seen this film. It’s my favorite Hitchcock film (if it is possible to choose only one as a favorite). Thanks so much for sharing this, John.
By the way, did you take a look at Jeff Desom’s home page? It’s hysterical (if not a little nerve wracking)! Lots of little treasures over there. ;)