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This 6 page paper discusses the film “Rear Window” as an example of Alfred Hitchcock’s status as an auteur director. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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pin it down, and refers loosely to the idea of the director as the "author" of his or her films. This paper considers what people usually mean by "auteur theory,"
and argues that Alfred Hitchcock is an auteur director, as exemplified by his film "Rear Window." Discussion Most people would consider an "auteur" director to be a person whose style
is so distinctive that its possible to walk into a theater without knowing whats playing, look at the film for a few moments, and say, "Oh, thats Hitchcock" or "Thats
Truffaut" or "Thats Spielberg." The films may be very different in subject matter but the directors worldview is identical throughout his oeuvre. For Hitchcock, his entire body of work
illustrates his belief that the world is a dangerous place, and that evil is always lurking, ready to leap out and ensnare the innocent. Some of his most memorable films,
including The Man Who Knew Too Much, The 39 Steps, The Birds, and the wonderful North by Northwest all feature innocent protagonists who are drawn into mystery and danger through
no fault of their own. These are ordinary people who suddenly find themselves in the midst of terrible danger, threatened with death, because they were in the wrong place at
the wrong time. In The Birds, for instance, Melanie (Tippi Hedren) pursues Mitch (Rod Taylor), a man she likes, to Bodega Bay-and is thus in harms way when the birds
attack the coastal town. In North by Northwest, Roger O. Thornhill (Cary Grant) becomes enmeshed in a spy ring when hes mistaken for someone else. These are people with no
special training or abilities who suddenly face life-threatening, violent situations. This is a favorite subject of his. According to Andrew Sarris, a leading film critic who has written extensively on
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