I really liked Hitchcock’s change because it makes the story more realistic, because if one were to search a home, they would need a warrant or else it would be deemed an illegal. In John Fawells book, Hitchcocks Rear Window: The Well-made Film, he notes. Finally, in the story, Boyne (Doyle in the film) investigates the Thorwald’s apartment while in the film, Doyle tells Jeffries he can’t because he would need a warrant.
I liked Hitchcock’s change because it allowed the neighbors to become more involved in the story, something that the short story could have used. Thorwald was hidden in the cement of the construction of the apartment. Of course, in the story, the evidence of Ms. This is changed drastically in the story as there is no dog or flowers mentioned at all. Later in the film, Thorwald kills the dog in order for it not to dig up any of the evidence he hid. In the film, one of Jeffries’s neighbors has a dog that was often by Mr. I liked the fact that Hitchcock added Lisa and replaced Sam with Stella in the film because it made the story more interesting as it showed the importance of a women’s intuition and made Jeffries more dynamic as a character because viewers were shown an everyday man, one that has trouble balancing and/or integrating work with family.Ĭertain aspects of the story were also different between the film and story. At one point in the story, Jeffries sends Sam to investigate the Thorwald’s apartment, just how Jeffries sends Lisa to inspect the apartment in the film. However, Sam performs one of the major roles Lisa played in the story. Sam, of course, takes away the “women’s intuition” aspect of the story from the film as there are no woman to give Jeffries their thoughts of the situation. In fact, she is replaced by a man named Sam. In the short story, Stella isn’t even a woman. But what is fascinating is that her role is somewhat merged with Stella’s role in the short story. This is interesting because in the film she plays a huge role as she is one of the first to realize Jeffries’s suspicions were valid and true. In the short story, Lisa doesn’t even exist as she is not even mentioned once at any point. Lisa and Stella also are different compared to their roles in the short story. This is an important difference because Jeffries’s occupation plays a huge role in the film. We don’t know why he’s in a cast or what his occupation exactly is. In fact, the only thing we know about the Jeffries in the story is that he is temporarily in a cast. The opening sequence L.B.s emotion and view of the events that happen. In the short story, there is little mentioned about Jeffries. Rear Window By: Chris Yates & Jack Ebstein Point of View Transition to Film In the short story we see the world through a first person POV of L.B. Jeffries, who is a photographer that temporarily dons a cast due to an incident that occurred in one of his past assignments. The first major difference is the characters.
While the film Rear Window is based on the short story “It Had to Be Murder”, there are several differences between them.
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