— What’s a logical explanation for a woman taking a trip with no luggage?
— That she didn’t know she was going on a trip and where she was going she wouldn’t need any luggage.
— Exactly.

It was the possibility of doing a purely cinematic film. You have an immobilized man looking out. That’s one part of the film. The second part shows what he sees and the third part shows how he reacts. This is actually the purest expression of a cinematic idea. — Alfred Hitchcock

Rear Window is a classic. It’s an elegant, thoughtful, intelligent, suspenseful, and — ultimately — moving thriller about how we all — in the end — like to watch. — Sarcasto