Rear Window
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The scene i have selected is right after Lisa Fremont and Jeffries have dinner. The scene starts off with her lying on his bed still wearing the gorgeous 1100 dollar dress. The only lighting we see is the lamp on the night stand next to Jeffries bed. The only two camera angles are from right over Jeffries right shoulder and form behind Fremonts left shoulder between her and the lamp. Right from the beginning they both are rather stressed out. He apparently has told her it may not work out, her traveling with him and whatnot. She is trying to defend her position sternly, with her arms crossed and everything. After several minutes of strong argument, Fremont on the edge about to burst into tears, she gets up off the bed and decides she is going to leave. She says “Good bye” to Jeffries. He, thinking good bye meant for good, says “well you mean good night?” After making it seem like she wont being seeing him ever again, before she leaves she tells Jeffries she will be seeing him the next night, showing how she is truly in love with Jeffries. Again, throughout the whole scene there is isnt a whole lot of light in the room, the three lamps she turned earlier really dont light the room up real well.
The problem or question that this scene poses to the audience is illustrated thorughout the scene. Will she conform to his needs? Will she leave her “uptown girl” lifestyle and go live with him, traveling out of one suitcase and living on the current available public transportation? This scene adds a nice bit of suspense early in the movie and leads to how Fremont, later on in the film, shows up with clothes for the night packed into a tiny suitcase/briefcase ready to help him solve the mysterious question the whole film is based on, what is happening in Thorwalds apartment?