... , $4.5million on its reissue in 1962 and another $12million on its re-release in 1983 (1). Therefore ultimately Rear Window is an example of classical Hollywood cinema as Bordwell and Thompson define it. The narrative therefore alternates between murder mystery and love story, "intertwining the two through the theme of voyeurism" (2). This is the perfect example of classical Hollywood cinema due to ... as men did not "feel as masculine as the risk and adventure they had experienced overseas" (11). That is one reason Lemire argues for the increased popularity of the Western genre amongst ...

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