Rear Window

I'm a big fan of Hitchcock. I've always loved his foul humor and ability to keep the suspense alive. The movie was about a man named Jeffries watching his neighbors lives out of boredom as he is stuck in his apartment for weeks. Hitchcock makes it so as we see Jeffries watching his neighbors we are in a way watching what is going on in Jeffries world. He spends time watching neighbors like, the ballerina in her apartment jumping around and dancing freely. This can represent in his life what he feels being bachelor still gives him. The ballerina poseing to be so free is a symbol of what Jefferies sees his life without marriage. This mirrors his life because in the movie he is involved with a young woman named Lisa. Lisa desires to marry him and live happily ever after, but Jeffries is weary of marriage. Ms. Lonelyheart is another one of his neighbors that he watches from his apartment. She is older, and seems to be quite a drinker. He watches her carry on and at times she is pretending to talk to a imaginary man. She is ruined and miserable. This symbolizes for Jeffries what he fears he will eventually turn into if he pushes love aside forever. He fears that he will become lonely and depressed. His neighbor the composer is shown playing music throughout the whole movie. This I think is to play the music that fits into how Jeffries feels at the time. When he is confused and down then the music is low and somber. When things are coming together for him then the music is upbeat and hopeful. The newelyweds that move in across the building pose as the benefits of fresh love and the beginning of marriage. The undying romance is something that attracts Jefferies heart. This is used to show what Jefferies idea of marriage would be. Then finally there are the Thornwalds. Most of the core of the movie is about them, but they pose another use in the film as well. They the symbol for Jefferies of what marriage may turn Jeffries into. It's amazing how Hitchcock works these interesting sub plots into the movie, and only Hitchcock can do such an awesome job.

Glengarry Glen Ross

This is probably the hardest blog for me to write because I absolutely hated the play. Although it only took an hour or two to read it left me feeling lethargic, and my brain fried. Why did I dislike it so much? Most likely because it seemed to be about absolutely nothing! The style of the writing really got under my skin. Perhaps it was that I just finished reading Shakespeare. After reading Shakespeare you feel smart, and after reading this play I just felt plain old stupid.When I got to one section of the play where Mr. Lingk is telling Roma he has to back out because of his wife, I remember thinking hell yeah; go Mrs. Lingk, tell that bastard (Roma) to shove it up his ass. Then I got angry at Mr.Lingk because he had no backbone. He almost couldn't get what his wife has sent him out to say because he couldn't cut off Roma. What kind of man is that? I wanted to slap Mr.Lingk in the face and tell him to "Man up"! Then again, I guess that was what Mamet wanted readers to feel towards Lingk. The "invisible" women in this play have a strong meaning. It is almost like every deal that these real-estate men try to close, women keep them from finishing. Like women are the thorns in their sides. I personally kind of like this, because it shows how strong these women are. They keep their husbands or exes from making stupid deals. It is obvious that the characters feel differently about these women. They detest them and blame their failure on closing the deal on the women. At the same time, the women are what drive the men to do their jobs. Men are very competitive, so the women hindering them from achieving their goal, just drives the men to succeed even more. For example, Levene's daughter is ill, and so Levene pushes him self beyond the limit for her. I think it is fair to say that the women in this play represent the force that drives these men.