June 4, 2004

Musical Redemption in Hitchcock's 'Rear Window'

By JACK SULLIVAN

"Where is that wonderful music coming from?" -- Lisa in Rear Window

Rear Window, which has its 50th anniversary this August, is Alfred Hitchcock's most daring experiment in popular music. Its pop-song surrealism is the forerunner of American Graffiti (1973), Mona Lisa (1986), After Hours (1985), and many other films, but the way tunes and street sounds drift through the soundtrack, in and out of windows and the protagonist's dreams, is unique.

Indeed, Rear Window feels like

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