12019-01-28T00:54:09+00:006.14 Rear Window1Rear Window (1954)plain2019-01-28T00:54:09+00:00Douglas Pye has observed that Hitchcock’s films often express a playful tone, precisely by flaunting their “ability to restrict what we see and know.” This sense of playfulness characterizes the eighty-six-second shot, which works like a riddle, revealing a set of effects (the broken leg and the broken camera) before revealing their cause (the car crash).