Den er så full av underfundige detaljer, ting man går glipp av om man blunker, små historier i historien og ikke minst; en ufrivillig morsom scene der alle tre i rommet rugger på glassene sine med varm konjakk helt synkront.
Den sier så mye om liv, om verden på 50-tallet (huseier måtte for all del ikke vite at ugifte par overnattet sammen for eksempel), og den er spennende helt på ekte. Veldig gøy introduksjon til suspense thriller. Enhver som bor tett kan nok kjenne seg igjen i hvordan man lager seg historier om naboene man bare ser litt av, det man ser, som en film på mute, gjennom vinduets utsnitt.
For ekte filmnerder så er det også utrolig interessant å se på spenningsoppbygning, og hvordan den er filmet. :
The film was shot entirely at Paramount studios, which included an enormous indoor set to replicate a Greenwich Village courtyard. Set designers Hal Pereira and Joseph MacMillan Johnson spent six weeks building the extremely detailed and complex set, which ended up being the largest of its kind at Paramount. One of the unique features of the set was its massive drainage system, constructed in order to accommodate the rain sequence in the film. They also built the set around a highly-nuanced lighting system which was able to create natural-looking lighting effects for both the day and night scenes. Even though the address given in the film is 125 W. Ninth Street in New York's Greenwich Village, the set was actually based on a real courtyard located at 125 Christopher Street.[4]
In addition to the meticulous care and detail put into the set, there was also careful attention given to sound, including the use of natural sounds and music that would drift across the courtyard and into Jefferies' apartment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kCcZCMYw38
