“Fawell encourages readers to see and hear connections that merit more thought and appreciation than casual viewing would suggest. As Fawell moves from one topic to another and points out the film’s many different kinds of interconnections, the reader will come to understand exactly how well-made Rear Window is. . . .  [R]eaders will come away with a better appreciation of the reasons why critics value the film so highly.”—Hitchcock Annual

“John Fawell builds his study on the previous research of other scholars, but he also questions some of their assumptions and criticisms about Hitchcock and his films in a most lively fashion. His study is a solid and substantial analysis.”—Gene Philips, editor of Stanley Kubrick: Interviews and author of Alfred Hitchcock