Rear Window, a very well known Alfred Hitchcock movie has the characteristics of a theatrical performance. The location of the events is always in the same place. The main character Jeffries has a broken leg and has to rest in his chair, which stops him from moving anywhere else. After a while he gets bored and starts to gaze outside of his window, looking at all the people that live across him. He watches everyone, and learns things about their personal lives. He especially has more pleasure in looking at women figures, which relates to what Mulvey says about men becoming the center of cinema and how this objectified women.
Another thing in this movie that relates to what Mulvey says in her text is Jeffries’ guilty pleasure of watching people secretly. Even though he knows that it’s a wrong thing to do, he keeps watching because he gets addicted to the suspense and excitement behind it. As he keeps trying to figure out if the men living across killed his wife, Jeffries gets more and more absorbed into the activity of looking. As Mulvey states, Jeffries gets a sadistic pleasure out of voyeurism. Voyeurism is sadistic because even though it makes Jeffries feel guilty, he continues watching people.
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