Category: Coffeehouse #3 (Page 2 of 2)

The first major difference between the written story from the film is that Sam is a young man who was Jeffries’s accomplice but in the film, it is an old lady who just comes to take his temperature and clean around the house. She also has a really close relationship with Jeffries more like a grandson and grandmother relationship. She advised him about Lisa and how he should get marry or confirm his relationship with her.  The second major difference is Jeffries’s love interest makes an appearance and is part of several major scenes in the film but in the written story, Lisa was never mentioned nor referred to at any point. At the beginning of the film, Lisa has plans to do a romantic date for Jeffries since he can’t mobilize much. Jeffries’s interaction with Lisa is somewhat dry because he doesn’t show much affection towards her. He just keeps her around because she helps him and because everyone else is telling him she is a good catch. The relationship between the two will become stronger and they will be closer.

One minor difference between the written story from the film is that Jeffries is a Photographer. In the written story, his description of things gave the reader hints and assumptions that he maybe something from a detective to maybe a private investigator. The second difference is the neighbor’s descriptions. In the film, as per Jeffries’s description, there is The Torso girl which is a young ballerina dancer. Ms. Lonely Hearts is a lady who lives by herself and was so lonely that death was her friend. The Newlyweds are in the honeymoon phase and one that no one will ever forget. Ms. Hearing Aid is an artist of very odd and strange art. In the written story, Jeffries mentions a couple with two teen kids and A lady with a child and that was all he mentioned about his neighbors before the major event.

The film and the short story both depict the story that the author was trying to create, however there are a few major and minor differences we see in both. One major difference we see is the representation of Jeffries’ profession. In the short story we are given very vague details on what exactly he does for a living, which does not necessarily give us an explanation for his behavior. It is shown that he is indeed a photographer, this detail gives us a look into his personality and tells us exactly why he is so observing of his surroundings and picks up on details that most people wouldn’t, he is trained to do so. Another major difference is the depiction of the woman who is seen to be very intimate with Jeffries. The story does not give any inclination to Jeffries personal life or if anyone was involved in his life romantically. In the movie we see him almost as a very suave character who knows how to speak to a woman and can direct his passion and mannerism towards them with absolute amounts of chemistry. This leads us to not only know more about his personal life but more about him as an individual. One minor difference between both is the caretaker, in the story we read of Sam who is a male and would do anything for Jeffries as he is his “accomplice” whereas in the movie we have Stella who is a woman and almost playfully ridicules Jeffries for all that he does. I believe that Stella would be less than likely to be an accomplice of Jeffries! Lastly, another minor difference we see is how there is more of a physical representation of the relationship between Mr.Thorwald and Mrs.Thorwald. Within the movies we see actually how both interact with each other first, whereas in the story I feel like most of the emphasis is placed on the actions of Mr. Thorwald. As they are within their apartment we can see how Mrs.Thorwald seems to treat Mr. Thorwald, laughing at him and not seeming to take away anything from his seriousness. This gives us a rather open explanation to why he may have committed the crime of murdering his wife.

After watching and re-reading Woolrich’s work, there were two significant contrasts I saw so far was the manner by which point by point Jefferies’ adoration of life is in the film than the composed form and the guardian is a lady. The composed story doesn’t specify anything about his adoration life. We enter the story thinking nothing about Jefferie not to mention his adoration life. The story bounces straight into him being an unwelcome voyeur and portraying each home and neighbor in incredible detail. The film adaptation begins with him sitting close to his window and checking the external neighbors, giving us a see of each house at that point goes into profundity about his profession and love life among him and overseer afterwards on his alleged sweetheart. Which carries me to another distinction I saw the way that the parental figure is by all accounts an old woman in the film since she comes over day by day to get him dressed and kneads however in the story the guardian is a man. Additionally in the film we know Jefferie is a photographer and in the story we did not understand what his profession was. The film form is definitely more point by point than the composed however since we didn’t get excessively profound into the film its difficult to recognize the distinctions yet I have an inclination the old woman probably won’t be has faithful as Sam was in the story and furthermore feel like the film is a blend of an adoration/secret simply because of how much detail we think about the primary characters love life and I think once we become all the more further along in the film we will get familiar with their relationship in addition to the homicide puzzle. I’m getting a charge out of the film adaptation in view of the amount more subtleties being shared which makes it additionally intriguing to track.

There are many differences between Woolrich short story  “it had to be a murder” and Hitchcock’s film the rear window, one of these differences (minor) is that in the short story, the story begins with Jefferies’s first-person narration  (from his point of view) and on the film, it begins with with a shot of the neighborhood (outside the window) and is from a watchers pint of view instead of Jefferies narration. Another major difference between the film and the short story is that the film shows more of Jefferies’s personal life (what is his job and love life) which are no clearly detailed in the short story. Another major difference is that at the beginning of the story it is not specified if he has a broken leg or why he does spend a lot of time looking out the window while in the film we can see from the beginning that the reason why he spends time looking at the window if because of his broken leg. Another major difference is that in the short story, the story focuses on the couple that Jefferies sees trough his window while in the film it’s focused on Jefferies’s personal life and what he sees through the window. One minor difference between the film and the short story is that in the film we see a nurse how goes to check on Jefferies while in the short story is not mention. Another minor difference between the short story and the film is that in the short story Jefferies describes the actions and the people that he sees through his window especially his neighbors Mr and Mrs thorwald while in the film ( the 48min that we have watched) Jefferies focuses more on his life with a broken leg.

One major difference between the written story and the film is the details we get on the main character. For example, in the written story we don’t really know much about Jeff besides his broken leg that we find out towards the end. Whereas, in the film we find out about this girl who he says is too good for him. In the film, the caretaker talks about marriage and Jeff has many conversations with this girl, has dinner with her something that doesn’t appear in the story. Another major difference between the film and the written story is the details pertaining to the neighbors. The details on some of the neighbors from the story differ from the details on the neighbors in the film. For example, the text mentioned him watching a young widow putting her child to bed, something we don’t see in the film. In the film, we see another neighbor who seems to live on her own, setting up a table for what seems to be a date, opening the door for someone she is imagining and having a conversation. A minor difference between the text and the film is that in the text we don’t really learn much about Jeff’s attitude in the beginning besides the fact that he is nosy and interested in his neighbor’s business. Whereas in the film, we learn that he is a photographer, scared to continue with this girl for being “too perfect” and even when he is with her he is still too busy thinking about his neighbors. Another difference is that the film doesn’t really focus right away on the husband and his ill wife. In the film we get more of an overall perspective of everything, added scenes, and definitely more dialogue between characters. The story also starts off with “ . . . for their faces were too small to fill in with identifiable features at that distance.” Yet in the film we clearly see all the neighbors that Jeff is observing.

Alfred Hitchcock’s film “Rear Window”, leads Cornell Woolrich’s short story “It Had to Be Murder” to life, and somehow parts to the storyline fit differently. One of the major differences that struck out to me between the film and the story is the visual aspect of the character in the film; I knew that Jeff is a mysterious, unshakable, and intelligent man that ends up solving a murder.  Also in the film, we know about his love life, his occupation, and the story behind his disability. However, in the story, while reading the beginning, I automatically thought that Jeff was an old man that is unable to walk. Additionally, we do not know anything about Jeff from reading the story, all we know is his name and that he is unable to walk; we do not know his job, his love life, the story behind his disability. Another major difference was the caretaker. In the story we have Sam, who is really obedient;  we know that he is able to jump over fences and climb ladders without a question. On the other hand, we have Stella, who is Jeff’s caretaker; we know that she comes in every morning to change his clothes and give him a massage (plus she is really talkative unlike Sam). Other minor differences we see is Jeff’s view of the protagonist. 48 minutes into the movie we see Hitchcocks’ notion of troubles starting, which begins with a mise en scene; where the black car runs across the courtyard between Jeffs’ view and his neighbors’ buildings. In the short story, we don’t have that imagery of Thorwald driving his car. What we see is Thorwald’s movements throughout the apartment; that becomes Jeff’s obsession and center of attention. Another minor difference is Jeff’s job. While reading the story I totally thought that Jeff was a stalker; who peeps into their neighbors with binoculars? We know Jeff as a photographer in the film. However, rather than not knowing the occupation(in the short story), knowing the occupation makes Jeff peer into his neighbors’ lives pretty easily.

After reading and watching the film version of Woolrich’s story the two major differences I noticed so far was how detailed Jefferies’ love life is in the film than the written version and the caregiver is a woman. The written story doesn’t mention anything about his love life. We enter the story knowing nothing about Jefferie let alone his love life. The story jumps straight into him being a peeping Tom and describing each home and neighbor in great detail. The film version starts off with him sitting near his window and scanning the outside neighbors, giving us a preview of each house then goes into depth about his career and love life between him and caretaker then later on his supposed girlfriend. Which brings me to another difference I noticed the fact that the caregiver seems to be old lady in the film because she comes over daily to get him dressed and massages but in the story the caretaker is a man. Also in the film we know Jefferie is a photography and in the story we had no clue what his career was. The film version is without a doubt more detailed than the written but since we didn’t get too deep into the film its hard to distinguish the differences but I have a feeling the old lady might not be has loyal as Sam was in the story and also feel like the film is a mixture of a love/mystery only because of how much detail we know about the main characters love life and I think once we become more further along in the film we will learn more about their relationship plus the murder mystery. I’m enjoying the film version because of how much more details is being shared which makes it more interesting to follow along.

This is where #3 goes!