Research

For the topic that I have chosen, I don’t think that gathering research will be that hard.  I feel like the hardest part of writing my research paper will be having a good thesis statement.  It will be hard to make an arguable thesis statement on the theme of loss in film.  Analyzing the films that I will use as evidence will not be hard because I feel that analyzing films and stories is one of my strengths.  Incorporating the films as evidence won’t be too hard either because I have had experience with research papers before.  I am just primarily concerned with the thesis statement.  I am not concerned about how much information I will be able to find on the theme of loss because I am pretty sure that there is plenty of information on the theme of loss.  As long as I ask the right questions, I will be able to find plenty of information.  I am just going to have to do a lot of work on my thesis statement.  Making it arguable will definitely be the hardest part. I feel like I may end up making a thesis that will just state something that is generally known about the theme of loss.  Most of my time in the beginning of my research paper is going to be used in the development of a good strong thesis.  Once I have a good strong thesis, proving my opinion will be easy to do.  Besides the thesis statement the only other roadblock that I can foresee is picking a quality third movie to incorporate into my paper.  I have already thought of two great movies, but I am a little stuck on picking a third one that will be able to help my argument.  This probably won’t be too hard though once I get my thesis statement  done.

Rear Windows

Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Windows was an interesting movie.  It reminded me of two movies that were made after it.  The two movies that it reminded me about were The Bone Collector and Disturbia.  It resembled The Bone Collector because the main character was stuck in a wheelchair and trying to solve a murder.  In The Bone Collector the main character was stuck in a hospital bed in his apartment and assisted the police in finding a murderer.  Then at the end of the movie, the murderer went to his apartment and attempted to kill him.  This was exactly like the end of Rear Windows.  It resembled Disturbia because the main character was stuck in his home and watched his neighbors to pass the time.  Then he discovered that one of his neighbors was a murderer and had to prove it.  This was similar to Rear Windows but the main character in Disturbia  was not handicapped or in any way.  He had just been under house arrest.
It was a nice experience to watch Rear Windows  with the residents of Serviam  Gardens.  The resident that my group ended up speaking to stated that she enjoyed the movie.  She felt that it kept her on the edge of her seat and that it had a lot of different aspects to it which is what made it such a good movie.  She felt that it had aspects of a love story because of the fact that the main character’s girlfriend kept trying to be with him even when he felt that she was too good for him.  I did not like the way he had been treating his girlfriend in the beginning of the movie.  He kept trying to push her away because he felt that she was too good for him, but it seemed like he was being too mean in the process.  Also I just feel that it is stupid to push away someone that you think is too good for you rather then keep them and be grateful.  She also felt that it had aspects of a detective story because he had kept investigating on his neighbor. She told my group that she hopes we will go back with more movies similar to Rear Windows.