What is the significance of the main character's continued persistence in insisting that he is not as aesthetically focused as his girl friend happens to be?
With very few exceptions, Rear Window completely depends upon the usage of the Gaze, not only for the main plot, but also for the few side-plots that emerge. For instance, the girl friend is beautiful, sells dresses, and is focused on the aesthetic images around her. The main character is very similar in nature. His sole career, photography, revolves around the usage of the Gaze. While he may think that he and his lifestyle are quit different from his girl friend's, he is quite wrong. He is a practitioner of scopophilia, just the same as she is. This may be saying that regardless of what we practice/believe, we will always think about the perceived images of things.
How does the point of view of the gazer affect the perceived image that they see?
A perfect example of changing points of view in the film comes about whenever the main character is questioned by the other characters. The friend who is also an investigator repetitively questions and doubts the legitimacy of the main character's claims of a potential murder because, from his point of view, there is very little chance of a murder having happened. Points of view can change though, which is evident in the girl friend. Initially, she questions the claims relatively adamantly, but by the end of the film, she has shifted her POV enough that she ends up crawling around the suspected murderer's house.
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