Rear Window

In this Hitchcock move, the amiable but earnest Jimmy Stewart is confined to his New York apartment by a broken leg and thinks he has witnessed a murder. Sitting at his window he sees nearly all the activities in the apartments opposite. The gorgeous Grace Kelly is skeptical but gamely volunteers to help him with his investigations.

It's a wonderful cross-section of New York life, capturing the mundane and the personal touches of lives across the way.

And it really isn't clear whether he has witnessed a murder, as there could be other explanations for what he has seen.

The major delight of this movie is the way in which Hitchcock builds up the suspense. One of the minor delights is the way it portrays everyday life, including people having their meals.

What would it be like if they put the movie cameras on your kitchen window? Would you eat differently?

It's a thought, isn't it. Choosing healthy foods, using the posh cutlery, stir frying instead of deep frying, cooking from scratch instead of eating ready meals.

We might do it all differently if we were being filmed for a movie.

So the next time you are foraging in the fridge and you don't know whether you can be bothered to cook, decide to be the star of your own movie.

Whatever is going on in the apartment above or below, or the house next door, there is no reason why you should not be the Healthy Eating Queen! or the King of the Posh Nosh!

Happy eating!

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