In "Rear Window", the voyeurism is readily apparent even in the first few minutes of the film. As it is revealed, Jefferies is a photographer. A photographer is the essence of a voyeur, as in the course of the job it is routine to peer into the life of something, whether it is a plant, an animal, or a person. However, since Jefferies's boss refuses to let him go back to work, he applies his …
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…doesn't take time to get to know them as real people, but instead knows them by nicknames he attaches to them, such as Miss Torso and Miss Lonleyhearts. He knows nothing about them, and because of this he has to make up stories about them from his imagination. Thus, instead of getting to know them better, he totally disregards the fact that they are real people and considers them simple characters in his fantasy movie.