The Importance of Subplots
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12 min readNov 5, 2020
An in-depth exploration of the value of these mini-stories.
The other night, I watched Rear Window (1954) for the first time in many years. I was struck by a number of impressions this time around and one of them was how many subplots the movie has. In fact, each one of those ‘window’ dramas that James Stewart’s character observed — Miss Lonelyheart, The Songwriter, Miss Torso, Sculpting Neighbor With Hearing Aid…
