The Neighbors' Window
- 2019
- 21m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
5.9K
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It tells the story of a middle aged woman with small children whose life is shaken up when two free-spirited twenty-somethings move in across the street.It tells the story of a middle aged woman with small children whose life is shaken up when two free-spirited twenty-somethings move in across the street.It tells the story of a middle aged woman with small children whose life is shaken up when two free-spirited twenty-somethings move in across the street.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 12 wins & 4 nominations total
Alisha Bhowmik
- Neighbor's Friend #2
- (as Alisha Bhaumik)
Amanda Kimbro
- Party Guest
- (as Amanda Kimbo)
Xavier Brennan Brown
- Party Guest
- (as Xavier Brown)
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- TriviaIn a 2019 interview with Filmmaker Magazine, Marshall Curry detailed key aspects of the production and storytelling: "It was a production challenge to find two apartments that faced each other. I knew if we tried to cheat it, the audience would feel the falseness. So I looked and looked, and in the end we shot in a very generous friends' apartment, and their neighbors also said okay... The passage of time is an important part of the story - how Alli's obsession with the neighbors develops, and how the neighbors' lives change over the course of 18 months. That's tricky to squeeze into a film that's not even 20 minutes long. So we had to build in clues that communicated the passage of time - weather changing, holiday decorations, infant appearing and growing, etc. It's always a delicate balance between being too obvious and on-the-nose with those clues and being so subtle that people miss it altogether. When I was editing I would show people cuts and ask them at the end how much time they felt had passed. I'd add a few more clues or take a few away until I settled specific shots and specific durations in the final cut."
- GoofsWhen Alli is alone in the apartment and watching the neighbors, the binoculars are visible on the window sill, but when she wants to use them, suddenly they are in a desk drawer.
- ConnectionsReferenced in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: 92nd Academy Awards Review (2020)
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Reflections of days past
This could easily be call Front Window. There are 2 couples living across the street, both without window coverings. The story is told mostly from the viewpoint of a 30-something couple, with twin toddlers and a new baby. A 20-something couple moves into the other apartment, and are having uninhibited sex and parties, which makes the older couple nostalgic about their former days. But as a year passes, the situation changes.
I like and recommend this short, but the missing piece about WHY the situation changed gnaws at me, hence I am giving it only an 8.
I like and recommend this short, but the missing piece about WHY the situation changed gnaws at me, hence I am giving it only an 8.
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- chong_an
- Feb 8, 2020
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $330,661
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,155,505
- Feb 2, 2020
- Gross worldwide
- $330,661
- Runtime21 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39:1
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