Windows (film)

Windows is a 1980 American psychological thriller film directed by Gordon Willis and starring Talia Shire, Joseph Cortese, and Elizabeth Ashley.

It soon becomes apparent that Andrea is not the helpful neighbor that she seems: she hired a taxi driver to perform the attacks, with the purpose of gaining the recording, to which she repeatedly listens to and eventually recites while fantasizing of Emily.

She calls the police, who advise her to get back into the taxi and engage the man in harmless conversation until they can arrive to assist her.

[4] David Denby attacked the film, writing "Windows exists only in the perverted fantasies of men who hate lesbians so much they will concoct any idiocy in order to slander them.

"[5] Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert both gave negative reviews for the film alongside other critics like Vincent Canby for The New York Times.

[6][7][8][9][10] Charles Champlin of the Los Angeles Times praised it as "unmistakably a cinematographer's film, a succession of images that are technically remarkable and beautiful to see, marvelous plays of light and shadow," but felt the screenplay lacked depth, specifically in regard to the psyche of Ashley's character, rendering the villain lacking in credibility.

[14] Scream Factory released the film on Blu-ray July 4, 2017 with a high-definition transfer from the interpositive and interviews with both actresses and producer along with trailer and TV spots.