window shade

Iñárritu spends the film’s first quarter setting the scene and characters — strangely quite literally, raising what looks like a stage curtain but is revealed to be a window shade.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

Inside, I closed the door with a wave of my hand and turned the window shade dark with a swipe of my finger.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

The most disturbing sight, though, came into view when I shut off the last film and raised the window shade.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2022

In a memorable scene, Ms. Malone removes her glasses, pulls down a window shade — a move she improvised during the filming — and says, “Looks like we’re closed for the rest of the afternoon.”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2018

Mom’s bedroom was beside mine, and I heard her pull her window shade down.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam