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

Pull the curtains closed or drop the window shade to corral the cold air next to the window.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2023

“For the window shade, you don’t own it as much as you are responsible for it,” says veteran business traveler Jeffrey Walsh of Delran, N.J., who founded a social network for travelers called Nomo FOMO.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2018

It was done by rotating the boom and wrapping the sail around it, like a rolled up window shade, until it was reduced enough so the wind couldn’t blow the boat over.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen