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Nebs
Joined: Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:01 pm Posts: 6385
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Peeping Tom
Peeping TomQuote: Peeping Tom is a 1960 British psychological thriller directed by Michael Powell and written by the World War II cryptographer and polymath Leo Marks. The title derives from the slang expression 'peeping Tom' describing a voyeur. The film revolves around a serial killer who murders women while using a portable movie camera to record their dying expressions of terror.
Its controversial subject and the extremely harsh reception by critics effectively destroyed Powell's career as a director in the United Kingdom. However, it attracted a cult following, and in later years, it has been re-evaluated and is now considered a masterpiece.
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Johnny Dollar
The Lubitsch Touch
Joined: Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:48 pm Posts: 11019
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Re: Peeping Tom
The film that killed Michael Powell's career. It's great, if not quite up to the level of his legendary collaborations with Emeric Pressberger.
It's also far more accessible than its legacy would indicate.
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 66999
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The similarities with Psycho were my biggest take aways from Peeping Tom. Watching it 58 years after its initial release made its controversial themes and imagery almost a non-factor, so I had a relatively clear mind to concentrate on the film's plot and performances. I have to say, I wasn't too enamoured with it. Though I always appreciate watching British films from a nostalgic and documentative perspective, I was glad when it ended. Carl Boehm was probably the wrong choice to play Mark. He's clearly not British, despite apparently having lived in that house for his entire life. He nailed a certain Norman Bates reclusive weirdness, but actually I thought he verged on the bad rather than the intentional. The score was probably the best thing about the film.
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