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| | Peeping Tom (1960) - Michael Powell |
 | | Powell's project was to make visible on the screen the invisible, the intuitive, and the hidden in human life through films that were 'composed' out of all the aesthetic elements of the cinema. |
 | | Set in contemporary London, which Powell evokes in a lush, colorful seediness, this film presents Mark as much victim as villain and implicates the audience in his scopophilic activities as we become the spectators to his snuff film screenings. |
 | | Powell's film was reviled upon release, and it practically destroyed his career, ironic in light of the acclaim and success that greeted Psycho, but Powell's picture hit a little too close to home with its urban setting, full color photography, documentary techniques, and especially its uneasy connections between sex, violence, and the cinema. |
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