It’s still difficult for me to reconcile the beautiful, captivating films made by Powell & Pressburger with the lurid, psychosexual menace of Powell’s 1960 solo outing Peeping Tom. On the one hand, I can see the use of color, the imaginative camera movement, the exquisite framing…even the emphasis on inner drama and turmoil and say “Yes, this is very much in keeping with Powell’s thematic output.” At the same time, this is also a progentitor for what would soon flourish in giallo, horror, and even slasher films. I think some of what I find so disturbing (and yet so good, lol) about the film is that conflict in my mind over Powell’s films. I’ll take it.

Cinema Dual (TEST SITE)

Examining a life through the media we consume. In other words, I’m reviewing all of my physical music media in alphabetical order, one day at at a time. Except when I don’t, as has been the case for the past few years. Still, we march onwards…Coffee essential, but not mandatory

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Episode 58 – Horror VI (With Dan Morris)

Hooptober 11.0 – Peeping Tom (1960)