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 Posted: Wed 0:26, 04 Sep 2013 Post subject: Peeping Tom |
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Peeping Tom
Peeping Tom caused a media frenzy for all the wrong reasons when it premiered in London in April, 1960.
As an examination of homicidal psychosis, director Michael Powell's film was unlike anything the establishment had seen before. Labelled vile,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], sick and demented by the mainstream press,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the film was removed from cinemas after only a few days in release. The reputation surrounding Powell's thriller ensured underground screenings and bootleg prints were a hot item throughout the 1960s and 70s.
Peeping Tom tells the story of Mark Lewis (played with a wide-eyed malevolence by cherub-faced German actor Carl Boehm),[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], abused as a child in the name of his father's scientific endeavours and now a sullen loner, he lives in a darkroom,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], obsessed with the secret images he captures on his collection of moving-picture cameras. It creates a first-person perspective for the audience,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], trapping them with and within the actions of the killer, asking them to confront his deeds as if committing them themselves. In one sequence that defines stomach-twisting suspense, Lewis plans the murder of Moira Shearer as she dances merrily around a closed-down film-set,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], unaware of the fate to befall her, the ironic thrill her musical-inspired moves are providing her deranged companion, or the foreboding sense of inescapability that is enveloping the audience.
Dripping in lush, Eastman-Color reds and pools of azure blues, every bit as exaggerated and staged as the world seen through his killers eyes,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Michael Powell has created a cinematic love letter - extolling the power of the image in every frame - but wrapping it in one of the most disturbing portraits of dissociative horror ever filmed. This one film all but cost him his career - the director of the classic films The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (1943),[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], A Matter Of Life And Death (1946), Black Narcissus (1947),[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], The Red Shoes (1948) and The Battle Of River Plate (1956) became an outcast in the very industry he kept alive during the war years. run in August of 1960, five months after Peeping Tom had been banished. Though just as shocking, Psycho is a pop-psychology, drive-in theatre version of the madness explored in Powell's masterpiece. A re-release of the fully-restored Peeping Tom (as it appears on this Special Edition DVD) was presented by Martin Scorsese in 2002; the documentary Eye Of The Beholder, included in the DVD's extras, examines the legacy and impact of the film and features Scorsese,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Powell's widow, Oscar-winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker, lead actor Boehm, Powell's son Columba Powell (who appears in the film as the young Lewis) and several film scholars, all of whom agree Peeping Tom is one of the most accomplished and important films ever made
A quirky, gently comedic portrait of a gifted teenager rebelling against life's limits in a frozen Icelandic coastal village. 17-year-old Noi lives with his grandmother in a remote fjord in the north of Iceland. When Noi meets Íris,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a girl who has returned from the city to work at the local petrol station, they hatch a plan to run off to Hawaii together. A hit on the international film circuit. Directed by Dagur Kári and stars Tómas Lemarquis, Thröstur Leó Gunnarsson and Elín Hansdóttir. (From Iceland, in Icelandic) (Drama) (2003) (Rpt) M (L,A)
Pavel Josek, a distinguished psychiatrist, is about to receive an award for his life's work. His wife and daughter are thrilled,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and his son-in-law Ludek leads a documentary crew following him in the lead-up to the ceremony. However,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Ludek's research uncovers Pavel's hidden past as a collaborator with the secret police. Nominated for nine Czech Lions in 2010,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and winner of three. Directed by Jan Hrebejk and stars Lenka Vlasáková,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Milan Mikulcík and Martin Huba. (From the Czech Republic, in Czech) (Drama) (2010) MA (L)
In an attempt to spice up an ordinary Friday night, three wealthy young men naively cross to 'the wrong side of the tracks' in Mexico City to have some fun. What they discover is a very different and sometimes dangerous reality hidden from their sheltered lives, but they also make friendships with people they would not usually have had any contact with. Directed by Eva López Sánchez and stars Sebastián Hiriart, Juan Pablo Campa and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo. (From Mexico, in Spanish) (Drama) (2009) (Rpt) MA (L)
A compelling and poignant tale of friendship between two prostitutes struggling to survive life on the streets of Madrid. Caye is a young woman whose family is unaware of her profession. She meets her striking Dominican neighbour Zulema, an illegal alien who's been badly beaten up. They strike up a close friendship unbeknownst to Caye's xenophobic co-workers. Winner of the 2006 Goya Award for Best Actress (Candela Pena). Directed by Fernando León de Aranoa and also stars Micaela Nevárez and Mariana Cordero. (From Spain, in Spanish) (Drama) (2005) (Rpt) MA (S)
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