“Almost forty years later, Powell's audaciousness, satirical wit and dazzling color sense still crackle with life.” - Ann Hornaday, Baltimore Sun
“It still packs a wallop. Maybe that's because, in cinema, we're all peeping toms. And the camera, in skillful hands, can be an exquisite instrument of terror.” - Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Monday, October 7, 6:00 p.m. | Was it Peeping Tom’s insistence on the morbidity of watching as well as making films that so repelled British critics? Some at least later recognised its genius. In this profoundly uncomfortable study of a murderous ‘scoptophilia,’ Soho’s seedy underbelly, and the eroticism of fear, Powell out-Hitchcocks Hitchcock—not least with the filmmaker’s own sinister cameo. Restored by The Film Foundation and BFI National Archive in association with Studiocanal. Funding provided by The Film Foundation and Studiocanal. Special thanks to Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker for their consultation. Restored by The Film Foundation and BFI National Archive in association with Studiocanal. Funding provided by The Film Foundation and Studiocanal. Special thanks to Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker for their consultation.
Cinema Unbound - The Creative Worlds of Powell & Pressburger: In collaboration with the British Film Institute (BFI), and with generous guidance and support from acclaimed film editor, Thelma Schoonmaker, we proudly presents this celebration of one of the greatest and most enduring filmmaking partnerships. Read more
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