Peeping Tom wrecked Michael Powell's career. The British critics savaged it and described it as sick. By 1960 standards it's a very confronting film. It's still unsettling today because of the rather sympathetic treatment of the killer - the scene with his father's home movies is very disturbing.
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Date: 2005-07-18 08:19 am (UTC)