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DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net wrote:
> My use of twisted in regard to Peeping Tom
did
> mainly refer to the main
> character and his compulsions, and somewhat to
the
> plot. However, I'm
> not sure I would exempt Powell, the director,
from
> this description.
Isn't that extending a moral sense through the lens? I mean,
was Powell really a demented nun in Black Narcissus or an
arab boy in Thief of Bagdad? Powell was a damn fine and
underrated and overlooked filmmaker (until Martin Scorcese
discovered him through his editor who married Powell) and to
assess his moral or sexual proclivities based on a single
film seems unfair if not unfounded. Jeez, nobody suggested
Hitchcock really was Norman Bates or somehow endorsed what
was played out in "Psycho." If anything, your reaction is a
testament to how creepy, twisted and successful "Peeping Tom"
is as a film. Funny thing is that Powell kicked Hitchcock's
butt up and down the street as a filmmaker. Compare the tower
scene in Black Narcissus to the one in Vertigo and tell me
who is pure cinema.
William
Essays and Ramblings
<http://www.williamahearn.com>
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