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July 4th, 2004

Watching yourself die via video (Peeping Tom)

  • Jul. 4th, 2004 at 9:00 PM
Window-Kiss - Not Mine
Mark Lewis (Carl Boehm) shows Helen (Anna Massey) a film shot by his father, from Peeping Tom.


I was researching a few films, (in particular, the films of Satyajit Ray, The Apu Trilogy) and I happened upon a webpage about La Cité des Enfants Perdus that had an interesting mention of "where the cyclops plugs his view into a dying victim, so they could watch their own death, a cyberpunk updating of Powell's Peeping Tom."  I haven't yet seen Peeping Tom, (although it appears to have been recently released by Criterion Collection) this reference reminded me even more so of another film from the same year- Strange Days. I cannot wait to see Peeping Tom for myself.

Helen (Anna Massey) sees her distorted reflection in the mirror that Mark holds up in front of his victims, from Peeping Tom.
  • Music:Front 242 - Strobe
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