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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.

Comments

[info]kid_sportswear wrote:
Jul. 5th, 2004 01:06 am (UTC)
Ah yes, fine film indeed! One of my favorites.
[info]kiad wrote:
Jul. 5th, 2004 12:55 pm (UTC)
Which- Peeping Tom?
[info]sir_ahzz wrote:
Jul. 5th, 2004 04:53 am (UTC)
hmmmm
I'll have to read up on those. I liked strange days. Especially the brain recorder being used to show a victim their own death from the viewpoint of the killer.

Thanks!
[info]dsaint wrote:
Jul. 5th, 2004 05:25 am (UTC)
Peeping Tom had a remastered print which received a theatrical release a year ago. That's when I first saw it. I heard of it when I saw Michael ("I'll Sleep When I'm Dead", "Croupier") Hodges documentary called Murder By Numbers (2001) about serial murderers in film. He credited Peeping Tom with being the first. (Although that can't be right since at least Rope and certainly M predate it. He must have had some caveat I'm forgetting.)

Watching Murder By Numbers and Collectors (2000) (which doesn't have an IMDB entry oddly enough) provides some great insights into murderers, voyeurism and how hard some people try to get as close to the moment of death as they can.

On a personal note, Strange Days remained at the top of my movies for creepiest rape scene until I saw Straw Dogs. I suppose those two plus Baise Moi and Irreversible have made me wonder for the first time if some things should never be put into film.
[info]kiad wrote:
Jul. 5th, 2004 01:05 pm (UTC)
hmm... For some reason, rape has never bothered me. I was absolutely fascinated by the Strange Days rape- and by this abuse of technology. Although I haven't seen Peeping Tom, I would think that the Strange Days version of 'witnessing ones' own death' would be the most visceral, moreso than La Cité des Enfants Perdus. Strange Days offered the entire physicality- not just the watching. This makes it more brutal, denies reality and the restrictions of nature- It was horribly disturbing.

However, while rape doesn't make me ill, give me a movie with heroin in it, or prostitution,and I have nightmares for a week. Yes, Requiem for a Dream is my idea of hell.
[info]srattus wrote:
Jul. 6th, 2004 10:08 pm (UTC)
Croupier was great.

I'll have to see some of those others you mention.
[info]chaizzilla wrote:
Jul. 5th, 2004 06:34 am (UTC)
a friend of mine some years back went through some hard stuff that ended up forcing his parents to "know" their son had ended up, unlike the rest of the highly conventional, upper-middle-class, athletic, bla & etc, family, a little damaged. he was pretty glowing as a person, but down deep where the damage was, it was pretty intense. something i learned from knowing this person through that time was how clueless people used to be about simple psychology 101, the idea that childhood trauma and turning out w/some whacks aren't just coincidence. people in my generation are so exposed to psychological concepts that it's even got to where it's gotten hip to say psychology has caused more trouble than it's healed. it's really wierd thinking there was a time people had no idea of the impressions childhood events could leave.
[info]kiad wrote:
Jul. 5th, 2004 01:14 pm (UTC)
The thing that I never enjoyed about psychology was this eternal desire to get to the root of the problem, to cure it. I am sure I have 'problems'- but I'd never go to a therapist. I am functional, happy, kind, and not obviously deranged. The idea of tearing out my personality for analysis disturbs me, it sounds so indulgent and wasteful. I suppose I come from a background of yankees that would respond to psychological distress with the remark, "Ok, do you want to go to the asylum?" There was always this functional/non-functional dichotomy- You had to choose one and stick to it. It was also believed that you could make yourself crazy by talking about how crazy you were. Heh. I suppose I grew up in a rather rigid place. (=
[info]chaizzilla wrote:
Jul. 5th, 2004 10:34 pm (UTC)
this serial killer charachter though, the filmmaker was shunned for making a point that pissed people off. the same point, nowadays, that abuse begets abuse, is considered common knowledge. long-term effects of trauma, especially in children, is newer ground; what suprised me was that between his mother's generation and mine, it went from being something people didn't really consider to being pretty much common wisdom. all kinds of movies out today make these points all the time w/o anyone blinking.
[info]riobard wrote:
Mar. 30th, 2005 07:09 pm (UTC)
who are you?
[info]kiad wrote:
Mar. 30th, 2005 07:24 pm (UTC)
Not the most useful question.
No one of consequence. A storybook figure. A plainclothesed neovictorian velocipede rider. Can you so easily define yourself to a stranger?
[info]riobard wrote:
Mar. 30th, 2005 09:05 pm (UTC)
ecce homo?
the first question is always awkward and speaks to the ignorance i have of you.

the most useful question would entail me knowing you somewhat. it would be tailored to your person, you behavior, etc. i have no conception of you, so to find the most useful question would be a shot in the dark. so, whate.

besides, it's more interesting to see how a person defines themself.

you seem interesting, that's all i can say. maybe you will elucidate your self to me.
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Sep. 7th, 2005 03:52 pm (UTC)
I came across your journal whilst I was searching for Joel Peter Witkin pictures. Mind if I add you? Your journal is beautiful...
[info]antonnyc wrote:
Jun. 12th, 2006 05:46 pm (UTC)
Where has the Kiad gone, dare I ask?
[info]wilkes wrote:
Sep. 21st, 2006 06:28 pm (UTC)
What ever happened to Kiad?
hrm? where's my postcard?
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