| Management number | 220806731 | Release Date | 2026/05/03 | List Price | $13.02 | Model Number | 220806731 | ||
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Reviled on its release, Peeping Tom (1960) all-but ended the career of director Michael Powell, previously one of Britain's most revered filmmakers. The story of a murderous cameraman and his compulsion to record his killings, Powell's film stunned the same critics who had acclaimed him for the work he'd made with writer-producer Emeric Pressburger (The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, 1943; A Matter of Life and Death, 1946), resulting in the film falling out of circulation almost as soon as it was released. It took the 1970s 'Movie Brat' generation to rehabilitate the director, and the film, which is now regarded as a masterpiece. In this Devil's Advocate, published to coincide with the film's 60th anniversary, Kiri Walden charts the origins, production and devastating critical reception of Peeping Tom, comparing it to the treatment meted out to its contemporary horror classic, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960). Read more
| ISBN10 | 180034807X |
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| ISBN13 | 978-1800348073 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press |
| Dimensions | 5.2 x 0.2 x 7.3 inches |
| Item Weight | 3.99 ounces |
| Print length | 104 pages |
| Book 38 of 52 | Devils Advocates |
| Publication date | December 12, 2020 |
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