you can tell when the wife is out of town - I get three films in a weekend - being on call and not able to easily leave the house helps
here we have another film from Michael Powell - (The Red Shoes was the first)
Interestingly enough, the opening scene almost flashed back to the Red Shoes - a shop window on what is obviously a set of a street, almost like a stage is where we start, and it's very reminicent of the performance set in the Red Shoes - in another scene Moira Shearer gets a chance to do a dance number 12 years later
The movie as a whole is an interesting thriller released about two months before Psycho - (rumor is the reviews for this one were bad enough that Hitchcock decided to show Psycho two months later without any press screenings) - it has been rumored to be the first slasher film, and the killer does a great job of showing his creepiness
Of course, I couldn't help but think of the themes of voyeurism and cameras in a modern context where everyone wants everything they do on film and everyone carries a camera now - probably a good essay there
it was a good film - but currently out of print in the Criterion collection - it is on Filmstruck if you want to watch it though
RB
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