<p>One of Martin Scorsese’s favourite films and guess what? We agree, it’s brilliant. Contemporary audiences detested it, preferring to ignore why they derived pleasure from realistic, filmed torture and terror. This film has everything from Freudianism to a Hitchcock doppelganger. Cuts made by censors might be lost forever but it still shocks and gives us a perfect amount of ick.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054167/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_q_peeping%2520tom" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Peeping Tom</a> (1960) dir. Michael Powell, starring Karlheinz Boehm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer </p><br><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Psycho</a> (1960) dir. Alfred Hitchcock, starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040725/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_the%2520red%2520sho" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Red Shoes</a> (1948) dir. Powell and Pressburger, starring Anton Walbrook, Moira Shearer. </p><br><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/censoredpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Support us!</a></p><p>And, <a href="https://censoredpod.bigcartel.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Merch</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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A Celluloid Nasty: Peeping Tom (1960)

APR 18, 202437 MIN
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A Celluloid Nasty: Peeping Tom (1960)

APR 18, 202437 MIN

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<p>One of Martin Scorsese’s favourite films and guess what? We agree, it’s brilliant. Contemporary audiences detested it, preferring to ignore why they derived pleasure from realistic, filmed torture and terror. This film has everything from Freudianism to a Hitchcock doppelganger. Cuts made by censors might be lost forever but it still shocks and gives us a perfect amount of ick.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054167/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_q_peeping%2520tom" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Peeping Tom</a> (1960) dir. Michael Powell, starring Karlheinz Boehm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer </p><br><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Psycho</a> (1960) dir. Alfred Hitchcock, starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040725/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_the%2520red%2520sho" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Red Shoes</a> (1948) dir. Powell and Pressburger, starring Anton Walbrook, Moira Shearer. </p><br><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/censoredpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Support us!</a></p><p>And, <a href="https://censoredpod.bigcartel.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Merch</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>