Film Talk: 1960
including a complete screening of Peeping Tom (18)
Sat 13 Nov, 11am - 3.30pm
Cinema: £8.50 (£6)
Director: Michael Powell
Country: UK
Cast: Carl Boehm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey
Year of Release: 1960
Certificate: 18
Length of film: 102mins
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CloseIn 1960 the world was changing from post-war austerity and heralding a flowering of new young talent and a renaissance of older, established artists. This was the birth of the French New Wave, of British social realism and three extraordinary horror films which changed the face of cinema; Psycho, Les Yeux sans Visage and Peeping Tom.
In this talk, writer and editor of the International Film Guide, Ian Haydn Smith reviews a unique year and introduces an exclusive screening of the newly restored print of one of British cinema’s most controversial films, Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom.
Peeping Tom
50 years after its release it’s hard now to appreciate the fury that greeted Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom. Although we can look at it more dispassionately now, Peeping Tom was then, and still is, a highly disturbing film.
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