How do you feel
about voyeurism and what kinds of messages do you try to exude through this «anxious, troubled» perspective?
«Maya Stovall's videos are not
about voyeurism; rather, they attempt to channel the many spirits of a city unseen.»
Andrea Arnold seemed to emerge out of nowhere with Red Road (2006), her revelatory, shrewdly observed debut feature
about voyeurism and sexual revenge.
It's painful to imagine all the viewers duped into believing they were getting an erotic thriller, then stumbling into dense, cerebral puzzle picture
about voyeurism, memory, and loss.
For example, many ladies think
about voyeurism.
Not exact matches
But truthfully, it isn't saying anything
about the relationship between the media and society — and the toxic and symbiotic
voyeurism that fuels it — that hadn't been said already, decades earlier, in eerily prescient films from «Ace in the Hole» (1951) to «Network» (1976) to «Broadcast News» (1987).
Some scenes hold up better than others, and there's always a question
about the film's intentions: Is this
voyeurism or is it satire taking off on the Playboy era?
All comes through the eyes of young actor Griffith as well, a non-annoying kid who provides an acute representation of maturity through
voyeurism; learning
about strength by seeing what the adults do.
There are jokes
about Hitchcock's weight and alcohol consumption; there's a moment where he praises his secretary / reader / girl Friday Peggy Robertson (Toni Collette) and she almost cries for his tenderness; and, for God's sake, there's a suggestion that Hitch had a spyhole drilled into Vera Miles's dressing room, diminishing Norman Bates's use of the same device's metaphoric value in Psycho as a camera indicting audience
voyeurism while introducing into the ecosystem this vile oversimplification of Hitchcock's obsessions.
The new CBS drama series Stalker is a psychological thriller
about detectives who investigate stalking incidents, including
voyeurism, cyber harassment and romantic fixation.
What's really distressing
about The Vanishing is the film's climax, with the emotional
voyeurism it invites.
Here, he seems to be trying to say something broader
about contemporary
voyeurism, though damned if I can figure out what.
The protagonist, Simon, is a self - declared specialist in «the relationship between the eye and the brain», so the film starts on interesting premises
about the complex structure of
voyeurism.
In one episode, Masters presents his research
about the female orgasm to his male, sexually - orthodox colleagues by exhibiting a clip of Virginia, filmed without showing her face or revealing her identity, masturbating (
voyeurism to the max).
Cheryl Farthing's 1991 drama
about a lesbian couple who arouse the interest of their new neighbour is an exploration of
voyeurism, power dressing and fantasy.
With Teutonic ponderousness, Haneke claims the movie is a statement
about violence, specifically the
voyeurism and complicity of audiences in movies and media.
Kate Plays Christine (Robert Greene, 2016) Astute revelations
about the pressured, prismatic nature of identity, the toxic mythologising impulse inseparable from fame, and our collective
voyeurism.
In 2015, Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow made a documentary
about another titan of New Hollywood — De Palma, whose penchant for
voyeurism and Alfred Hitchcock homages made him one of the most recognizable auteurs of the era.
Opie's portraits operate in the space between public and private persona, while posing questions
about the subtle forms of
voyeurism that portraiture permits.
I whole - heartedly abuse the
voyeurism of art buffs who only think
about loving my drawings.»
When thinking
about this series, some aspects of her entire body of work immediately come to mind: disguise and theatricality, mystery and
voyeurism, melancholy and vulnerability.
While
voyeurism and surveillance suggest a pleasure, power, or thrill, they are equally
about being an unseen viewer.
Public, Private, Secret does lay out both the negative impacts of celebrity culture, surveillance, porn,
voyeurism, social media, et al. upon both our sense of personal privacy and our image - making habits but it is also
about the agency of «being seen» and the social impact of widespread self - representation and alterity.
Combining narrative films like «Body Double» and «A Short Film
About Love» with experimental films, documentaries, and video art, the series demonstrates how the ideas of
voyeurism, surveillance, and identity have been central throughout the history of cinema.
To mark the event, we spoke with the ICP's new curator - in - residence, Charlotte Cotton,
about the age - old photographic drive of
voyeurism, and how it's giving way to social media's newfound thrills of exhibitionism.
Is this
about highlighting an important security problem, or profiting off creepy
voyeurism — or both?
«In other words, he will know
about the financing, but the defendant will not — and no defendant yet has come up with any justification for being told
about a plaintiff's sensitive financial arrangements other than pure
voyeurism,» wrote Christopher Bogart, CEO of Burford Capital.
The company hoped to bridge the gap between passive social network
voyeurism and posting only
about yourself.