"Reading now what I wrote in 1960 I find that, despite my efforts to express revulsion, nearly everything I said conceals the extraordinary quality of Peeping Tom. See it, and spare a moment to respect the camerawork of Otto Heller."
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British filmsPsychological thriller filmsCensored filmsFilms set in LondonFilms about serial killers
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Dilys Powell "Misunderstood: Carl Boehm's cameraman is obsessed with death: Dilys Powell's film of the week", The Sunday Times (June 1994), as cited at powell-pressburger.org
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