Peeping Tom (1960) with Mickey Boardman

A film studio focus puller moonlighting as a DIY pornographer, Mark Lewis has a problem.  And he’s not sure he wants to get rid of it.  You see, Mark has a certain kink, a turn-on:  he loves, gets off even, on the sight of women in fear.  Fear of death, fear of Mark, fear of the unknown.  His weapon is a film camera, and after he stalks and kills a prostitute, he films the police’s response to it, all in the name of creating what Mark calls a “documentary.”  At home, in the house his family once owned but now is filled with tenants, he soon meets 21 year old Helen, who takes a liking to the young man, intrigued by his mysterious ways.  Will this relationship be the thing to help Mark with his issues?  Will Helen, and her blind, intuitive mother, succumb to Mark’s bizarre predilections?  And where the hell did Vivian, the film’s lead stand-in, learn to dance like that?

Intro, Math Club, and Debate Society (spoiler-free) 00:00-22:47
Honor Roll and Detention (spoiler-heavy) 22:48-52:46
Superlatives (spoiler-heavier) 52:47-1:10:51

Director Michael Powell
Screenplay Leo Marks
Featuring Maxine Audley, Keith Baxter, Carl Boehm, Brenda Bruce, Shirley Ann Field, Pamela Green, Esmond Knight, Anna Massey, Martin Miller, Moira Shearer, Jack Watson

Mickey Boardman is a writer, socialite, philanthropist, and media personality. From 1993 to 2023, he served as an editorial director and wrote three columns for Paper magazine:  the “Ask Mr. Mickey” advice column, a body positivity column called “Fat and All That,” and the column “Reserved,” for which he interviewed fashion legends like Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, and Virgil Abloh. His writing has also appeared in a little paper we like to call the NY Times. Mickey is also an active commentator on the New York social/fashion scene and has appeared as a cultural commentator, lifestyle expert, and fashion guru for networks like VH1, A&E, CNN, and E!.  He has also been recognized as one of New York magazine’s “Most Photographed Faces in New York” and voted by Fashion Week Daily as one of its Most-Invited People.

Our theme music is by Sir Cubworth, with embellishments by Edward Elgar.  Music from “Peeping Tom” by Brian Easdale.

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