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Hardly the stuff masterpieces are made of, 49th Parallel is still considered a marvel of the propaganda genre for its complete, and emotional, refute of fascism. The script actually won [Emeric Pressburger] an Academy Award for best original screenplay, but it's really [Michael Powell]- Pressbu...

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Published inThe Vancouver sun (1986)
Main Author Monk, Katherine
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Vancouver, B.C Postmedia Network Inc 30.05.2002
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Summary:Hardly the stuff masterpieces are made of, 49th Parallel is still considered a marvel of the propaganda genre for its complete, and emotional, refute of fascism. The script actually won [Emeric Pressburger] an Academy Award for best original screenplay, but it's really [Michael Powell]- Pressburger movies such as Black Narcissus, The Thief of Bagdad and The Red Shoes that made the biggest impression on moviemakers for decades to come. The story of a young man whose own father (played by Powell himself) used him as a guinea pig, Peeping Tom shows us a man whose entire relationship with emotional reality has been framed by a photographic lens. In the story, the kid turns into a psychotic killer obsessed with capturing the look of terror on his victims' faces with a camera. The homicidal maniac is certainly nothing new, but Powell rendered the audience culpable in the drama by playing with the photographic device.
ISSN:0832-1299