It’s easy to suggest that cinema at its most base form was born out of a desire to watch others; in its earliest incarnation, moving images mixed the seemingly banal tasks of everyday life alongside brief attempts at narrative. Whether adopting tropes of voyeurism out of sexual perversity/pleasure – see keyhole stag films from the early years of the 20th century – or wrapping a tightly knit narrative around the human proclivity to merely watch other humans with interest (Rear Window), it’s clear that this theme found its way into cinema at large but was specifically ripe fodder for genre cinema thanks to its both carnal and insidious implications.
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Justin LaLiberty holds degrees in Critical Film Studies and Film Preservation and Archiving and has spent more than half of his life working in either theatrical exhibition or home video in the roles of projectionist, film programmer and archivist. He currently works as the Director of Operations for OCN Distribution, sister company of Vinegar Syndrome, and spends most of his free time logging films on Letterboxd and taking photos of his cat.
