The governess sees Peter Quint in the tower

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Title

The governess sees Peter Quint in the tower

Description

Film stills (29:12) from The Innocents (1961), directed by Jack Clayton. Viewers are pulled claustrophobically towards the governess' face, accentuating the fear and slow building dread evident in her expression and body language. Her position beneath the hostile male gaze and oppressive manor is made all the more evident by the camera angle viewing up towards the tower, as if the audience too is caught in the shadow of Peter Quint's sight.

Creator

Jack Clayton

Source

The Innocents

Publisher

Achilles Film Productions, 20th Century Fox

Date

1961

Format

Film Stills

Files

innocents_set7.jpg

Citation

Jack Clayton, “The governess sees Peter Quint in the tower,” Things Terrible and Unguessable: The Turn of the Screw and the Visual Vocabulary of Gothic Horror, accessed May 3, 2024, https://thingsterribleandunguessable.omeka.net/items/show/15.