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
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.