Governess confronts the Manor Hallway, Part 1

Governess confronts the Manor Hallway, Part 1

Film stills (1:10:54) from The Innocents (1961), directed by Jack Clayton. In the scene where the governess walks the manor at night and encounters spirts, imprints of the sexual violence which took place in the house manifest in the hallways, doors, objects that she is surrounded with. The physical and sexual implications of the dialogue are clear, and the lurking dark space allows the imagination of the viewer to fill in what is socially unacceptable to speak about directly or show.

Jack Clayton

The Innocents

Achilles Film Productions, 20th Century Fox

1961

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