Million Dollar Movie, Powell, Michael. Published by Random House, 1995. First US Edition. Introduction by Martin Scorsese. 626pp. with black and white photographs, index. Quarter black cloth over black boards, red spine titles. Volume is in fine, unread condition; dustjacket has a light ruffle head of spine.
As Michael Powell recalls in “Million Dollar Movie,” his most notorious and possibly most brilliant movie began with this cheery, polite exchange between him and a screenwriter:
” ‘Mr. Powell, how would you like to make a film about a young man with a camera who kills the women that he photographs?’
“I said, ‘That’s me. I’d like it very much.’ ”
So “Peeping Tom” took shape. The 1960 film was widely reviled and virtually ended Powell’s career after two decades of making lavish fantasies with dark undertones, like “The Red Shoes.”
