简介：ProbablythemostcontroversialofWoolley'sfilms,becauseofanaudiorapesequencewithflashesofnuditythatsplitcriticsandviewers(especiallyfeminists)rightdownthemiddle–somesayingitwasexploitative,otherssayingitwasessentialtogettheformalistmessage(thatweareallvoyeursinthecinema,oftenviewingattheexpenseofwomen)across.Thefilmtellsthetaleofahousewife(whowenevertotallysee,butcanhear)trappedinherluxuryhouseatthemercyofahusbandandruthlesspoliceteaminvestigatinganillusorypoliticalcrimethatshemayormaynothavecommitted.Herhusband(theonlycharacterweseeinaconventionalmanner)comesinandoutofthestoryandalternatesbetweenpatronisingsolicitousnessandcoldanger.Thewholeisconstructedaroundarelentlesslyrepetitivesequenceofshotsthat,inthecourseofthefilm,movestentimesfromwideshotexteriortointimateinteriors,withthestorybeingupdatedandnarratedeverytimewereturntotheexterior.Ineachsequence,thereisonePOVhandheldshotthatvariesandisusuallyfromthewife'spointofview;otherwisethestoryistoldwithintheconfinesoftherepeatingimages(sameframingandcameramovement)withonlytheactionvarying.Voiceoversnarrateandreflectonawoman'sposition,aswellasdominantmaleperspectives,insociety.…