Tracing the thread…
His masterpiece 'Peeping Tom' directly confronts the voyeuristic nature of cinema through a killer who films his victims, making the audience complicit in the act of looking.
Brian De Palma United StatesRepeatedly explores the ethics of observation and voyeurism through surveillance, photography, and the male gaze, particularly in films like 'Body Double' and 'Blow Out.'
David Cronenberg CanadaExamines technology's role in creating and distorting perception in works like 'Videodrome' and 'Crash,' where the act of witnessing becomes physically and psychologically transformative.