Storyline

This essay film explores the camera as an extension of the human gaze, tracing the shifting relationship between the act of looking, the spectator, and the figure behind the lens. Moving through and between Blow-Up and Peeping Tom, the film observes how photographing, filming, and enlarging images become gestures of desire, control, and uncertainty. By revisiting these modernist works, the essay reflects on the psychological dimensions of image-making and the fragile boundary between observer and observed, opening a path toward a meditation on cinema’s power to question its own gaze.

Key Information

Writers Pourya Moradi
Language EN
Budget $200

Cast & Crew

Karlheinz Böhm

Karlheinz Böhm

David Hemmings

David Hemmings

Frequently Asked Questions

To-be-looked-at-ness / Phallocentrism was released on June 12, 2026.

The runtime of To-be-looked-at-ness / Phallocentrism is 7m.

To-be-looked-at-ness / Phallocentrism is a Documentary movie.

To-be-looked-at-ness / Phallocentrism is available to watch. Check streaming platforms and theaters near you.

The main cast of To-be-looked-at-ness / Phallocentrism includes Karlheinz Böhm, David Hemmings.

To-be-looked-at-ness / Phallocentrism is originally in English.