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Vincent Canby, New York Times: The work of one of the most continuously surprising and accomplished directors of his day. Read more
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: In the end, the film is not about an attraction between two people, but about the love of the spectator for the image -- the perverse transactions between the audience and the screen. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: A profoundly Hitchcockian film, in that its real subjects are guilt, passion and terrible consequences of a sin that starts out small. Read more