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		+	*Voyeurism is something of a [[cliché]]d [[plot device]] in cinematic fiction, for instance in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Rear Window]]''. Other examples include ''[[Fame]]'' and ''[[Porky's]]''. Voyeurism is also shown for a brief period in other films, such as ''[[Amélie]]'', ''[[Paparazzi]]'' , ''[[American Pie (film)|American Pie]]'' and ''[[Cocoon (film)|Cocoon]]''.
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		+	*Voyeurism was the main subject of the [[1991]] book (and its [[1993]] film adaptation) ''[[Sliver]]'', where the owner of an apartment tower used a video surveillance system to spy on his tenants, often (but not always) for sexual gratification.
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		+	*The book ''[[Hell]]'' by [[Henri Barbusse]] focuses entirely on the story of a voyeur.
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		+	*Another treatment, albeit [[tongue-in-cheek]], occurs in ''[[Final Destination 3]]''.
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		+	*A serious psychological treatment of the topic in cinema was done in ''[[Peeping Tom (film)|Peeping Tom]]''.
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		+	*The [[anime]] ''[[Colorful]]'' is devoted almost entirely to the [[paraphilia]].

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"Voyeurism is not just one of the primary tools of cinema, but of written fiction too."

Voyeurism in fiction

• Voyeurism is something of a clichéd plot device in cinematic fiction, for instance in Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window. Other examples include Fame and Porky's. Voyeurism is also shown for a brief period in other films, such as Amélie, Paparazzi , American Pie and Cocoon.

• Voyeurism was the main subject of the 1991 book (and its 1993 film adaptation) Sliver, where the owner of an apartment tower used a video surveillance system to spy on his tenants, often (but not always) for sexual gratification.

• The book Hell by Henri Barbusse focuses entirely on the story of a voyeur.

• Another treatment, albeit tongue-in-cheek, occurs in Final Destination 3.

• A serious psychological treatment of the topic in cinema was done in Peeping Tom.

• The anime Colorful is devoted almost entirely to the paraphilia.