Ten years after her aunt was murdered in their London home, a woman returns from Italy to resume residence with her new husband. His obsessive interest in the house rises from a secret that may require driving his wife insane. Long before it became an internet buzzword, this is the terrifying, Oscar-winning thriller that literally invented the term.

Gaslight screens as part of Adelaide Cinémathèque and the program Long Takes and Loose Ends The Films and Influences of Paul Thomas Anderson.

Long Takes and Loose Ends The Films and Influences of Paul Thomas Anderson.

American Filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson has become something of a titan of contemporary cinema. Yet he has always been a filmmaker who wears his influences on his sleeve. In this block, we will look at the films that bear the clearest influence on his work while highlighting a body of work marked by deep character studies and inventive narrative techniques.