PSYCHO (1960) YT EDIT
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I'm old enough to have seen this film in a theater, first run. Janet Leigh was a big star, married to Tony Curtis, mother to Jamie Lee Curtis. Having the major star of a film's character die halfway into the film was unheard of. Part of the advertising for Psycho included the concept that no one would be allowed into the theater after the movie started. (Before this film, people would enter a theater whenever, stay until they got back to the scene they have entered, then leave, or could sit and watch the film as many times as they wished. Star Wars officially ended that practice.) So the audience dislike Marion Crane for the Friday afternoon delight at the beginning, disliked her more when she stole the money. Sympathy for her begins when the cop with the sunglasses stares at her through the window. She dies and who do we attach ourselves to? Norman almost seems reasonable. Hitchcock was great at freaking out his audiences as to who was good, who was evil, and switching them at odd times. Great reaction to a great film.
Cliff Adams
2024-06-09 20:24:09 +0000 UTCMost people don't clock all the reflections that indicate Norman's split-personality. Great catch.
JSharp
2024-06-09 07:58:31 +0000 UTC
