Psycho (1960)

atari 2600 · 05.29.2006, 06:42 PM

This is my favorite Hitchcock film & my third favortie movie ever.

Does anyone else think it's as great as I do? Just wondering.

johnnywinternoshow · 05.29.2006, 06:45 PM

yeah great movie, performances are all fantastic. I wish I wasn't as desensitized as i am to those type of movies. I'd love to know what that'd have been like in the cinema when it was released. Hermann's score is essential to the story.

I know it's a good movie if i remember exactly where i was the first time i saw it and this is one of those movies

atari 2600 · 05.29.2006, 06:50 PM

Did you know that Marion Crane's (Vivien Leigh's) white 1957 Ford sedan is the same car (owned by Universal) that the Cleaver family drove on TV's "Leave It to Beaver"?

How cool is that?

LifeDistortion · 05.29.2006, 06:53 PM

Ah, all the taboos that film played with. Cross-dressing, voyerism. A movie way ahead of its time.

atari 2600 · 05.29.2006, 06:55 PM

Ths score is so great.

johnnywinternoshow already knows this, no doubt, but it was Psycho that changed theater admission rules.

On Hitchcock's insistence, "No One ... BUT NO ONE ... Will Be Admitted To The Theatre After The Start Of Each Performance Of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho ..."

What a genius tagline.

SonikJesus · 05.29.2006, 06:56 PM

Great example of post-modern film.

johnnywinternoshow · 05.29.2006, 06:59 PM

was it a hitchcock movie that had the tagline "just repeat... it's only a movie, it's only a movie"?

LifeDistortion · 05.29.2006, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by johnnywinternoshow

was it a hitchcock movie that had the tagline "just repeat... it's only a movie, it's only a movie"?

I think you're thinking of "Last House on the Left."

johnnywinternoshow · 05.29.2006, 07:06 PM

i bought that cus of it's video nasty press, what a big disappointment, i thought i was in for a real splatterfest, haven't watched it again since the day i bought it

Kim C Not G · 05.29.2006, 07:08 PM

I really enjoyed the Norman Bates character as a whole. I'm surprised no one has mentioned the famous shower scene.

LifeDistortion · 05.29.2006, 07:09 PM

Wait, there was a shower scene?

atari 2600 · 05.29.2006, 07:10 PM

Chocolate syrup was used instead of blood. Most people know that.

That pan as the camera goes to her lifeless body & then the eye spiraling like water down a drain. It's the most memorable shot in all of cinema.

In the Itchy Scratch & Marge episode where Marge bans cartoon violence, Homer gets hit over the head with some red paint & the camerawork is imitated.

johnnywinternoshow · 05.29.2006, 07:13 PM

the vince vaughn remake was totally shit, wasn't it? it's the equivalent of some contemporary religious guy rewriting the bible with judus spying on jesus through a hole in the wall tugging one off

atari 2600 · 05.29.2006, 07:18 PM

haha yeah sort of...ah, it was okay. I like Vince Vaughn & Juliane Moore & it was done shot-by-shot basically which was a tasteful choice.

Gus Van Sant is okay too. I used to really, really like his work a lot more though.

LifeDistortion · 05.29.2006, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by johnnywinternoshow

the vince vaughn remake was totally shit, wasn't it? it's the equivalent of some contemporary religious guy rewriting the bible with judus spying on jesus through a hole in the wall tugging one off

Possibly the worst re-make of all time. Terribley mis-cast, especially Anne Heche as Marianne Crane. No sense of art what-so-ever.

krastian · 05.29.2006, 07:33 PM

Yeah the score is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of Psycho. Like LifeDistortion mentioned it was pretty ahead of it's time. Pretty tuff to fuck with.....really weird ass shit when you think about it.

acousticrock87 · 05.29.2006, 07:37 PM

I'm incredibly ashamed to say that I have not seen Psycho. It's one of those movies that I always pick up at Blockbuster, carry it around, and then decide on something else. That and Fight Club. And until recently, Citizen Kane, but I finally got around to that one and it was even better than I expected. I just need to set aside one week and watch all the classics that I've deprived myself of.

atari 2600 · 05.29.2006, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by krastian

Yeah the score is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of Psycho. Like LifeDistortion mentioned it was pretty ahead of it's time. Pretty tuff to fuck with.....really weird ass shit when you think about it.

also breaking the mold was that for nearly exactly half of the movie, Vivien Liegh is the main focus & then she gets killed off to shocking effect.

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 05.29.2006, 08:03 PM

Another movie I never saw in whole. I'd like to see birds I here its pretty great.

Laila · 05.29.2006, 08:28 PM

i made a home movie paying homage to psycho

05.29.2006, 06:42 PM	#1
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	This is my favorite Hitchcock film & my third favortie movie ever. Does anyone else think it's as great as I do? Just wondering.
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05.29.2006, 06:45 PM	#2
johnnywinternoshow the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Belfast Posts: 1,006	yeah great movie, performances are all fantastic. I wish I wasn't as desensitized as i am to those type of movies. I'd love to know what that'd have been like in the cinema when it was released. Hermann's score is essential to the story. I know it's a good movie if i remember exactly where i was the first time i saw it and this is one of those movies
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05.29.2006, 06:50 PM	#3
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	Did you know that Marion Crane's (Vivien Leigh's) white 1957 Ford sedan is the same car (owned by Universal) that the Cleaver family drove on TV's "Leave It to Beaver"? How cool is that?
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05.29.2006, 06:53 PM	#4
LifeDistortion expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CA Posts: 2,457	Ah, all the taboos that film played with. Cross-dressing, voyerism. A movie way ahead of its time.
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05.29.2006, 06:55 PM	#5
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	Ths score is so great. johnnywinternoshow already knows this, no doubt, but it was Psycho that changed theater admission rules. On Hitchcock's insistence, "No One ... BUT NO ONE ... Will Be Admitted To The Theatre After The Start Of Each Performance Of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho ..." What a genius tagline.
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05.29.2006, 06:56 PM	#6
SonikJesus the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 998	Great example of post-modern film.
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05.29.2006, 06:59 PM	#7
johnnywinternoshow the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Belfast Posts: 1,006	was it a hitchcock movie that had the tagline "just repeat... it's only a movie, it's only a movie"?
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05.29.2006, 07:06 PM	#9
johnnywinternoshow the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Belfast Posts: 1,006	i bought that cus of it's video nasty press, what a big disappointment, i thought i was in for a real splatterfest, haven't watched it again since the day i bought it
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05.29.2006, 07:08 PM	#10
Kim C Not G bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 109	I really enjoyed the Norman Bates character as a whole. I'm surprised no one has mentioned the famous shower scene.
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05.29.2006, 07:09 PM	#11
LifeDistortion expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CA Posts: 2,457	Wait, there was a shower scene?
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05.29.2006, 07:10 PM	#12
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	Chocolate syrup was used instead of blood. Most people know that. That pan as the camera goes to her lifeless body & then the eye spiraling like water down a drain. It's the most memorable shot in all of cinema. In the Itchy Scratch & Marge episode where Marge bans cartoon violence, Homer gets hit over the head with some red paint & the camerawork is imitated.
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05.29.2006, 07:13 PM	#13
johnnywinternoshow the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Belfast Posts: 1,006	the vince vaughn remake was totally shit, wasn't it? it's the equivalent of some contemporary religious guy rewriting the bible with judus spying on jesus through a hole in the wall tugging one off
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05.29.2006, 07:18 PM	#14
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	haha yeah sort of...ah, it was okay. I like Vince Vaughn & Juliane Moore & it was done shot-by-shot basically which was a tasteful choice. Gus Van Sant is okay too. I used to really, really like his work a lot more though.
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05.29.2006, 07:33 PM	#16
krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	Yeah the score is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of Psycho. Like LifeDistortion mentioned it was pretty ahead of it's time. Pretty tuff to fuck with.....really weird ass shit when you think about it. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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05.29.2006, 07:37 PM	#17
acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	I'm incredibly ashamed to say that I have not seen Psycho. It's one of those movies that I always pick up at Blockbuster, carry it around, and then decide on something else. That and Fight Club. And until recently, Citizen Kane, but I finally got around to that one and it was even better than I expected. I just need to set aside one week and watch all the classics that I've deprived myself of.
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Sheriff Rhys Chatham invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England. Posts: 4,027	Another movie I never saw in whole. I'd like to see birds I here its pretty great. __________________ My Music(grunge rock) A part of this blue shit since June 24th, 2004
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Laila the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 958	i made a home movie paying homage to psycho __________________ PM me please Facebook- Laila Virani
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