Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock
Marion Crane runs away from her work to meet her lover after stealing a large amount of money from a rich client. As she escapes she is taken by surprise by the driving rain and stops in a bleak motel where she meets the young owner, Norman Bates...
With : Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin
Screenplay : Joseph Stefano (d'après le roman Psycho de Robert Bloch)
Image : John L. Russell
Sound : Waldon O. Watson, William Russell
Decors : George Milo
Editing : George Tomasini
Screenplay : Joseph Stefano (d'après le roman Psycho de Robert Bloch)
Image : John L. Russell
Sound : Waldon O. Watson, William Russell
Decors : George Milo
Editing : George Tomasini
Production : Paramount Pictures, Shamley Productions
Distribution: Théâtre du temple
Distribution: Théâtre du temple
Alfred Hitchcock reinvented the rules of the thriller and also of narration by killing off his heroine only 47 minutes into the film in the famous shower scene. This was shot from several angles, and deeply shocked audiences with its tight editing and Bernard Hermann's avant-garde music with its violins shrieking like stabbing knives. Psycho is also surprising because of the minimum amount of gore. "I think that the mysterious atmosphere was accidental to a certain extent... I didn't start the film with the intention of making a universal horror film, I only wanted it to be authentic. And there is no doubt, the house is an exact copy of a real house and the motel is also an exact copy" (A. Hitchock). Hitchcock always claimed that the film was nothing but a dark comedy, but Psycho has nevertheless become a reference in staging fear on film.