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Analysis of Psycho
Psycho is one of the most famous films in the history of cinema. Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho has been praised for creating the model for all horror films that followed it. ... Psycho has been attributed as being Hitchcock’s ultimate achievement in the technique of viewer participation. ... The low-budget ($800,000), brilliantly-edited, stark black and white film came after Hitchcocks earlier Technicolor hits Vertigo (1958) and North by Northwest (1959), and would have been more suited for as an extended episode for his own b/w TV series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. ... Bernhard Hermann once said that during a rough screening cut of psycho, ‘’Hitch was nervously pacing back and forth , saying it was awful…he was crazy. ... Hitchcock had funded Psycho with his own money and was afraid it was going to be a flop. ...
Early in the film we are introduced to the narratives supposed protagonist Marion Crane, Alfred Hitchcock appears to establish Crane as the main character of "Psycho" from the films very first scenes. ... Hitchcock develops him as a young shy and defensive individual which leads the audience to think otherwise about the apparent "psycho’ that they have already established in their minds. ... There was a stark contrast between the cinematic tools employed in Psycho and the precedent Hitchcock had set for himself. ... One reviewer wrote: "Psycho is a grade-A program, but not grade-A Hitchcock". The initial rejection of Psycho was more likely to have been due to the films uniqueness. ... Although the mixed reviews and sexuality kept a fair number of Hitchcocks older fans away from Psycho, this did not deter the younger audience. ... Psycho is used as a yardstick by which other thrillers are measured .The effect both in the short run, in establishing Psycho as the ultimate thriller, and the long run, in altering the cinema-going habits of the world is indisputable.
Approximate Word count = 2232
Approximate Pages = 8.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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