tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post9184382778786759675..comments2024-02-05T21:23:49.249-08:00Comments on Lady Eve's Reel Life: GOING (to) PSYCHO AGAINThe Lady Evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11963115499930520653noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-71382084234170303532018-12-21T21:12:08.359-08:002018-12-21T21:12:08.359-08:00Thank youThank youThe Lady Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963115499930520653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-30378742973922925182015-10-16T01:29:14.827-07:002015-10-16T01:29:14.827-07:00I saw Psycho last year. Very excellent
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It's interesting how important it was to Hitchcock that his films have the desired emotional impact on an audience. He never said that Psycho was his favorite of his films but it was the one he felt was most successful - and he wasn't talking about box office (though it was a blockbuster).The Lady Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963115499930520653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-89744241584394372892015-10-14T15:13:00.776-07:002015-10-14T15:13:00.776-07:00Eve, I would love to have been with you at the scr...Eve, I would love to have been with you at the screening. I've never seen Psycho on the big screen. Your insight and history were excellent. I liked the quote from Hitchcock that you included: "... you have to design your film just as Shakespeare did his plays - for the audience." Hitchcock was indeed the Shakespeare of film makers. Oh, now I'll have to admit to a lapse in parenting judgment that came from Psycho. Of course I had seen it many times, and the terrifying parts had lost their initial horror. To me, it was a classic, and I wanted my son to see it when it was on TV. He was 9 years old, and it scared the bejesuz out of him. He wouldn't allow the shower curtains to be drawn closed for weeks. He's in his 30's now, and doesn't appear to have suffered any permanent trauma!ClassicBeckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03591715859057540467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-14085089032408985692015-10-11T08:18:57.267-07:002015-10-11T08:18:57.267-07:00Thanks, Christian. I remember the ad campaign, too...Thanks, Christian. I remember the ad campaign, too. In fact, I remember being in San Diego during the time Psycho was first in release and seeing posters for it everywhere - "no one admitted after the film begins" and all that. Psycho is not among my favorite Hitchcocks either, but I do admire his technique and how masterfully he takes charge of the audience. Isn't it interesting that "the shower scene," possibly the most famous scene from any Hitchcock film, was designed by Saul Bass?The Lady Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963115499930520653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-36796723011143958072015-10-10T23:03:57.060-07:002015-10-10T23:03:57.060-07:00Great review of the film Lady Eve, and of your exp...Great review of the film Lady Eve, and of your experiences of it, then and now.I never saw it at the theater when it came out, but I remember all the advertising about the shock value of the movie.I watched it on TV, often in sections, and never got the full impact, with the shower scene becoming the symbol of the movie and, and remembering the "shock" ad campaign a sort of gratuitous emphasis on audience fright (especially women's). Anyway, it will never be a favorite Hitchcock film of mine. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07407056803955925235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-8474242443972288132015-10-04T22:28:26.481-07:002015-10-04T22:28:26.481-07:00Rick, I've thought that Psycho's unrelenti...Rick, I've thought that Psycho's unrelenting (and off-putting) grimness sets it apart from most of Hitchcock's greats. Even though the mystery is solved and the killer in custody, there's no happy ending. Vertigo is similar in that its mystery is solved and the ending is anything but upbeat. But Vertigo is a lush technicolor "opera," not a horror film. Psycho was definitely a departure.<br /><br />I haven't seen Horror Hotel.The Lady Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963115499930520653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-91234628647894427462015-10-04T22:15:14.402-07:002015-10-04T22:15:14.402-07:00John, You're exactly right about the audience ...John, You're exactly right about the audience reaction after Janet Leigh is killed. Not only are you wondering "What now?" but there's also the sense that all bets are off and anything at all could happen.The Lady Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963115499930520653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-36925123862691828492015-10-04T19:45:19.801-07:002015-10-04T19:45:19.801-07:00Like you, I admire PSYCHO (and even own it on DVD)...Like you, I admire PSYCHO (and even own it on DVD), but I don't watch it as often as other Hitchcocks. I'd had to do some self-analysis to understand why. Certainly, it was the first movie I saw where the "heroine" died midway (interesting, the same thing happens in the same year's underrated HORROR HOTEL). Although the shower scene is masterful, the only scene that (almost) always makes me jump is the overhead shot of Arbogast's murder. It's a great movie to watch with a crowd!Rick29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08358116647815569722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-83104026288577912772015-10-04T17:37:55.758-07:002015-10-04T17:37:55.758-07:00Hitchcock really pulled the rug out on the audienc...Hitchcock really pulled the rug out on the audiences of the day. They must of sat there wondering, after Janet Leigh was killed off, what happens now? I didn't see Psycho until some time in the late 60's and it was on tv. Watched it many times since but never on the big screen. I wanted to catch it in Sept. but life got in the way.John/24Frameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14719659042858962026noreply@blogger.com