#Psycho 1960 vs psycho 1998 movie
#Psycho 1960 vs psycho 1998 drivers
#Psycho 1960 vs psycho 1998 driver

Matricide is probably the most unbearable crime of all. Now that pushed him over the line and he killed 'em both. and it seemed to Norman that she 'threw him over' for this man. His mother was a clinging, demanding woman, and for years the two of them lived as if there was no one else in the world. Now he was already dangerously disturbed, had been ever since his father died. you have to go back ten years, to the time when Norman murdered his mother and her lover. that is, from the mother half of Norman's mind. Now to understand it the way I understood it, hearing it from the mother. Or how about Sean Connery as Citizen Kane ? The xeroxed remakes could go on and on.Dr. Been there, done that.ДЄll I know is if itвЂ™s ok for Gus to do Psycho, why not remake other classics, scene by scene? For instance, a modernized version of ItвЂ™s a Wonderful Life with Harrison Ford as George Bailey would probably sell. But here, Gus limits his effectiveness by remaining so riveted in the past. The purpose of art revival is reinterpretation - taking a fresh new look at an older film, play, musical, etc. WhatвЂ™s so puzzling about all of this is why Gus did it. He doesnвЂ™t let the squealing violins drown out the cleaving we get to hear it all. Gus doesnвЂ™t exactly show any more than Alfred did he just drips a lot more blood. And of course the violence is a lot more graphic. NormanвЂ™s sexual fantasies are, um, a tad more lurid. Marion and Sam rendezvous in a dirtier sleaze hotel for sex. Everything is a bit more edgy, more gritty. There isnвЂ™t any surprise of what they might be capable. I would fully expect these people to be as depraved as they turn out to be. In the updated version, GusвЂ™ characters are fairly corrupt to begin with. (Incidentally Viggo Mortensen, who plays Sam Loomis in Psycho, was also in A Perfect Murder, the recent Hitchcock remake of Dial M.) We saw it in many of his films: the well-off student socialites in Rope who toy with the notion of murder the jealous ex-pro-tennis-player husband of a rich trophy wife in Dial M for Murder. Their 60s counterparts were rather upper-class, dignified but harboring some latent criminal mentality. GusвЂ™ mere duplication leaves us with the loss of purpose in the new version though.Д®xcept for minor screenplay adjustments (apparently, Gus was anticipating a dumber audience this time around), the only significant differences are the characters and the violence. But really, what do you expect? At some point, itвЂ™s all going to trace back to the master. Every critic out there will bemoan a new thrillerвЂ™s use of a Hitchcockian cinematic device. So with regards to thrillers, it stands that all the good shots, lighting, and moody music have been taken. When it comes to the art of defining a genre, IвЂ™m inclined to say, вЂњFinders keepers.вЂќ Hitchcock was certainly one of the finest directors of our century, given the far-reaching influence heвЂ™s had on the industry. Was it AlfredвЂ™s ghost? No, I doubt heвЂ™d want anything to do with the picture. There is a slightly round man we see outside MarionвЂ™s office in the place Alfred was standing in the original. Gus even had fun with the Hitchcock cameo (the personal trademark of the latterвЂ™s films). Still, itвЂ™s all this exactness that makes an almost distracting effect. But again, that wasnвЂ™t what Gus intended.

#Psycho 1960 vs psycho 1998 movie

ItвЂ™s a technicality evident of 60s film effects, not 90s movie magic.

#Psycho 1960 vs psycho 1998 driver

Nevertheless, GusвЂ™ people do it too.Д®ven the really fake car scenes have been preserved, where the actors are вЂњdrivingвЂќ but you can tell the car isnвЂ™t swaying with the road and the driver is sitting perfectly still (obviously shot with a screen). The advent of bucket seats certainly makes the practice impractical. Why they did this, I have no idea I wasnвЂ™t born yet.

#Psycho 1960 vs psycho 1998 drivers

Or what about everybody getting out of their cars on the right side? If youвЂ™ll remember, all the drivers in the original Psycho crawled through to the other side to exit their cars. Right down to odd obscurities and anachronistic details, such as picking up a phone and having an operator make a connection. ItвЂ™s as if poor Gus put a little too much effort into replicating every nuance. Supposedly set in 1998, most of the wardrobe is stuck in mid-70s attire, minus the gentlemen wearing derbies and dress hats as if it were still 1950. As for HitchcockвЂ¦ well, I donвЂ™t need to give any background for the master of suspense. Directed by Gus Van Sant, whose only other good (original) film was Good Will Hunting, I can only guess that this was some sort of brazen academic dare Gus dreamed up to see if he could duplicate the maestro. But all the major shots, camera angles, lighting, dialog - they were all restored.