Tuesday, October 23, 2018

30 THEATRICAL TERRORS: Psycho (Day 21)




Anthony Perkins is so good in Psycho as Norman Bates that, not only did he deserve an Oscar for his portrayal,
but he deserved a stay in a mental hospital
just to make sure he was sane.




He makes the movie.
He is the cold, monsterous center of that film.
All the while playing innocent put-upon youth.
Inside—a fractured mind working against itself.
Grinding back and forth.




If one takes a great idea from a great author such as Robert Bloch and gives it to a great director such as Alfred Hitchcock and gives said director great actors like Perkins, Leigh and Miles—
sometimes a great film comes out the other end.




And so,
you get…

PSYCHO.


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