Psycho Analysis.
Psycho is a film directed by Sir Alfred Hitchcock during 1960 starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh and Vera Miles.
Office worker Marian Crane has had enough of the way her life is going. The only time she spends with her lover same is during lunch breaks, and they can not get married as Sam has to give most of his money away in alimoney. One day when Marion is trusted to bank a very large sum of money, $40,000, she sees the opportunity to start a new life. She seizes this opportunity and decides to make away with the money hoping never to be seen again. Marion decided to drive to California to meet her lover at his workplace, but it had been a long day and she decides to stop of for the night at the Bates Motel.
This motel however is not owned by a normal, friendly hotel owner. It is owned by a complete psycho that can be perceived as a quiet, lonely young man (Norman Bates) who is ruled by his mother who lives with him at home.
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This man has a complete split personality and at times, takes the role of his mother, who in fact is dead. When he becomes his mother, he has the mindset of his mother. Norman's mother did not like him communicating with girls so when Norman 'becomes' his mother, s/he decides to kill Marion. This murder is during perhaps the most popular scene of the film, the shower scene. This is as we see a silhouette of a woman, which we would assume is Norman's mother, but in fact is Norman himself. This scene alone includes 77 camera angles and includes 50 cuts! Baring in mind this scene is only 3 minutes long!
Marian sister, Lila and boyfriend Sam are concerned about her disappearance and decide to call an inspector (Arbogast). Which later results in him being killed as his questioning has Norman suspicious. We, as the audience think that Norman has done this to protect his mother, when in actual fact, he had done it to protect himself.
Sam and Lila get concerned about Arbogasts disappearance and decide to take matters into their own hands and finally end up 'cracking the case'.
Psycho is a film directed by Sir Alfred Hitchcock during 1960 starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh and Vera Miles.
Office worker Marian Crane has had enough of the way her life is going. The only time she spends with her lover same is during lunch breaks, and they can not get married as Sam has to give most of his money away in alimoney. One day when Marion is trusted to bank a very large sum of money, $40,000, she sees the opportunity to start a new life. She seizes this opportunity and decides to make away with the money hoping never to be seen again. Marion decided to drive to California to meet her lover at his workplace, but it had been a long day and she decides to stop of for the night at the Bates Motel.
This motel however is not owned by a normal, friendly hotel owner. It is owned by a complete psycho that can be perceived as a quiet, lonely young man (Norman Bates) who is ruled by his mother who lives with him at home.
This man has a complete split personality and at times, takes the role of his mother, who in fact is dead. When he becomes his mother, he has the mindset of his mother. Norman's mother did not like him communicating with girls so when Norman 'becomes' his mother, s/he decides to kill Marion. This murder is during perhaps the most popular scene of the film, the shower scene. This is as we see a silhouette of a woman, which we would assume is Norman's mother, but in fact is Norman himself. This scene alone includes 77 camera angles and includes 50 cuts! Baring in mind this scene is only 3 minutes long!
Marian sister, Lila and boyfriend Sam are concerned about her disappearance and decide to call an inspector (Arbogast). Which later results in him being killed as his questioning has Norman suspicious. We, as the audience think that Norman has done this to protect his mother, when in actual fact, he had done it to protect himself.
Sam and Lila get concerned about Arbogasts disappearance and decide to take matters into their own hands and finally end up 'cracking the case'.
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