Film Review of Psycho

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Film Review of Psycho

“Psycho!” What a film. Using unique camera angles and superb musical techniques “Psycho” keeps the audience’s attention building up to very sudden climaxes one after another.

Alfred Hitchcock didn’t keep to the bog standard film layout when he created “Psycho”. He thought about it carefully. No other film of the 1960’s featured semi-nudity and flushing toilets. Having a murder so early on is not usual. Especially as the victim was all Hitchcock had concentrated on up until this point but I don’t think it was just the content that made this film what it is but the style and manner of which the story was told.

On the other hand the music, playing throughout almost the entire film, could be seen as repetitive. Does the black and white picture keep it from seeming real? Does the black blood make you realise it’s only a film? Is the story thrilling enough?  

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But then again the black and white picture makes the film eerie and scary, the blood doesn’t seem quite so innocent and the story does have its brilliant twists and turns. I thought the camera angles were very striking. I especially liked how when Marian was in her car you could only see out the rear window. I think this causes unease in the audience. They don’t know what’s coming, only what’s just happened. Tension was created with this method and others when she was being followed by the police.

Psycho was like no other film I had seen before. ...

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