A must have for any true film lover.
Added 11/20/2009
When I put this DVD in my DVD player I was in for a film lover's treat. Sir. Alfred Hitchcock's landmark in the genre of the horror film has never looked better. Why this film was overlooked by the Academy of Motion Pictures is one of greatest sins in film history. This two disc presentation from Universal Studios is truly the definitive history of a masterpiece.
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A Groundbreaking Classic
Added 11/12/2009
Although we can see this movie just about any Halloween season, I decided to buy it for our collection. This movie was groundbreaking in its time. It's odd that we know everything that's going to happen but it still gives me the shivers. Everything came together in "Psycho." An original script; terrific acting; music that is as essential to the fright scenes as the script; and an ending that you never see coming. Of course if you've seen the movie once, you know how it ends. But in the 50's none of this was ever done, especially by actors of Janet Leigh's status.
After all these years, I still find it chilling.
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Psycho w excellent transfer and good extras
Added 11/8/2009
I remember watching Psycho on TV when I was around 12-13 years old. I still remember the shocking parts well. 25 years later I thought that I remembered it so well that I wasn't particularly interested in re-watching it. Anyway, finally I bought the 'Universal Legacy Series' edition DVD, and I'm glad for it. First of all, the transfer/picture quailty of this DVD is fantastic (just like Vertigo in the same series). I watched it on a projector. And the movie is far better than I remembered, the actors are excellent and the black/white photography superb. Ok, you can always make a remark about the explanatory psychiatric speech in the end, but this was a requirement at the time to get it through the censorship! This, and other fascinating things, is explained in the interesting commentary track, well worth listening to after watching the film.
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A classic!!
Added 11/8/2009
What is there to say, This is a fantastic classic that one must have and have watched a hundred times. It is a great movie. The famous shower scene is that famous, Anthony Perkins was wonderful as Norman. I can't say enough about it. You must have the movie in your collection. If you don't collect movies at least watch it. It's great.
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Janet Leigh ... and the road not taken.
Added 11/5/2009
The plot of this movie is wrong, all wrong.
First of all, why does Janet Leigh have to steal 40Gs from her boss' business? Why break the law? My version of this movie sees Janet Leigh not as a thief on the lam from the law but rather as ... a real estate agent. (Yeah, yeah that's the ticket!) A real estate agent out in the boondocks looking for a way to make a quick buck off some funky old property.
Get the picture? ("Yes, we see.")
There's anorexic, skinny-butt Janet driving along one backroad after another, dollar signs for eyeballs, and, lo and behold, she comes to -- that's right, that's right! -- THE BATES MOTEL!
Smirking, she says to herself: "Lemme go in and see what kind of a schnook owns *this* dump."
So she goes in, starts talking to Norman; next thing you know she's got Norman signing a no-interest, balloon payment, one-born-every-minute mortgage contract.
Norman, also anorexic, financially as well as physically, naturally can't come up with the jack and in a few months, like all natural born schnooks, he defaults on the mortgage, declares bankruptcy and the Bates Motel becomes a diner -- MOM'S HOME COOKIN'.
Norman, reduced to the role of mere employee, serves famished, bisexual truck drivers in drag (Norman, that is, not the bisexual truck drivers). Whilst Marty Balsam ("Mister Ar-bur-gas"), stopping for a quick bite, has a gas attack after eating a Mexican tortilla allegedly cooked between the thighs of Carmen Miranda -- AND SUES!
Norman and Janet decide to bump off Ar-bur-gas by placing a Chiquita banana, posthumously autographed by Errol Flynn, at the top of the stairs. Ar-bur-gas slips, falls, survives --AND SUES AGAIN!
Now Janet and Norman decides to convert MOM'S HOME COOKIN' into a combination dinner theatre, law office and cockatoo sanctuary. The first play they put on is "I Remember Big Fat Mama," with Oprah Winfrey as B.F. Mama and Anthony Perkins as her still-anorexic but game concubine.
The play flops, the dinner theatre sues itself, peace is declared in our time and Alfred Hitchcock's rear end is replaced by a United Fruit box.
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A must have for any true film lover.
Added 11/20/2009
When I put this DVD in my DVD player I was in for a film lover's treat. Sir. Alfred Hitchcock's landmark in the genre of the horror film has never looked better. Why this film was overlooked by the Academy of Motion Pictures is one of greatest sins in film history. This two disc presentation from Universal Studios is truly the definitive history of a masterpiece.
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A Groundbreaking Classic
Added 11/12/2009
Although we can see this movie just about any Halloween season, I decided to buy it for our collection. This movie was groundbreaking in its time. It's odd that we know everything that's going to happen but it still gives me the shivers. Everything came together in "Psycho." An original script; terrific acting; music that is as essential to the fright scenes as the script; and an ending that you never see coming. Of course if you've seen the movie once, you know how it ends. But in the 50's none of this was ever done, especially by actors of Janet Leigh's status.
After all these years, I still find it chilling.
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Psycho w excellent transfer and good extras
Added 11/8/2009
I remember watching Psycho on TV when I was around 12-13 years old. I still remember the shocking parts well. 25 years later I thought that I remembered it so well that I wasn't particularly interested in re-watching it. Anyway, finally I bought the 'Universal Legacy Series' edition DVD, and I'm glad for it. First of all, the transfer/picture quailty of this DVD is fantastic (just like Vertigo in the same series). I watched it on a projector. And the movie is far better than I remembered, the actors are excellent and the black/white photography superb. Ok, you can always make a remark about the explanatory psychiatric speech in the end, but this was a requirement at the time to get it through the censorship! This, and other fascinating things, is explained in the interesting commentary track, well worth listening to after watching the film.
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