So, Joey and
I like true life stories like Mommy
Dearest, Mask, Sid and Nancy. It’s interesting to see a glimpse into the
lives off people we’ve of, the more factual the better, especially when they
nail the look, sound, and mannerisms.
Hitchcock’s no different. We’d intended to check it out in theaters
when it came in ’12 but couldn’t make it happen.
Most people
know Alfred Hitchcock as one of the all-time masters of suspense and
psychological horror, with Psycho his
notable. Hitchcock covers the timespan of the making of the film.
Watching his
movies, anybody can tell he had a wickedly dark sense of humor, but it crossed
over to real life, with his wife taking the brunt of it. His own insecurities with getting older and
thinking his wife having an affair, molded the plot as well...specifically,
when he visualized her when filming the notorious shower death sequence with
Janet Leigh. He said Anthony Perkins
wasn’t being brutal enough, so he personally took the knife to “demonstrate”
how to kill his wife…Leigh, who was visibly rocked. His insecurities coupled with his fascination
with Wisconsin women serial killer/cannibalist, Ed Gein, who had mommy issues
and based on the novel of the same name by Robert Bloch, bore Psycho.
We watch as
Hitchcock loses himself as filming continues like Norman does throughout the
movie until he and his wife have it out.
Sir Anthony
Hopkins plays Hitchcock and legendary Helen Mirren plays his wife Alma while James
D'Arcy plays Anthony Perkins and Scarlett Johansson plays Janet Leigh
impeccably.
Afterward,
we watched Psycho with new eyes
followed by Gus Van Sant’s remake with Vince Vaughn and Anne Heche. We could appreciate it better, but still,
Vaughn can’t touch Perkins…he’s too much of a comedian. We also decided the music drowned out the
subtly.
If you guys
like bios, give Hitchcock a go, you’ll
think the man’s been reincarnated and you’ll learn a bit about one of film’s
most popular horror/suspense masterpieces to boot.
Be good to
each other.
-J-
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