Psycho
by Gus Van Sant
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Actor: Anne Heche, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Vince Vaughn, William H. MacyDirector: Gus Van Sant
Brand: Universal
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 104 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-06-08
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Psycho
Movie Review: New Idea--but it just doesn't work.
Summary: 2 Stars
A remake of Hitchcock's classic, Psycho. A shot-for-shot, colorized version. How did it turn out? Badly...
Gus Van Sant's remake is a strange film. I think that seeing how they would utilize color and the little modern tweaks are interesting. Unfortunately, that sums up what IS interesting about this movie. The choice of making the remake shot-for-shot and not changing the script at all ultimately hinders this film. The problem is that because of this, nothing new can be brought to the table in terms of storyline or characters and the film becomes dull and lifeless. Also, the nudity and increased gore in the shower scene defiles the genius of Hitchcock's version. Hitchcock was able to pull it off without it and created the required effect anyway.
Additionally, I wonder who was in charge of casting this film. Although Vince Vaughn and Anne Heche try their best, they still fall short. Vince Vaughn has huge shoes to fill as Norman Bates, and Anne Heche isn't all that sympathetic as Marion Crane and I feel indifferent about her performance. On the positive side, Julianne Moore and William H. Macy do fine in their roles.
I think Gus Van Sant is a good director, when he does his own work!
Summary of Psycho
Marion crane is the criminal on the run who takes refuge at the motel owned by norman bates and his mother. After marion is killed in hollywoods famous shower scene the suspense continues when marions sister and a private investigator come looking for her at the bates motel. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 03/28/2006 Starring: Anne Heche Julianne Moore Run time: 104 minutes Rating: R Director: Gus Van SantNumerous critics had already sharpened their knives even before Gus Van Sant's shot-for-shot color "re-creation" of the 1960 black-and-white Hitchcock classic was released, chiding the Good Will Hunting director for defiling hallowed ground. This intriguing cinematic curiosity, though, is hardly as sacrilegious as critics would lead you to believe. If anything, Van Sant doesn't take enough liberties with his almost slavish devotion to the material, now updated with modern references. At times, you wish Van Sant would cut loose with a little spontaneity, a little energy, a little something. Unfortunately, when he does venture outside Hitchcock's parameters, with inserted shots of storm clouds during the murder sequences, it's to little effect. Granted, he liberally splashes color throughout the film (especially in the case of the infamous shower scene), and this is a great-looking movie, but in his obsession with adding a new physical dimension to the film, there's little insight into these characters that Hitchcock hadn't already provided. Vince Vaughn, a robotic and giggly Norman, doesn't crawl under your skin the way boy-next-door Anthony Perkins did, and Anne Heche is admirable if not very sympathetic in the Janet Leigh role. Van Sant does score a minor coup, though, in his casting of the supporting roles: Julianne Moore provides a welcome shot of energy as Heche's irritable and curious sister, William?H. Macy is a perfect small-time detective, Viggo Mortensen is studly enough to make you understand why Heche would want to run away with him, and James LeGros walks away with his one brief scene as a used car salesman. And Danny Elfman's gorgeous rerecording of Bernard Herrmann's score is a potent supporting character unto itself. Students and fans of the original film will get a kick out of the modern revisions, but don't expect anything of Hitchcockian caliber; watch it for the sum of its intriguing parts, but not the whole. --Mark Englehart
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