Psycho (1998)
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| German title | Psycho |
| Original title | Psycho |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1998 |
| length | 99 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Gus Van Sant |
| script | Joseph Stefano |
| production | Gus Van Sant, Brian Grazer |
| music |
Bernard Herrmann Danny Elfman |
| camera | Christopher Doyle |
| cut | Amy E. Duddleston |
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Psycho is an American feature film from 1998 and a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho from 1960. The literary template comes from Robert Bloch , who in turn was inspired by the serial killer Ed Gein when writing his novel . Directed by Gus Van Sant .
action
The secretary Marion Crane wants to build a new life with her boyfriend Sam, so she steals 400,000 US dollars from her employer . After escaping by car, she stays at night in a lonely motel run by a young man named Norman Bates. He was able to persuade Marion to have a small dinner together in an adjoining room of the motel before bed. Here he tells her about his mentally ill mother and his dreary existence as a motel owner.
When Marion takes a shower before going to bed, a mysterious woman suddenly appears and stabs her. The dismayed Norman sinks Marion's car along with her corpse, her luggage and the money she hid in a newspaper in the swamp behind the motel.
Marion's employer now sends the private detective Arbogast to search for Marion and the money. Marion's sister, Lila, worries about the search with Sam. Arbogast eventually comes across the Bates Motel and becomes suspicious. He reports his suspicions to Lila and Sam and returns to the motel, as he also wants to investigate the neighboring house of the Bates family. There he too is stabbed to death by the female figure. Since Arbogast doesn't answer anymore, Lila and Sam do their own research in the motel. Lila finds the mummified body of Norman's mother in the basement . When she is surprised by Norman who tries to overpower Lila, Lila is saved by Sam.
At the police station, Norman is examined by the psychiatrist, who then explains the background: After his mother had taken a lover, the young Norman killed both of them out of jealousy. In order to undo the act, at least in his mind, his second self took on the role of mother, who in turn reacted jealously to any woman who aroused Norman's interest.
background
Gus Van Sant broke new ground in his remake. In contrast to the rest of the time, the script was adopted (almost) true to the original from the film. This applies to both the settings and the original script by Joseph Stefano as well as the original music by Bernard Herrmann . Gus Van Sant even took over Hitchcock's cameo : According to the original, he can be seen at the beginning of the film through a window in front of Marion's work place when she comes back to work after the lunch break. Here he is talking to a man whose stature clearly resembles that of Hitchcock.
The great resemblance to the film by Hitchcock makes the film adaptation of Van Sant vulnerable, because the differences are particularly clear; For example, Norman Bates masturbates with Van Sant while he secretly observes Marion - not with Hitchcock. In his work Lacan in Hollywood , Slavoj Žižek criticizes that the new version is psychologically less plausible than Hitchcock's version.
Further changes or additions by Van Sants:
- The film was shot in color.
- The tracking shot over Phoenix, with which the film begins, now consists of a single plan sequence .
- The 40,000 dollars that Marion withhooks - probably taking into account the inflation in the meantime - in the new version 400,000 dollars.
- In both murder scenes, puzzling motifs are briefly cut, for example clouds passing by or a woman in a lascivious pose.
- There is more blood flowing in the murder in the shower than in the original, and you can see a lot more of the naked victim.
- When Arbogast searches the house, the tension-laden close-up of the doorknob at the end of the stairs is missing.
- more contemporary equipment, e.g. B. Lila Crane wears a Walkman and lots of flashy silver rings.
- The suggestive remark that the bed is the only playground Las Vegas beats is included. With Hitchcock this was in the script, but not in the finished film.
Awards
- Anne Heche (nominated for Best Supporting Actress)
- Joseph Stefano (nominated for Best Screenplay)
BSFC Award:
- William H. Macy (awarded for Best Supporting Actor)
Negative price
- Worst remake or sequel ( together with Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone and Godzilla )
- Gus Van Sant ("excellent" as worst director)
- Anne Heche ("nominated" as worst actress)
Reviews
“A remake of Alfred Hitchcock's thriller of the same name from 1960. The concept of following the template shot by shot fails, as does the occasional attempt to“ modernize ”the story. A senseless waste of talent and money. "
Web links
- Psycho in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Psycho at rotten tomatoes (English)
- Psycho at Metacritic (English)
- Psycho in the online film database
- Psycho in the German dubbing file
- Film review by Frank Ehrlacher at MovieMaster.de
- Film review by Alexander "Heinz" Jachmann ( memento from March 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) at Zelluloid.de
- Film review by Denis Hoffmann ( memento from April 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) at Zelluloid.de
- Konrad Licht: Psycho 1960 and 1998 - Identical remake? - Term paper in the Magisterium minor in media studies, Philipps University Marburg, November 28, 1999
Individual evidence
- ^ Slavoj Žižek : Lacan in Hollywood. Turia + Kant, Vienna 2000, p. 32, ISBN 978-3851322767 .
- ↑ Psycho. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .