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A 10 page research paper that examines Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller Psycho. The writer discusses the film in reference to Freud's psychoanalytical model. The writer argues that Psycho is a superlative example of the filmmaker's art, in cinematography, music and all other essential details. However, there is also another element. The structure of this film demonstrates how Hitchcock expertly dramatizes and utilizes numerous elements from psychoanalysis, and, in so doing, taps into the subconscious of the spectator. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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continue to terrify even when the spectator has viewed the film multiple times, which brings up the question of why this film continues to enthrall forty years after its creation.
Part of the answer lies in the fact that Psycho is a superlative example of the filmmakers art, in cinematography, music and all other essential details. However, there is also
another element. The structure of this film demonstrates how Hitchcock expertly dramatizes and utilizes numerous elements from psychoanalysis, and, in so doing, taps into the subconscious of the spectator.
Through its psychoanalytical characteristics, the narrative forces the audience to enter into the perspective of the deranged protagonist, Norman Bates. As this suggests, Hitchcock manipulates perceived reality so that the
audience is constantly caught off-balance, and is, therefore, like the protagonist, unable to discern the true nature of the situation. As pointed out in the Magills Survey of Cinema
review, the obligatory scene at the end of the film, where the Normans schizophrenia is explained, is anticlimatic, but nevertheless alleviates the sense of desperation and futility that has gripped
the audience for close to two hours (1994). The following examination of Psycho demonstrates how Hitchcock used a psychoanalytic framework for the foundation of his narrative, but also how this
film manipulates the audience at every turn, so that the audience is compelled to examine their own sympathies and perspective. The opening scenes of the movie feature Marion Crane
(Janet Leigh), a young woman who is having an affair with a recently divorced man, Sam Loomis (John Gavin), who asserts that he cannot afford to marry Marion because of
various debts. Craving the respectability of marriage, Marion succumbs to temptation and leaves town with $40,000 that she was so suppose to deposit in the bank. This is the "hook"
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