The biography of the master of suspense is the least suspenseful.
The stories are all well-known old news. The plan was not approved and he paid his own money. Choosing Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates, how to shoot the shower scene, and the entanglement with Villa Myers, the only thing that can be regarded as innovative The relationship crisis between husband and wife is also the same old tune. The wife is unwilling to be the woman behind, and the result of independent work is inhuman. Then they return to the old man in grief.
The repeated Bates prototype really reminds me of the Buffalo Bill in "The Silent Lambs", and I don't know what Elder Hopkins thinks.
Because it was Helen Mirren who played Alma, the star effect and the drama was greatly increased. Helen is still very exciting, but the role setting is too old-fashioned, the cause of the crisis, the motive of small resistance, and the disappointment of the collaborator (actually There are no surprises at all, and Helen can only dance with fetters and barely hand in the paper. The accent that Mr. Hopkins imitated was very interesting, and the others were nothing.
Scarlett’s Janet Lee is even more dispensable, so it won’t be too much for any famous blonde first-line actress to replace it. It is the actor of Anthony Perkins, perhaps with superb makeup, which is seven points similar to the prototype, but the boyish temperament of Perkins is completely lost.
The pattern is also stingy. If it weren't for the three star stars, it would feel a bit like a TV movie. I thought that this kind of semi-biographical film describing the good old days of Hollywood would have many celebrities playing the celebrities at the time, but I was really disappointed. Except for the Paramount boss and censor, there are not half of the historical figures who have a name or a surname. .
Attentive places and small details are not without, like the opening song of the suspense theater that is just right, the crow flying at the end hints at the upcoming "Bird", and Hitchcock's "Call Me Hitchcock, Don't Cock" It’s a catch phrase. When an actor asks him about performances, he always perfuse others, "You just pretend to get it," and so on are all able to create the flavor of that era, but the effort is too small, and it's useless.
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