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Hitchcock’s magical cinematic technique is enough to scare us.
Samson 2021-10-13 13:06:59
This representative horror thriller in film history is the most talked-about film in Hitchcock's movies. It can be said that this film is a pure film expression of Hitchcock's complete cinematic sense. He abandoned some of the familiar routines in his previous movies and truly stimulated the audience through visuals rather than plots. Nowadays, whenever people mention this film, they often inevitably talk about the classic bathroom murder scene in the film. From this we can see Hitchcock’s brilliance. He doesn’t show bloody things realistically. In fact, the knife didn’t even touch the victim’s body in this scene, and Hitchcock used superb editing. Skills make us believe that we have seen the knife pierced into the body, which shows that this lifelike horror leaves us with inexhaustible imagination. Hitchcock believes that the most nervous thing is not the disgusting way of death, but the silence brewing before death. The climax of the bathroom murder scene was only forty-five seconds, and Hitchcock took almost seven days to shoot, and the camera shifted as many as sixty times. In terms of visual effects, the film is an unforgettable nightmare for the audience, and Hitchcock is the genius maker of this nightmare. The reason why this movie is made in black and white is to prevent the audience from being blood-stained visual stimulation, but even so, Hitchcock's magical cinematic technique is enough to scare us. For Hitchcock, while he displays almost perfect storytelling skills, he also has a deep understanding of human nature and psychological state. All these have made his films sublimated into a unique and difficult to imitate art classic. We are often accustomed to dividing those engaged in art into artists and craftsmen, and Hitchcock is the master of art who blurs the boundaries between the two.
Extended Reading
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Clarabelle 2022-03-23 09:01:02
The beginning of the suspense thriller, the first half of the heroine absconded with the money, the rainy night driving, the overnight stay in the villa, the bathroom was killed in a dangerous situation, the offensive gaze of the police and the lascivious peeping of the boss were all depressing and fearful; the second half Part of the truth is revealed step by step, supplemented by Oedipus complex, split personality, several twists and turns have caused multiple sensory and psychological stimulation and shock, full of dramatic tension. I hate the conclusion of the psychologist at the end.
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Darion 2022-03-25 09:01:01
It's really amazing to let the heroine die in one-third of the time in the plot, and directly cross $40,000. The protagonist's mentality is pretty good, and naturally leads to the mentality that everyone is in a difficult situation behind. The shooting skills shown by Hitchcock left me speechless and really boring. As for the psychoanalysis behind it, I can barely endure it.
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Marion Crane: You can't buy off unhappiness with pills.
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Norman Bates: The mattress is soft and there're hangers in the closet and stationary with "Bates' Motel" printed on it in case you want to make your friends back home envious.
[nervous laughter]
Norman Bates: And, the, eh, over there.
Marion Crane: The bathroom.
Norman Bates: Yeah.
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