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List Price: $9.99 Our Price: $9.99 Features • Anamorphic • Closed-captioned • Collector's Edition • Color • Dolby • DVD-Video • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 04 December, 1998 DVD Release : 08 June, 1999 |
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Psycho description Numerous 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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| Why did Gus Van Sant redo a certified classic? As good as this film is, (even for a scene for scene copy such as this),it will NEVER be as good as the original.
Let's look at it's most glaring faults: 1) It was done in color. 2) I'm sorry, but Anne Heche is no Janet Leigh. For that matter, the whole cast was mis-cast. Viggo Mortensen and James Remar did an admirable job, but again, if we go back to the original, their performances are still a no-go. 3) Vince Vaughn did a little too much of the TEEHEEHEE. Anthony Perkins (may he Rest In Peace), THE Norman Bates, was NEVER a giggly little school girl! 4) Even for a shot-by-shot remake such as this, the dialog changed in certain areas. Why? 5) Though the amount of money Marion steals is increased to a level that makes it current, the office scene was a total waste of film. Ditto for the scene of her Boss seeing her leave town. 6) Showing Norman masturbating was TOTALLY unnecessary! 7) The pitch of "Mother's" voice changes significantly throughout the film, making Vince Vaughn seem like he's going through puberty. 8 The most shocking scene at the end was an absolute disaster! I felt like laughing, it was so bad! This film, I have noticed, can be found in Dollar Special bins in most Big-box stores, while the original STILL commands a Price well over fifteen dollars. Gus Van Sant made a BIG mistake trying to redo a classic like this. Maybe he ought to re-write "War and Peace" next!! |
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