How Alfred Hitchcock Gains Sympathy of the Audience for Marian Crane in Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock directed the film ‘Psycho’ in 1960. At the end of its
first year, the film earned fifteen million dollars. The film has
generated three sequels and was the first “Madman with a knife” or
“Slasher films.” Followed by films such as ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’
or ‘Halloween’. It was also the very first horror film that looked at
something realistic like a psychiatric situation instead of fictional
horror characters like werewolves or vampires.
Alfred Hitchcock had his own new ideas in publicity and marketing. He
made sure that everyone was seated before the film had started and
that no one could enter half way through. Hitchcock had advertisements
all over the place. He even went out and bought all of the ‘Psycho’
novels out of shops to make sure that no one could find out the ending
without seeing the film. Hitchcock also asked people not to reveal the
ending of the film when they came out from the cinema. By investing so
much in publicity, Hitchcock manipulated the audience. More and more
people wanted to see the film and there were loads of queuing people
outside of cinemas all over.
Violence, sexual content and even the flushing of toilets were all new
to audiences. They hadn’t seen a film like it before. The film was
blamed for an increase of violent murders just as films are today.
Alfred Hitchcock was already a famous director before ‘Psycho’ was
made. He was well known for his strange and macabre films. ‘Psycho’
was based on the book by Robert Bloch, about real killings of
psychopath Ed Gein.
Many film studios rejected Hitchc...
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her as she only wants to be free, and able to live her life the way
she wishes.
This film unquestionably shows that appearances can be deceiving! In
this scene, it appears that the police officer is the enemy when
really he is there to help. Also, later on in the movie, Marion meets
a seemingly pleasant, genuine man named Norman Bates who in due course
turns out to be a psychotic murderer who will be the one who takes
Marion’s life!
In this film ‘Psycho,’ Alfred Hitchcock uses a wide variety of
techniques to gain the audiences sympathy for Marion Crane. From
camera shots to the clothes she wears, he spent a lot of his time
planning the ways he would reveal her. The time and money that
Hitchcock invested in the film paid off in the end when the film
proved to be one of the best horror films of its time.
• The Town Council needed money so, they took the page of the Snowy Heron out of the book and sold it.
One night, Guy pulled one of the books out from where they were being hidden
To live with fear and not be overcome by it is the final test of
what is for her and how she wants to live. So in the end, she is where she
...wouldn’t be the man she fell in love with. She may not say it but she truly hopes to find someone that loves her and would do anything to make her dreams come true like her father did for her mother.
right to express what she feels, and fights for her right to do what she wants
however, the work was a favorite target of sensors. In 1957, Australian Customs seized a shipment of the novels that had been presented as a
him, she was not strong enough before but now it is she that needs him.
not have superiority over men, and should be domestic or virginal both in her thinking and
see how an author could write a book with such a short and sudden ending. The last
capacity as her, and has no regard for those who have only beauty and money
individual who must be allowed to live her own life and take her own chances, even
J.D Salinger’s novel, Catcher In The Rye is about a teen, Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of the narrative. Holden is full of unique problems and most of the time lost in his own world, that can’t face reality. The psychoanalytic theory arranges a lens of definition when working at Holden Caulfield. Holden is seen as a lonely, rebellious teen who flunked out of an all boys private school, Pencey Prep. Failing school exemplifies how Holden controls his own decisions in the real world. As stubborn Holden is, opening up his persona and experiences to people is very hard for him, “I’ll just tell you about this madman stuff that happened to me…” (Salinger 1). From a Freudian psychoanalytical perspective Holden would seem to keep all his thoughts all bottled up, not speaking, and opening up to people. “The preconscious holds information we’ve stored from past experience or learning. This information can be retrieved from memory and brought into awareness at any time.” (Nevid 469). Holden is one step closer to becoming a better changed person by speaking to his psychiatrist, and there is only way to find out if he did.
As a filmmaker, whose individual style and complete control over all elements of production, Alfred Hitchcock implied a great deal in the motion pictures that he made.
Fifty years ago, a person breaking the law would either be called crazy or a criminal. Today, the mental health community has much more specific diagnoses. However, the explanation of certain behaviors may be difficult because there is much overlap among mental conditions. In Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho, the protagonist, Patrick Bateman, is apparently simply a psychopath. However, Bateman can be diagnosed with other mental illnesses such as Asperger’s syndrome, obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizophrenia, narcissism, and antisocial personality disorder. In both the book and film adaptation, Bateman’s actions can be understood more accurately when analyzed in light of modern psychology.