Jonathan Bate

Alfred Hitchcock made very psychological films that makes you wonder if his personal life had any effect or influence. In the city of London, Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on August 13, 1899, to two strict catholics. His childhood was described as lonely and sheltered. Alfred once said that his father sent him to the police station with a note. In that note, his father asked to him lock him up for ten minutes as a punishment for behaving poorly. As another punishment his mother would also force

Film Critique North by Northwest is an adventure, crime, mystery thriller that was created in 1959 by the director Alfred Hitchcock. Alfred Hitchcock is famous for many movies in the thriller genre such as Psycho, Vertigo and Rear Window. Alfred Hitchcock was a famous director well renowned for his style. Hitchcock enjoyed suspense in his films as Hitchcock said “Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.” (BrainyQuote, 2016) Hitchcock loved creating suspense in his movies. Hitchcock was

Lastly, the use of the “final girl” in both films are very different. In Psycho, Hitchcock uses both Marion and Lila as his final girls. Though both hold different characteristic traits, and one character dies early in the film, Hitchcock also has a male character save the final girl against the villain rather than having her face him alone. This differentiates against the film A Nightmare on Elm Street because Nancy finds her inner demons and faces Freddy Krueger alone in her dreams. She not only

stars a woman by the name of Marion Crane who steals $40,000 from her employer's client and goes on the run. She checks into a remote motel and was killed by an unknown shadowy figure, which is later reviled as the disturbed serial killer, Norman Bates. Depicting her stabbing death the shower scene is one the most recognizable scenes in film history. With its many cuts, angles sudden hits of violence and nudity Hitchcock change the norms for what was accepted in mainstream cinema. The film psycho

hardworking and dedicated, who desires to live in a better society. That was the world’s first impression of Norman Bates, but behind the charm was his hidden personality. So, how does someone like him, become a psycho? Was Norman Bates, born a psycho, or was he turned into one because of his environment? There are many perspectives of psychology that will provide a fuller understanding of Norman Bates’ behavior. From a Psychodynamic perspective, Norman’s behavior springs from unconscious desires and childhood

Case Conceptualization In the movie Psycho, Norman Bates showed signs of Dissociative Identity Disorder. We came to this conclusion based off of his many behaviors and the way he talks about his mother. Norman cross dresses as his mother in the film, while dressing as her, he also copies his mother’s behavior and what is assumed to be how she acted while she was still alive. Later in the film it is discovered that Norman actually believes that he is his mother and thinks it is her that is committing

In the film Psycho directed by Alfred Hitchcock he used several shots and symbolism to get across the theme of horror and suspense. This is particularly apparent in the parlor scene, which has a very important role of developing the characters and showing the audience how the characters feel and how they act. When Marion and Norman are sitting in the parlour engaging in conversation, Hitchcock uses a slightly upwards facing shot on Norman, showing he is slightly sinister and aggressive, yet he is

Janet Leigh as Marion Crane, Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates, Vera miles as Lila Crane, and John Gavin as Sam Loomis. The audience follows the path of Marion Crane who steals a sum of money in order to help out her lover who is struggling

A hot shower might seem nice and relaxing and feel like your safe space but Alfred Hitchcock had a different idea when he created the iconic scary shower scene in one of his biggest movies; Psycho. Hitchcock took a big risk on the film because when he told paramount pictures about his movie they told him “no” because it was so different to all the movies back then. This response meant that Hitchcock had to fund it himself; mortgaging his home yet while a risk it ultimately paid off and is considered

of his most famous films, Alfred leaves the viewers with multiple themes to be thinking about. One of those many themes being duality, or good versus evil. There are many details in the movie that imply good versus evil, one of those being Norman Bates dual personality. When Norman is himself he is a kind well put together man. On the other hand, when Norman is demented by his mother’s personality, he kills others. Thus, giving the viewers a good example of the duality of the film, as well as the