Review of Psycho (1960) by Dave Kehr for Chicago Reader — 03 Apr 2012
Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 masterpiece blends a brutal manipulation of audience identification and an incredibly dense, allusive visual style to create the most morally unsettling film ever made. The case for Hitchcock as a modern Conrad rests on this ruthless investigation of the heart of darkness, but the film is uniquely Hitchcockian in its positioning of the godlike mother figure.
It's a deeply serious and deeply disturbing work, but Hitchcock, with his characteristic perversity, insisted on telling interviewers that it was a "fun" picture.
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This review of Psycho (1960) was written by Dave Kehr and published by Chicago Reader on 03 Apr 2012.
Psycho has generally received very positive reviews.
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