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Psycho (1998)

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Region Code: 1

UPC: 025192053825

Languages: English Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary), French Dolby Digital Surround

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Remakes should serve several purposes. Amongst them are updating an entirely dated work for modern audiences, or stamping source material with another auteur's fresh, distinctive ring. Openly gay director Gus Van Sant does neither with his remake of Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller, a nifty-in-theory experiment which should have been relegated to film school.

A miscast Vaughn sullies the character of Norman Bates, now a fey masturbator. Basically, Van Sant's own contributions include some technically sophisticated shots, color, and a few weird edits (Macy sees blurred visions of cows when stabbed!). Heche, Moore and Macy provide good turns, but not enough to balance out Vaughn's asinine freakazoid. This remake is totally uncalled for.

Stick with Hitchcock's still-potent original masterpeice.

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  • Close Caption:  Yes
  • Region Code:  1
  • UPC: 025192053825

    • Studio :  Universal

  • Languages:  English Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary) ,  French Dolby Digital Surround
  • Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic 1.85
  • Features:
  • Audio commentary: with Van Sant, Heche and Vaughn
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Customer Reviews

  I'd have done it too! Given the opportunity.

scpllck (scpllck@juno.com) wrote on 07/23/2001:

Does this shot for shot remake work like the original? No. Is there anything good? Absolutely! Gus Van Sant's Psycho is a different animal. It has details only film buffs might appreciate beyond Hitchcock. The first thing that struck me when I saw it in the theater was the opening titles which indicated that the screen date was Friday December 11, 1998. I saw it on Wednesday December 9, 1998. Could I have stopped what was coming? Watch how mother leaves the bathroom after murdering Marion. Remember in the original how she quickly flees the scene? Gus Van Sant has her walk casually away. I think the casting is great. Vince Vaughn is creepy just don't expect Anthony Perkins. Bottom line...I salute Van Sant. Why not learn from the master by sitting behind the same camera lens?
Those of us who haven't just come away from Oscar winning films can't afford that kind of lesson. We're just lucky to see the result.

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15 Stars

Our Rating: Zero (No Stars)

Rating: R

1998, 104 min

Country:  US

Studio :  Universal

Cast:  Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Julianne Moore, William H. Macy, Viggo Mortensen, Robert Forster, Philip Baker Hall, Chad Everett, James Remar, James LeGros, Flea

Director:  Gus Van Sant