24. Censorship: Psycho (1960) part 1

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English - November 24, 2020 09:08 - 38 minutes - 53.5 MB
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At the tail end of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Alfred Hitchcock released a film so “modern” that its imagery and its music still thoroughly permeate pop culture 60 years later. Today we discuss Psycho: the fear, the bloodshed, and the taxidermied animals. Part 1 of 2

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Bui, Hoai-Tran in “Hitchcock’s Psycho Uncut Version Coming to US Home Video”: https://www.slashfilm.com/psycho-uncut-version-alfred-hitchcock-classics-collection/

Ebert, Roger in Reviews: Psycho: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-psycho-1960

Jhirad, Susan in “Hitchcock’s Women” from Cinéaste

Pfeifer, Lee in Encyclopaedia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Psycho-film-1960

Rebello, Stephen in Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho

Sullivan, Jack in “Psycho: The Music of Terror” from Cinéaste