Psicosis

Es un error evaluar Psicosis como represente de un género o como una película que asustó al espectador al grado de unas tantas estrellas. Psicosis merece ser evaluada como una demostración de las posibilidades del cine. Como ejemplo de la genial creatividad de Alfred Hitchcock. Y así sólo se puede llegar a una conclusión - Psicosis no es una película, es algo superior a una película. Primero está esto, y después de esto están las películas que se pueden evaluar con estrellas según lo buenas que sean. ____ Imaginémonos que el pincel de un pintor tiene X posibilidades de movimiento, de inclinación hacia el lienzo, de intensidad de contacto con el lienzo. La dirección de cine, el trabajo con los procesos cinematográficos y el público también tienen sus posibilidades. Hitchcock domesticó estas posibilidades X con las que otros cineastas habían estado trabajando, hizo malabarismos con ellas con una sonrisa y creó una nueva paleta de posibilidades XYZ. El cine es una ciencia. ¿Quién y cuándo será un inventor cinematográfico mayor que él? (07.04.2003)

Esto es una obra del cine que hay que conocer de la historia de películas, como las conocemos hoy. Busqueda de que realmente nos da miedo y como vamos a reaccionar en esas situaciones mostrada en 100 minutos enseña lo frágil que es la mente humana. La protagonista de primera parte haría todo lo posible por su amor. La promesa de mejor vida le sostiene en tiempos dificiles, hasta que conocemos la vida de Norman, que a cambio ya ha perdido la esperanza de algo mejor. El contraste resulta en varios conflictos y la revelacion del final para nosotros hoy en día no es inpredecible. Pero en su tiempo abró muchas discusiones. (21.08.2023)

I'll preface this with the fact that it's a better 3 stars. Where this movie wins is the music. I watched it in the cinema, with my classmates around me, and quite a few of them flinched in horror at the murder of the private eye. But that's mostly because of the music. Unfortunately, it didn’t fire me up, which is definitely a shame. And the other problem was that it was clear to me almost from the beginning what the ending was going to be. But I think this film belongs in the "must-see" column, so I don't regret going to see it at all as part of Project 100. But the last scene (before the credits jump in), that was really awesome. (18.12.2009)

When I saw Psycho in a packed cinema, it evoked more laughter than horror. It wasn't laughter of relief in response to something shocking, but in response to some now unintentionally funny dialogue and situations towards the end of the film. Times change and what worked 40 or more years ago doesn't have the same power today. I appreciate Hitchcock's great surprise for the uninitiated (the famous shower scene and its completely unexpected consequence) and the shocking twist. The black-and-white cinematography is also excellent, and the realities of where the film takes place are impressive. But overall, Hitchcock's most famous film didn't leave a deep mark on me. Just because it was made by the great Master himself, I won't waste a full rating. From a historical point of view, five stars. From a purely subjective point of view and overall emotional experience, a decent four stars. (24.08.2003)

It’s such a shame that this film’s twist is so profane today, the experience would have been much greater without knowing it. What surprised me a little is that it was the bathroom scene the one that became the most famous, I think the one of the attack at the stairs is a lot better – it’s one of the best and most terrifying attacks on film I’ve ever seen. Basically, it manages to precisely capture the instant between the reveal of the attacker and the attack itself, thus saving both the moment of surprise and the moment of tension. It’s like when, in a fraction of a second, you notice that the person who has just started running towards you is holding a knife. Yeah, and before I forget, Psycho made me realise what is that thing that often bothers me in old films, that characters driving a car shot from the front turn the steering wheel too much :-) 90% (05.01.2009)