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"Psycho" - The bloody shower and its violent offspring

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DC

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Dec 17, 2009, 9:57:35 PM12/17/09
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Toward the end of his thought-provoking book �The Moment of Psycho -
How Alfred Hitchcock Taught America to Love Murder� (Amazon.com:
http://tr.im/MomPsy ), the film historian David Thomson gives us a
long list of movies made possible or informed by Alfred Hitchcock�s
1960 horror classic �Psycho� � a list that includes not just Brian De
Palma homages to Hitchcock like �Dressed to Kill� and slasher films
like �Halloween� and �The Texas Chain Saw Massacre� and their
innumerable spawn, but also some less obvious choices...

Continued: http://tr.im/Psycho1

Sir Blob

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Dec 17, 2009, 11:24:36 PM12/17/09
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On 18 dic, 03:57, DC <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]>
wrote:
> NY Times
>
> Toward the end of his thought-provoking book “The Moment of Psycho -
> How Alfred Hitchcock Taught America to Love Murder” (Amazon.com:http://tr.im/MomPsy), the film historian David Thomson gives us a
> long list of movies made possible or informed by Alfred Hitchcock’s
> 1960 horror classic “Psycho” — a list that includes not just Brian De
> Palma homages to Hitchcock like “Dressed to Kill” and slasher films
> like “Halloween” and “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” and their

> innumerable spawn, but also some less obvious choices...
>
> Continued:http://tr.im/Psycho1

david thomson!!!!!!!! and i thought socio filmo tics waxed lucid bout
in cold blood, why not richard brooks, ridiculous

William

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Dec 18, 2009, 1:05:43 AM12/18/09
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On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:57:35 -0800, DC
<Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]> wrote:

>NY Times
>
>Toward the end of his thought-provoking book �The Moment of Psycho -
>How Alfred Hitchcock Taught America to Love Murder� (Amazon.com:


>http://tr.im/MomPsy ), the film historian David Thomson gives us a

>long list of movies made possible or informed by Alfred Hitchcock�s

>1960 horror classic �Psycho� � a list that includes not just Brian De
>Palma homages to Hitchcock like �Dressed to Kill� and slasher films
>like �Halloween� and �The Texas Chain Saw Massacre� and their


>innumerable spawn, but also some less obvious choices...
>
>Continued: http://tr.im/Psycho1

The comparisons are really excessive... seems like they are there just
to sell the book.

I don't want to criticize Thomson, but I don't agree with many of his
arguments.

Esplaining why, argument per argument I think would be useless,
because any film enthusiast would see the overstatements.

Anyway, it's a good topic to talk about, so... good idea to post it
here.

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DC

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DC <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]> wrote:
>
> NY Times
>
> Toward the end of his thought-provoking book �The Moment
of Psycho -
> How Alfred Hitchcock Taught America to Love Murder�
(Amazon.com:
> http://tr.im/MomPsy ), the film historian David Thomson
gives us a
> long list of movies made possible or informed by Alfred
Hitchcock�s
> 1960 horror classic �Psycho� � a list that includes not
just Brian De

> Palma homages to Hitchcock like �Dressed to Kill� and
slasher films
> like �Halloween� and �The Texas Chain Saw Massacre� and
their
> innumerable spawn, but also some less obvious choices...
>
> Continued: http://tr.im/Psycho1

Boston Globe review: http://tr.im/Ivns

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