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How does Hitchcock's Psycho retain and sustain a modern audience?
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How does Hitchcock's Psycho retain and sustain a modern audience? Hitchcock's talent had been known through many films and Psycho (1960) is one of his most famous. Psycho is a film in black and white, a film of shadow and light, a film about the dark and bright sides of life. In Psycho Hitchcock takes an intense look at the hidden sides of the human mind, with its human longings and fears. Hitchcock focuses on the topic of a split personality. However, he does more than just tell the story of a schizophrenic person. He creates a whole world of contrasts, a world of light and shadow, of image and reflection. But this is no ordinary world, this is a world in which the walls have holes and the shower curtains are pulled aside. Psycho has been adapted into many TV shows even the family comedy 'The Simpson's'. Hitchcock intended Psycho...
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