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The film language in Alfred Hitchcocks’ “Psycho”.
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The film language in Alfred Hitchcocks' "Psycho". Psycho. A brilliant film by the legendary film director Alfred Hitchcock. Actor Anthony Perkins stars as the deranged killer and actress Janet Leigh is the ill-fated woman to die at his hands. The film's central theme is the dual personality. The first indication we see is that Alfred Hitchcock has chosen the film to be in black and white instead of colour. This decision helps to reflect the central theme. Black represents evil and white represents good. As we see in the opening titles, the words are disjointed. They reflect the dual personality. They come as two 'pieces' either from the left and right or from the top and bottom. Later on in the film, we find out that Norman Bates killed his mother and took over her personality. We also hear 'his mother' talking with Norman and they seem to be having a sort of...
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