The Alfred Hitchcock Discussion Thread

[drinkanddestroy]

As for performances: Fonda is always good and enjoyable to watch, though this role doesn?t offer an actor all that much.

Vera Miles?s role gives her a chance to shine, and she absolutely does, convincingly playing the devoted housewife turned mental patient.

[dave jenkins]

it'd be easy to exonerate someone based on all the tracking. He could prove he wasn't at the scene of the crime. But before all this technology, I imagine eyewitness testimony meant a lot. So a mistaken eyewitness could be a killer.

But what about someone who is anti-tracking, who takes care that his movements are not observed? Like that Dave Jenkins guy--he doesn't even own a cellphone! And he never goes out, he spends all his time at home watching movies. Who will give him an alibi?

Hmmm, I feel the beginning of a screenplay coming on . . . .

[dave jenkins]

Psycho's score analyzed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=f3_aR7fd97g&t=2s

Caution: spoilers. Also, this is definitely NOT FOR GROGGY material.