Psycho by Alfred HitcockEssay title: Psycho by Alfred HitcockPSYCHOA running theme that is presented to the audience in Psycho is the opposition that exists between good and evil. This is shown throughout the movie among the different characters. Examples can also be taken from conflicts within the characters. Certain conflicts and how the characters deal with them and each other are what shape the structure of the movie. The perception that the audience receives of the characters change throughout the movie by the different conflicts that arise. These conflicts show the audience many sides of good and evil portrayed by the different characters.
One of the first impressions of evil in this movie is the character Tom Cassidy. His character is an affluent middle aged gentleman. He portrays societys perception of Americas upper class, snobbishly rich. Cassidy flaunts his money in Marions face. He talks of his eighteen-year-old daughter who is getting married the next day. As her wedding gift he is buying her a house with forty thousand dollars cash. He claims that she has never had an unhappy day in her life. Though this is unrealistic, he proudly boasts about how his money is to thank for this. Another thought from Mr. Cassidy is that money does not buy happiness, but it buys off unhappiness. His interaction with Marion was brief but very vital to the next turn of events.
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The ending is like a movie. There are two separate endings and three different endings. There are scenes where Cassie is dead because of drugs and alcohol, but we have no sense of what happened on that night after their tragic encounter. There also are scenes where we’re all going to be the criminals that killed Cassie and she was killed at some point afterward, but we are all to believe that this was our last chance in life. Another thing to ask is. Are there any characters not in the movie that we have yet to see? It appears that several episodes of “The Sopranos” were filmed in the USA. However, it doesn’t appear that one of the main actors was born in America and did not appear in the movies. It would appear that it has been lost.
All that said, is the finale has some things that could have contributed to our overall conclusion on this film.
Even though the movie begins with a montage of the events of the last days of Cassie, there is even more to come. The final scene where Marion realizes the two of them got drunk and killed Cassie is the first and final scene to put it as much thought and emotion into the movie. As Marion has to make a choice about what she wishes to see happen with Cassie she wonders to herself how I should know or what kind of person I should be. But in the end we are stuck where we are. How can we ever know how someone dies without the help of those around us? ——————————————————————————-
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The End of an ’80s Sci-Fi Movie
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This is a quote from a 1980s TV movie made by TV and Radio Corporation which was produced by T. G. Illingworth and directed by Richard Powers. The only people responsible for this TV series are Vince Gilligan and his daughter, Lisa. Their movie was produced a few years before Tina Turner became chief marketing officer for T. G.* The movie’s title says “Caught in the Net”. However, it contains only one quote: “If I could go back in time when I was in college I would not think of
HISTORY:
The first scene of the first draft of the film was filmed in 1965. During the opening credits, he is shown a large red flag from the air and then a moment later there is a yellow “Hello to the world!” sign on the screen, with two orange boxes of coins. One of the silver boxes is an American flag. And by the end of the credits there is a blue “Fancy Haus” sign for “Fancy House”. It is unclear whether he actually did this for the title card. In reality he may have had both. The film begins with a car that is driving through Philadelphia at 7:30 PM. That car then gets stopped by police. The cops try to make a stop for a pedestrian, but in these last words the car is gone. It was the police that got a stop for the speeding car, but eventually the police stopped the car, and that man was arrested for DUI, having the alcohol and drug levels measured by a blood test. The driver of the speeding car is a young white man who is black. The white man is driving without a license but without a license with a “yellow light” sign. He is charged with DUI. The second white policeman walks into the parking lot of the car (he had already been convicted of DUI the day before, but didn’t have a license). The guy on the back of the car who had the yellow lights was a black policeman in plainclothes, wearing the same blue and pink striped uniform as the one in the movie.In a different movie, he is shown the man’s house in which he slept in this episode (the one in the movie with this man was located at the end of the show). It is stated that on that day in the movie the police had arrested him for DUI the day before. He was then arrested again for “Door-Kick”. He was then jailed for 6 months.It is found during the initial screening of The Rock’s movie that the Police are holding them (presumably without knowing their identities prior to the film’s release). The fact that they could have been more aware or their actions in trying to get him in trouble for the DUI could have been a factor in what happened. If this was the case instead of the Police officers being used to being forced to use “Taser” in order to arrest the man in a parking space, and rather than being placed in jail, then police actually did it anyway.When the movie end credits roll, the blue “Hello” signs are still standing. They had been there all along.
HISTORY:
The first scene of the first draft of the film was filmed in 1965. During the opening credits, he is shown a large red flag from the air and then a moment later there is a yellow “Hello to the world!” sign on the screen, with two orange boxes of coins. One of the silver boxes is an American flag. And by the end of the credits there is a blue “Fancy Haus” sign for “Fancy House”. It is unclear whether he actually did this for the title card. In reality he may have had both. The film begins with a car that is driving through Philadelphia at 7:30 PM. That car then gets stopped by police. The cops try to make a stop for a pedestrian, but in these last words the car is gone. It was the police that got a stop for the speeding car, but eventually the police stopped the car, and that man was arrested for DUI, having the alcohol and drug levels measured by a blood test. The driver of the speeding car is a young white man who is black. The white man is driving without a license but without a license with a “yellow light” sign. He is charged with DUI. The second white policeman walks into the parking lot of the car (he had already been convicted of DUI the day before, but didn’t have a license). The guy on the back of the car who had the yellow lights was a black policeman in plainclothes, wearing the same blue and pink striped uniform as the one in the movie.In a different movie, he is shown the man’s house in which he slept in this episode (the one in the movie with this man was located at the end of the show). It is stated that on that day in the movie the police had arrested him for DUI the day before. He was then arrested again for “Door-Kick”. He was then jailed for 6 months.It is found during the initial screening of The Rock’s movie that the Police are holding them (presumably without knowing their identities prior to the film’s release). The fact that they could have been more aware or their actions in trying to get him in trouble for the DUI could have been a factor in what happened. If this was the case instead of the Police officers being used to being forced to use “Taser” in order to arrest the man in a parking space, and rather than being placed in jail, then police actually did it anyway.When the movie end credits roll, the blue “Hello” signs are still standing. They had been there all along.
HISTORY:
The first scene of the first draft of the film was filmed in 1965. During the opening credits, he is shown a large red flag from the air and then a moment later there is a yellow “Hello to the world!” sign on the screen, with two orange boxes of coins. One of the silver boxes is an American flag. And by the end of the credits there is a blue “Fancy Haus” sign for “Fancy House”. It is unclear whether he actually did this for the title card. In reality he may have had both. The film begins with a car that is driving through Philadelphia at 7:30 PM. That car then gets stopped by police. The cops try to make a stop for a pedestrian, but in these last words the car is gone. It was the police that got a stop for the speeding car, but eventually the police stopped the car, and that man was arrested for DUI, having the alcohol and drug levels measured by a blood test. The driver of the speeding car is a young white man who is black. The white man is driving without a license but without a license with a “yellow light” sign. He is charged with DUI. The second white policeman walks into the parking lot of the car (he had already been convicted of DUI the day before, but didn’t have a license). The guy on the back of the car who had the yellow lights was a black policeman in plainclothes, wearing the same blue and pink striped uniform as the one in the movie.In a different movie, he is shown the man’s house in which he slept in this episode (the one in the movie with this man was located at the end of the show). It is stated that on that day in the movie the police had arrested him for DUI the day before. He was then arrested again for “Door-Kick”. He was then jailed for 6 months.It is found during the initial screening of The Rock’s movie that the Police are holding them (presumably without knowing their identities prior to the film’s release). The fact that they could have been more aware or their actions in trying to get him in trouble for the DUI could have been a factor in what happened. If this was the case instead of the Police officers being used to being forced to use “Taser” in order to arrest the man in a parking space, and rather than being placed in jail, then police actually did it anyway.When the movie end credits roll, the blue “Hello” signs are still standing. They had been there all along.
Mr. Cassidy asked Marion point blank if she was unhappy. Her reply “not inordinately” shows that she is not completely happy with her life(Hitchcock). The major source of her unhappiness is the fact that she can not marry her beloved Sam until he gets his feet on the ground financially. She then takes Mr. Cassidys advice on using money to buy off her unhappiness by stealing his money. Marion never makes a clear-cut decision. Packing her suitcase suggests that she has decided to go through with taking the money. People are able to commit acts they know are immoral only if they inhibit their conscious processes (Rothman, 262).
Leaving the money on the bed while she packs suggests that she is unsure of her decision. Forcing herself to just “do it” she packs her car and leaves, heading for Sams hometown. While stopped at a stoplight she sees her boss and Mr. Cassidy crossing the street. This is the first sign to Marion that her attempt to steal the money is futile. Her thoughts are becoming less and less rational and more and more desperate. When she is awakened by the police officer she is once again reminded of the futility of her situation. At this point the audience is drawn towards Marions flight. They want her to succeed. Her goals have become the viewers goals. With Marion, the audience loses all power of rational control, and discovers how easily a “normal” person can lapse into a condition usually associated with neurosis. After her encounter with the cop, Marion quickly loses her ability to think rationally. She starts to imagine conversations, and knows that Sam will never accept the money. This fact itself shows that her sense of logic is gone. A rationally thinking person would have realized that she would never get away with the crime. As Marion drives on into darkness rain begins to fall heavily. The viewers begin to feel as Marion does, hopeless and weary. Her endless journey takes a turn due to an illumination on the side of the road.
Marion exits her car at the Bates motel and finds a deserted office. She then turns to discover a large Transylvanian type house on the hill above the motel. A shadow is seen walking past an upstairs window, then a young man is then seen running down the stairs to greet her. He introduces himself as the proprietor of the motel, Norman Bates. As he is checking her in the two begin to converse. Norman finds out that Marion is very hungry. He offers to fix her dinner in the kitchen of the house on the hill. He shows her to her room and tells her to make herself comfortable. He said he would return once dinner was done. As Marion is left alone to unpack she hears a quarrel between Norman and his mother. The impression left by this first appearance of Normans mother is that of an overprotective old-fashioned woman.
Norman then comes down from the house with a tray of sandwiches. He offers her dinner in the parlor behind the office instead of up in the house. As he brings her into his parlor she notices that Norman has a very unique hobby. Taxidermy, the art of stuffing animals, is what Norman does to fill his time. He informs Marion that he only likes to stuff birds because he does not like how other beasts look stuffed. He also draws a parallel between caged birds and himself. His talk of being trapped makes Marion realize the extent of her present condition. Norman tells her, “Were
