Psycho turns 60 – Hitchcock's famous fright film broke all the rules
- Written by Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide
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November 1959. Film director Alfred Hitchcock is at his commercial and critical peak after the successes of Vertigo (1958) and North by Northwest (1959). So what does he do next? A black-and-white made-for-TV movie hastily shot, with no big-name actors and a leading actress who takes a shower, and … well, we’ll come to...
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