2012 · drama · music
Hitchcock
Directed by Sacha Gervasi1h 38m2012
Following his great success with "North by Northwest," director Alfred Hitchcock makes a daring choice for his next project: an adaptation of Robert Bloch's novel "Psycho." When the studio refuses to back the picture, Hitchcock decides to pay for it himself in exchange for a percentage of the profits. His wife, Alma Reville, has serious reservations about the film but supports him nonetheless. Still, the production strains the couple's marriage.
Our read: Hitchcock (2012) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded drama · music entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle drama / music, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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