Monday, May 21, 2012

Logging

Film:  Psycho

Haven't seen this since I was young.  Really interesting film in a formal sense.  Establishes common horror movie cliches of characters getting knocked off one-by-one or at least the fear of it.  Also fascinating in the changes of POV.  The movie is known for the killing of the protagonist at the end of the 1st act and then becoming an investigation.  But the 2nd and 3rd acts vary from being from Norman's POV, the detectives's POV, and finally the sister and boyfriend's POV, so it really abolishes the idea of a protagonist completely.  In the end, the essence of the movie is the psychology of Norman, and explores it without completely taking his POV.

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