I
found this movie very entertaining. It is about the making of Psycho.
I was fascinating with the making of a film, and even more fascinated
with Hitchcock and his wife, coming together to make a triumph. They
took a great risk with this movie, as Hitchcock could not find financial
backing, and had to back the movie himself. There were so many nuances
to the making of the film that at times it seemed the project was going
to fall apart. There was dealing with the studio, dealing with the
censors, and dealing with personal pressure at home because of they
mortgaged their home to make the film.
Overlapping
this is the relationship between Hitchcock and his wife Alma.
Hitchcock determines she is having an affair, and this effects his work
on the movie. However when he collapses from exhaustion, Alma comes up
to keep them going and to keep production from falling too far behind,
or to keep the cost overruns from being too great. Alma was not having a
physical affair, but perhaps one of loyalty as she was helping a friend
write a book.
In
the end, this movie was Hitchcock’s greatest success, even surpassing
“North by Northwest.” I am putting this movie in my motivational
movies. It shows what can be accomplished with a dream, determination and
resolve.
I don't think youngsters would appreciate this movie.
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