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Posted by Drewman at 1cust238.tnt1.mt-pleasant.mi.da.uu.net on February 11, 2000 at 10:44:20:

In Reply to: hitchcock was making movies before van sant posted by Midwestwizard on February 11, 2000 at 10:01:12:

Regardless this is a post from ages ago. I have no idea why its been posted again.

DrewPy
Feed my frankenstein

: was born...you fucking idiot!!


: : : Psycho: Gus Van Sant’s brilliant vision of Alfred Hitchcok’s vision of horror
: : : December 1998

: : : Once every hundred years a movie comes along that changes the way we look at the world. During the civil war, the movies of
: : : that era brought together the soldiers as they realized the futility of the battle they were fighting. "Down Home", the film that
: : : united a broken country and made Abe Lincoln free the slaves, was the first defining movie of our culture. Today, I have
: : : witnessed the second.

: : : Gus Van Sant took a huge risk when he decided he was going to delve into the brain of Hitchcock and claim his ideas and
: : : shots as his own. But the experiment works, taking a slightly scary movie and making it the most frightening, intense vision of
: : : horror seen this side of "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues". The color makes this movie crackle, and the updates (making $4,000
: : : into $400,000) are pure genius. Who could have thought up these changes? Not me. But that’s why I’m homeless, I suppose,
: : : and why Gus Van Sant and Brian Grazer run hollywood with an iron spoon. One of the major changes in the film touched me
: : : deeply. While Norman Bates spies on Marion Crane he begins touching himself and moaning, something that pansy ass
: : : Hitchcock would never have though of.

: : : As Vince Vaughn undid his pants and explored his manhood, something about the reality of the scene made me weep. Seeing it
: : : in color gave it that added push (when masturbation is portrayed in black and white it is not realistic) and I knew what I had to
: : : do. Against my girlfriend’s wishes and to the dismay of the small child next to me, I slid my hand down my pants and connected
: : : with what I saw on screen. Together we were one, Norman Bates and I, as we spied on Marion Crane together. We tugged
: : : and pulled and I blocked out my girlfriends tears and the small child’s confusion. I ignored the questions from the small child:
: : : There was no time to explain. I was having a moment. I was lost in a vision of truth so piercing that my body could not contain
: : : itself.

: : : Never before have I been so close to someone’s madness. Gus Van Sant is a genius. After I was done I explained to the child
: : : what had happened and he left for the bathroom with a smile on his face. My girlfriend began to be turned on and we made
: : : love and broke an arm rest ($20) Gus Van Sant is the most creative person on this earth except for God because God created
: : : Gus Van Sant. After seeing this movie I am not sure who would win in a fight between Gus Van Sant and God, but I know
: : : who I’d rather have over for a dinner party. Gus Van Sant! I would invite him over and we would eat hot dogs and discuss
: : : how he thought up the masturbation scene. Wow!

: : : I recommend that everyone sees this movie at least three times and never sees the Hitchcock version again. Also, rent a Brian
: : : De Palma movie because he is a genius as well. Hitchcock is nothing compared to these two visionaries and just rips them off.
: : : Watch their movies and look at the sameness of them. Hitchcock is a thief. I know Van Sant is planning on making USHERS
: : : (color remake of Clerks) and a color shot for shot remake of Schindler’s List starring William H. Macy. I am excited at both of
: : : these prospects, even more so after today. Gus Van Sant can do anything he want. I also heard he is doing a color shot for
: : : shot remake of the 1902 classic "A Trip to the Moon." This is exciting news as well. That film is outdated and would benefit
: : : from ILM’s special effects. I will see that movie.

: : : In closing, go see Psycho tomorrow and support Van Sant’s experiment. If you don’t that would be a tragedy for Van Sant
: : : and he might have to stop making movies. That would be bad so see this movie twice and tell your friends and family to see it.
: : : Take little kids and tell them it’s not a movie. Tell them it’s real. If they say it’s just a bastardization of Hitchcock well, they’re
: : : wrong, and show them this review as proof. Color remakes forever. Who needs black and white?




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