Psycho - The Roger Ebert CutOriginal Title: Psycho (1960)Faneditor: StomachwormFranchise: Fanedit Type: Special Projects
Fanedit Release Date: 1st February 2009
Fanedit Runtime: 104
Synopsis: Roger Ebert once wrote… “If I were bold enough to reedit Hitchcock’s film, I would include only the doctor’s first explanation of Norman’s dual personality: “Norman Bates no longer exists. He only half existed to begin with. And now, the other half has taken over, probably for all time.” Then I would cut out everything else the psychiatrist says, and cut to the shots of Norman wrapped in the blanket while his mother’s voice speaks (“It’s sad when a mother has to speak the words that condemn her own son…”). Those edits, I submit, would have made “Psycho” very nearly perfect. I have never encountered a single convincing defense of the psychiatric blather".