Oh, God, Mother! : Psycho (dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)

NOTE: The following is a slightly expanded version of a talk given at TIFF on January 24.

Psycho is such a monument of cinema that I am humbled to be allowed to speak about it. I also know that I am going to fuck up right away. TIFF has guidelines for their talks. They’re very brief, but one of the first ones is: “No spoilers.” Psycho is the movie that …