24. Censorship: Psycho (1960) part 1

Support the show! At the tail end of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Alfred Hitchcock released a film so “modern” that its imagery and its music still thoroughly permeate pop culture 60 years later.  Today we discuss Psycho: the fear, the bloodshed, and the taxidermied animals.  Part 1 of 2 Sources Bertolini, John A in “‘Psycho’ at Fifty: Pure Cinema or Invitation to an Orgy?” from New England Review Bui, Hoai-Tran in “Hitchcock’s Psycho Uncut Version Coming to US Home Video”: https://www.slashfilm.com/psycho-uncut-version-alfred-hitchcock-classics-collection/ Ebert, Roger in Reviews: Psycho: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-psycho-1960 Jhirad, Susan in “Hitchcock’s Women” from Cinéaste Pfeifer, Lee in Encyclopaedia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Psycho-film-1960 Rebello, Stephen in Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho Sullivan, Jack in “Psycho: The Music of Terror” from Cinéaste