I made this comment years ago on my old account and didn't know that it got so many likes until now, thanks all!!! This is a killer (no pun intended) line, still a favorite movie of mine
Easily one of cinema's finest acted out moments. That stuttering didnt feel like overacting. It's a crime for the inflated academy to not have nominated Perkins.
It was Perkins' idea to stutter, too. It was a fantastic idea...just enough to make it believable and real. Also, the book version of Norman is incredibly unlikable. To cast handsome Anthony Perkins, who we immediately feel sympathy and pity for, was a brilliant casting choice.
"I'm not a fool and I'm not capable of being fooled, not even by a woman." "This is not a slur on your manhood." "Let's put this way, she might have fooled me but she didn't fool my mother!" Amazing lines and acting.
_Psycho_ was Oscar-nominated for: - *Best Director* (Alfred Hitchcock lost to Billy Wilder for _The Apartment)_ - *Best Supporting Actress* (Janet Leigh lost to Shirley Jones in _Elmer Gantry)_ - *Best Production Design* (lost to _The Apartment)_ - *Best Cinematography* (lost to _Sons and Lovers)_
+Tiger Tiger Norman had one fucked up childhood alright. In the flashbacks of Psycho IV you see that his mother Norma was an evil abusive control freak who would never let Norman have friends or a girlfriend and was convinced that the only woman he needed in his life was her and that every woman in the world except her was a whore even though she was one of the biggest whores around. She also had an incestuous crush on Norman. At his dad's funeral she tickled him and slapped him when he laughed and said "Don't you have any respect for the dead?" and basically just made him laugh by tickling him to give herself an excuse to abuse him. She makes him go out in the rain in only his pants to throw a porn magazine she found in his room in the bin while calling him a dirty pig. And that was shortly after she made him take off everything except his pants and get into her bed with her and hold her because she was supposedly scared of thunder and lightning. Another time she was angry that the new highway would ruin the business and that nobody would know the motel was there and she took it out on Norman accusing him of not showing her sympathy just like her father and Norman's grandfather and Norma said she should have killed Norman in her womb and that he sure as hell tried to kill her getting out of it. And one really hot summer Norma asked Norman to dab her with water then suddenly pushed him to the floor and they both started rolling around on the floor together but when Norma saw that Norman had gotten an erection she got pissed and said she was going to make him forget he had a penis so she put one of her dresses on him which probably inspired his crossdressing after he killed her. She also put some lipstick on his mouth and locked him in her wardrobe. She also mockingly called him "Mama's little girl" after she put the lipstick on him then before she locked him in the wardrobe she gave him some water saying he was going to need it and that he was going to stay locked in the wardrobe until he learned not to say no to her when she told him he was a girl and to use the water to piss in and basically implying that she was going to make him drink his own piss. The fact that Norman only had one happy memory of her pretty much says it all about his childhood. There was probably even more abuse just as bad or worse that the flashbacks didn't show as well.
All crazies all HOT. That's why you must admire them from afar. Think of them as a Monet. They look good from a distance, but when you get close they're a big ol' mess.
JACK ANTHONY he have a mental disorder,it is not his fault.if I have some mental ill,you will kill me than and send me to hell???!!!you don't know then how hell are mental illness.bless you than,than you are lucky.but remember his words;tears and smiling at the same time,cruel eyes that you watcing you...my mother there?do you can imagine yourself at place like that???I think that place will not be comfortable and nice for you.that is the hell!I know and I have experience I know that I not fault for my disorder.do you think I am?If don't,than and him isn't.trauma and bad experience,bad and disgusting issues can take you to some bad illness.remeber,that can happen to all of us.don't get anger to me,but is true.I hope that you will have ling and healthy life...with happiness...
Back in the parlor, he says, "Oh really?" to Marion when she says she's leaving in the morning. But he says it with a smirk, and knowing what we know having watched it, you realize that he's already decided to kill her. Oh course on a first viewing it's unlikely that anyone would catch that, but subconsciously you probably pick up on the fact that not only is this guy crazy, but he's dangerous.
The more realistic-sounding tones both actors use when talking to one another shows how far ahead of its time this movie was, even in 1960 characters always over-performed and put on voices, but you could tell they deliberately tried to make the characters speak more casually than usual Hollywood films. Even Arbagast's line, "Would I need a warrant for that too? Sure, uh-huh..." is realistically murmured instead of loudly barked like lines were back then.
Wut?? Are you out of your mind? The hell De Niro has got to do with clip. We guys are talking about psycho here, an all time classic. Appreciate its beauty or get the fuck outta here.
correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't you the same guy who has gone gaga all over RUclips about your love for De Niro? Each video of his has your comments defending his acting skills(as if he needs your support).I don't live under a rock and I'm surprised De Niro himself hasn't addressed you in public yet.
I'm not into "horrors", I always heard it was good but I've seen so much crap in the genre and watched it a couple of days ago. Mind blown, absolute masterclass of a film, just watched this scene now and I knew there was some deal with the mother but when I watched it I wasn't sure entirely what it was (I was right, but I thought I might be totally wrong, so was good to watch it with that openness), "she might have fooled me, but she didn't fool my mother", just seems more mindblowing to me than at first. Great movie.
EmekaGroove Yeah! Totally! I watched Psychose and I absolutely love it and love Norman (and Anthony Perkins :3). And now, I watch Bates Motel and as you said, it's awesome because you know what Norman will become and you also see the clues on the film! I recommend it! :D You should watch Bates Motel! (Sorry for my bad english)
So many mordant puns, wordplay and oblique references in Psycho, not as tongue-in-cheek as in Rope but even more effective. "Sick old women are usually pretty SHARP"! "She might have fooled me but she didn't fool my mother." "It's practically like living alone." "You should have gone to a motel. I mean just to be safe." "I'll take it out of her fine soft flesh." And probably the most thematic of all, a line that sums up Hitch's deep pessimism in the movie. Marion Crane says, "I got myself in a little scrape and I'd like to pull myself out. Before it's too late." Well;, it is too late. But, most ironically, she is PULLED OUT at the end, in the final image or image composite, but not in the way she intended. In oblique reference to Crane's earlier dialogue, that final image is even more scary than the shower sequence.
Thanks for your comment. There's a lot of that mordant wordplay in "Rope," but more explicit ("Is it his birthday"? "No, almost the opposite" etc.). The "sick old women are pretty sharp" is almost flawless but was almost certainly a pun on her knife. The line about "pulling myself out" was almost certainly deliberately placed to refer t the final shot, in context, extremely pessimistic. The Temptation scene with Cassidy as the Satan, is also brilliantly done. Clearly Cassidy is tempting Marion about buying off unhappiness and how the money Cassidy gives her CAN buy off unhappiness. If there's any doubt, she repeats that word out of the blue before she leaves the office: "You can't buy off unhappiness with pills," though she never mentioned being unhappy until after her conversation with Cassidy.
loved this scene and Anthony’s acting. still mad he never won an oscar for this, or even get a nomination since imo this is like the perfect subtle and nuanced performance
His first mistake was telling the detective she didn’t receive any phone calls, then not tearing out the page of the logbook that had Marion’s signature of her alias. Then it was leaving his mom’s body at the window…
Maybe the lower budget and TV crew helped make this film better than it would otherwise have been. There's an intimacy in scenes and the quiet of the Bates motel and minimalist production design are really immersive. The film just draws you in.
lol the scene at 0:30 where Arbogast questions who is living in the window is brilliantly done. It sounds like norman is nervous and covering up for the murder and adding to the lies, but he is technically telling the "truth" when he says nobody is actually at the the window in this scene and he foreshadows what's to be revealed later on.
Of course, the irony is that Norman only *thinks* he's telling a lie when he intially claims there's no one there. He's gone around the bend to such an extent that the fact his mother is dead and mummified no longer even registers. He does not realize that when he "blanks out" or loses consciousness (he probably thinks he falls asleep), his own personality becomes submerged and an alternate personality -- an internalized version of his mother -- comes out. He thinks he's trying to protect her because he believes that she's still alive and has killed people...but it's been him all along.
@@MKT-7777 No, I'm sure he means Janet Leigh! Her portrayal of the doomed Marion is iconic and her death is probably the most shown film clip ever. Vera Miles is fantastic in this of course, but I agree with the OP that it is Hitchcock, Perkins and Leigh that are the films lynchpin.
For all the times I've seen this film, I never fully appreciated how at 0:08 Arbogast deliberately turns right and heads to the corner facing the house as Norman turns left to change the bedsheets in the cabins, despite the fact that Norman "technically" only invited Arbogast to look at the cabins. That's definitely the behavior of a former cop turned P.I. One of those subtle details that you only pick up on randomly on your 20th viewing.
He was really sexy...so sad to read how he met his end and had to hide the fact of his illness and how well he played this role of Norman cost him his career because people couldn't unattach him from this character like how ppl identify Bradley Cooper as being an asshole bc of the roles he plays when in fact he's not.
Left out an earlier part where they meet on the front steps of the office, and Norman offers him some gumdrops he's eating. So 'nice', so 'normal', so casual, This guy has just killed someone but can act so 'normal and nice'. The depths of psychotics.
"She might have fooled me, but she didn't fool my mother"
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It stuns me how many defend the character of Norman as being a poor victim of insanity, when he's clearly evil and consciously psychopathic. He lies, manipulates, show's no remorse or concern for Marion's family and smiles evilly when Arbogast 'gives up'. One of the most sinister performances ever.
I think it's because the actor is attractive. If he was ugly, that well of sympathy would dry up real fast. It's interesting the psychological hoops people will jump through to excuse/justify the behavior of or identify with good-looking characters (and people in general).
Casper Jean Rimbaud the reason he acts like this is because he is protecting his 'Mother', for whom he believes committed the murder of Marion. This shows how far he is prepared to go to protect her, and ultimately, his whole life and existance. His Mother was his whole world, his life, and he doesn't want to lose that. That is why he acts the way he does, not because he is evil.
Martin balsam was great playing arbogast.the voice.the hat.the mysterious aura as a detective and Anthony perkins performance and smile is breathtakingly beautiful.
Oh yeah I know that. The guy that inspired Bates also inspired Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs and even Leatherface. Hithcock is a genius. And yep, Psycho is awesome. Tony Perkins owns that role. Again, he has those eyes.
Yes, it is. There is even a scene where they show him moving her body from the bedroom to the basement. But it’s shot in such a way that we just see that he is moving a person, not that he is moving a DEAD person.
That's the skill of everyone involved in making this film. To have the audience concerned for Norman, even though Arbogast is the best hope of uncovering what happened and having justice done. Two very fine actors in this scene.
@@ImYourHuckleberry_29Arbogast was only doing his job he’s been hired to find Marion Crane and he’s found the location that she was last seen at and that the last person he’s spoken to that seen her (Norman Bates) is acting very strange and seems to be nervous he’s not stupid he can sense that something isn’t right.
@@johnreeveswilliamson7228 he could've come back with a warrant. He went back and went through Norman's office and walked into his residence. Maybe he could even have been shot flr trespassing.
Norman was provoking Arbogast. Arbogast was getting too close to the truth. Norman decided to kill him. He denied Arbogast a talk with his mother and show his stress to provoke Arbogast to return and fall in the trap.
I'm sick of reading comments saying he should've won an Oscar. Oscars don't mean anything and they don't determine whether a film or a performance is good. The people decide that.
I heard Andrew Garfield was cast as Anthony Perkins in Hitchcock for a while. I couldn't see it... until this scene. That smile he gives around 00:30. Freaky.
Bates scares me. I mean Michael Myers, Freddy Kruger, and Jason Voorhees are scary people but, Bates has those eyes, some about those eyes that scares me.
🔹️ Anthony Perkins was a hot ticket item in the late 1950's / early 1960's. He came to my home town of Berwick ( along with Fred Astaire, Gregory Peck & Ava Gardener ) to film the farm house scene at the old Wilson house (since removed) for the movie "On The Beach" in January 1959. This was six & a half years years before I was born.
Damn the way they talk over each others lines is so natural. I think Noah Baumbach is the only one who does that nowadays and I would love to see more directors do that in modern movies.
Freddy and Jason are cartoon-like monsters that are easy to dismiss. Bates is fucked up like a real serial killer. It's harder for your brain to remember that it's not real.
Love your commentary. I have rewatched Psycho twice in the last few days. I love Noir movies ! I love black and white photography . In painting it is call Chiarascuro , all the greats mastered light and dark contrasts. Orson Welles ' Touch of Evil is a masterpiece in this genre .
"It's practically like living alone."
Great foreshadowing.
"Let's put it this way. She might have fooled me, but she didn't fool my mother." 😳
Damn.
One of the best lines in the movie because after it’s all said and done you look back at it and you’re like wow now I know what he meant
I love this!
I guess you could say he had strong mothering instincts.
I made this comment years ago on my old account and didn't know that it got so many likes until now, thanks all!!! This is a killer (no pun intended) line, still a favorite movie of mine
“I think it’d be much better if you left now.”
Coldest warning ever.
I think he was trying to protect Arbogast from the wrath of his mother, who was slowly building up inside.
And minutes later, Norman killed him as a second warning
Or, at the very least ... he should have helped Norman change the bed sheets.
That's the kinda warning where if you value your life you just give up and *run*.
He did leave, only to come back and then the inevitable has happened.
Easily one of cinema's finest acted out moments. That stuttering didnt feel like overacting. It's a crime for the inflated academy to not have nominated Perkins.
No kidding. Great acting.
It was Perkins' idea to stutter, too. It was a fantastic idea...just enough to make it believable and real.
Also, the book version of Norman is incredibly unlikable. To cast handsome Anthony Perkins, who we immediately feel sympathy and pity for, was a brilliant casting choice.
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"I'm not a fool and I'm not capable of being fooled, not even by a woman."
"This is not a slur on your manhood."
"Let's put this way, she might have fooled me but she didn't fool my mother!"
Amazing lines and acting.
Anthony Perkins should have won an Oscar for his performance. The scenes are so intense with a range of emotions.
I don't know what the academy was thinking that year, but they made a big mistake! Anthony Perkins should have won Best Actor of 1960!!!!!
We often see that the nominees are better than the winners.
What's worse, he wasn't even nominated! Psycho was nominated for a four Oscars and won zero.
_Psycho_ was Oscar-nominated for:
- *Best Director* (Alfred Hitchcock lost to Billy Wilder for _The Apartment)_
- *Best Supporting Actress* (Janet Leigh lost to Shirley Jones in _Elmer Gantry)_
- *Best Production Design* (lost to _The Apartment)_
- *Best Cinematography* (lost to _Sons and Lovers)_
@@VinMar-m6wHow is it possible that Janet was nominated and not Anthony?
the way he stutters at one point,you can just feel the fucked up childhood he must of had.
+Tiger Tiger Norman had one fucked up childhood alright. In the flashbacks of Psycho IV you see that his mother Norma was an evil abusive control freak who would never let Norman have friends or a girlfriend and was convinced that the only woman he needed in his life was her and that every woman in the world except her was a whore even though she was one of the biggest whores around. She also had an incestuous crush on Norman. At his dad's funeral she tickled him and slapped him when he laughed and said "Don't you have any respect for the dead?" and basically just made him laugh by tickling him to give herself an excuse to abuse him. She makes him go out in the rain in only his pants to throw a porn magazine she found in his room in the bin while calling him a dirty pig. And that was shortly after she made him take off everything except his pants and get into her bed with her and hold her because she was supposedly scared of thunder and lightning. Another time she was angry that the new highway would ruin the business and that nobody would know the motel was there and she took it out on Norman accusing him of not showing her sympathy just like her father and Norman's grandfather and Norma said she should have killed Norman in her womb and that he sure as hell tried to kill her getting out of it. And one really hot summer Norma asked Norman to dab her with water then suddenly pushed him to the floor and they both started rolling around on the floor together but when Norma saw that Norman had gotten an erection she got pissed and said she was going to make him forget he had a penis so she put one of her dresses on him which probably inspired his crossdressing after he killed her. She also put some lipstick on his mouth and locked him in her wardrobe. She also mockingly called him "Mama's little girl" after she put the lipstick on him then before she locked him in the wardrobe she gave him some water saying he was going to need it and that he was going to stay locked in the wardrobe until he learned not to say no to her when she told him he was a girl and to use the water to piss in and basically implying that she was going to make him drink his own piss. The fact that Norman only had one happy memory of her pretty much says it all about his childhood. There was probably even more abuse just as bad or worse that the flashbacks didn't show as well.
"must've" or "must have"
In real life as well, his was far from normal. Including life with mother
That and when Lila sees his bedroom. Such a sad and lonely space.
One has to admit that Norman Bates was a very beautiful man!
I’m straight as hell and I can’t disagree with you hahaha Anthony Perkins was a handsome dude
All crazies all HOT. That's why you must admire them from afar. Think of them as a Monet. They look good from a distance, but when you get close they're a big ol' mess.
Yyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeesssssss!!!!!!! RIP Anthony
@@lottostuuud same
He certainly was🤣♥️
Mental note: Don't put dead Mother in window. Especially right after a murder.
Haaha, right? I've always wondered why the hell would he do that???
@@FairyFellersMasterStroke He's just helping her take in a nice evening view.
@@FairyFellersMasterStrokeThat would imply he made the decision. Mother wanted to look out the window.
@@JohnSmith-tk7nt exactly she controls Norman she wants to sit at the window and that's what happens
He has such an adorable smile
ANTONY PERKINGS ITS BEAUTIFUL
arisa deribelli he is
VERY VERY BEAUTIFUL
he is a sicko in this movie. His mind is sick beyond repair...that is what is meant by going to hell for all eternity.
oh,yeah,he is...the most of all actors,my favorite )*
JACK ANTHONY he have a mental disorder,it is not his fault.if I have some mental ill,you will kill me than and send me to hell???!!!you don't know then how hell are mental illness.bless you than,than you are lucky.but remember his words;tears and smiling at the same time,cruel eyes that you watcing you...my mother there?do you can imagine yourself at place like that???I think that place will not be comfortable and nice for you.that is the hell!I know and I have experience I know that I not fault for my disorder.do you think I am?If don't,than and him isn't.trauma and bad experience,bad and disgusting issues can take you to some bad illness.remeber,that can happen to all of us.don't get anger to me,but is true.I hope that you will have ling and healthy life...with happiness...
0:41 His stuttering is so adorable. Also, I love how ironic that next line is.
Yeesh, the way he says "I'm not capable of being fooled" sounds very threatening, like he's actually saying "Don't you dare call me a fool!"
Right? That's what I thought.
Right? That's what I thought.
Back in the parlor, he says, "Oh really?" to Marion when she says she's leaving in the morning. But he says it with a smirk, and knowing what we know having watched it, you realize that he's already decided to kill her. Oh course on a first viewing it's unlikely that anyone would catch that, but subconsciously you probably pick up on the fact that not only is this guy crazy, but he's dangerous.
@@nicholasschroeder3678I disagree. Norman does not have any control over his mother. He was genuinely surprised to hear her say that.
The year is 1960, and listen to that sound. Beautiful.
Bates literally gave him the opportunity to leave, and he didn't take it!!! This scene gets me everytime.
He did leave, only to come back
The sudden change in tone when defending himself, tremendous!
The silhouette of "Mother" at the window is scary as hell.
There's also a silhouette of mother in the car behind Marion as she leaves town.
The more realistic-sounding tones both actors use when talking to one another shows how far ahead of its time this movie was, even in 1960 characters always over-performed and put on voices, but you could tell they deliberately tried to make the characters speak more casually than usual Hollywood films. Even Arbagast's line, "Would I need a warrant for that too? Sure, uh-huh..." is realistically murmured instead of loudly barked like lines were back then.
Absolutely spot on. The lines were spoken so realistically especially by Norman Bates
Agreed. Great observation.
Well, Sanchit has surely got a point here.
Wut?? Are you out of your mind? The hell De Niro has got to do with clip. We guys are talking about psycho here, an all time classic. Appreciate its beauty or get the fuck outta here.
correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't you the same guy who has gone gaga all over RUclips about your love for De Niro? Each video of his has your comments defending his acting skills(as if he needs your support).I don't live under a rock and I'm surprised De Niro himself hasn't addressed you in public yet.
The nervousness, the childish reactions: Anthony Perkin's performance is pure perfection.
the music is so creepy but perfect for this scene
ernest rr Bernard Herrmann also made the music for Citizen Kane and Taxi Driver.
Perkins is brilliant.
The greatest movie ever made. Nothing can beat the original no matter how many sequels, remakes you throw at it. The original is always at the top.
I'm not into "horrors", I always heard it was good but I've seen so much crap in the genre and watched it a couple of days ago. Mind blown, absolute masterclass of a film, just watched this scene now and I knew there was some deal with the mother but when I watched it I wasn't sure entirely what it was (I was right, but I thought I might be totally wrong, so was good to watch it with that openness), "she might have fooled me, but she didn't fool my mother", just seems more mindblowing to me than at first. Great movie.
The TV series 'Bates Motel' actually portrays Norman Bates appropriately. It's worth a watch!!!
OrgasmicZombie yes it's even better to watch thetv show after watching the movie... knowing what will beome of norman and his mother
EmekaGroove Yeah! Totally! I watched Psychose and I absolutely love it and love Norman (and Anthony Perkins :3). And now, I watch Bates Motel and as you said, it's awesome because you know what Norman will become and you also see the clues on the film! I recommend it! :D You should watch Bates Motel! (Sorry for my bad english)
By the way the young actor who plays Norman totally gets the essenceof that character as he was portrayed by perskins!
The look that Norman Bates gives to the detective at 1:56 indicates to me that he has already decided to kill the private detective.
He is so tall. I never noticed until now.
Tony Perkins was over 6 feet
6’2!
@@alexandraponce8081 that was extremely tall back then, because people were typically shorter back then than what they are now.
great actor , I wanted to see the part he started getting anxious and stuttering - it's brilliantly convincing
His face and eyes are to die for yummie
@I put the 'hot' in psychotic Why? Because he was very, VERY attractive.
"I think I must have one of those faces that you can't help but leaving."
You're right. 😍
vonwolfie *believing*
So many mordant puns, wordplay and oblique references in Psycho, not as tongue-in-cheek as in Rope but even more effective.
"Sick old women are usually pretty SHARP"!
"She might have fooled me but she didn't fool my mother."
"It's practically like living alone."
"You should have gone to a motel. I mean just to be safe."
"I'll take it out of her fine soft flesh."
And probably the most thematic of all, a line that sums up Hitch's deep pessimism in the movie. Marion Crane says, "I got myself in a little scrape and I'd like to pull myself out. Before it's too late."
Well;, it is too late. But, most ironically, she is PULLED OUT at the end, in the final image or image composite, but not in the way she intended. In oblique reference to Crane's earlier dialogue, that final image is even more scary than the shower sequence.
Brilliant observations dude!
Thanks for your comment.
There's a lot of that mordant wordplay in "Rope," but more explicit ("Is it his birthday"? "No, almost the opposite" etc.).
The "sick old women are pretty sharp" is almost flawless but was almost certainly a pun on her knife. The line about "pulling myself out" was almost certainly deliberately placed to refer t the final shot, in context, extremely pessimistic.
The Temptation scene with Cassidy as the Satan, is also brilliantly done. Clearly Cassidy is tempting Marion about buying off unhappiness and how the money Cassidy gives her CAN buy off unhappiness. If there's any doubt, she repeats that word out of the blue before she leaves the office: "You can't buy off unhappiness with pills," though she never mentioned being unhappy until after her conversation with Cassidy.
And when Bates says to Arbogast: " I hate the smell of dampness, dont you? I dunno, uh , creepy smell."
0:17 For Me THAT Is By Far And Away The Scariest Shot Of The Entire Movie.
Not being able to hide their suspicious nature is something Marion & Norman definitely had in common
For me, most every detective I read in novels, etc., has Martin Balsam's face, hat, suit, and to some degree his vibe.
loved this scene and Anthony’s acting. still mad he never won an oscar for this, or even get a nomination since imo this is like the perfect subtle and nuanced performance
Perkins was SO great in this.
No one did the nervous stutter like Perkins.
Holy mother of God.
He was so cute in Psycho
His first mistake was telling the detective she didn’t receive any phone calls, then not tearing out the page of the logbook that had Marion’s signature of her alias. Then it was leaving his mom’s body at the window…
When Arbogast asked him if she made any phone calls, Norman could've said "not that I'm aware of".
@@casesoutherland4175 true. But there were too many mistakes in between….enough to make the detective investigate further.
OMG that shadow at the window...and this music!
Maybe the lower budget and TV crew helped make this film better than it would otherwise have been. There's an intimacy in scenes and the quiet of the Bates motel and minimalist production design are really immersive. The film just draws you in.
lol the scene at 0:30 where Arbogast questions who is living in the window is brilliantly done.
It sounds like norman is nervous and covering up for the murder and adding to the lies, but he is technically telling the "truth" when he says nobody is actually at the the window in this scene and he foreshadows what's to be revealed later on.
Of course, the irony is that Norman only *thinks* he's telling a lie when he intially claims there's no one there. He's gone around the bend to such an extent that the fact his mother is dead and mummified no longer even registers. He does not realize that when he "blanks out" or loses consciousness (he probably thinks he falls asleep), his own personality becomes submerged and an alternate personality -- an internalized version of his mother -- comes out. He thinks he's trying to protect her because he believes that she's still alive and has killed people...but it's been him all along.
A brilliantly acted scene by Balsam and Perkins. The way Norman trips over ' invalid ' and talking over one another is so natural.
He's not lying. His mother is NOT home.
It's a beautiful man really.
Alfred Hitchcock, Tony Perkins and Janet Leigh makes this movie what it is.
Screw the remake!
Janet Leigh? Lanet was Marion in this movie, I think you mean Vera Miles; Lila Crane
@@MKT-7777 No, I'm sure he means Janet Leigh! Her portrayal of the doomed Marion is iconic and her death is probably the most shown film clip ever.
Vera Miles is fantastic in this of course, but I agree with the OP that it is Hitchcock, Perkins and Leigh that are the films lynchpin.
For all the times I've seen this film, I never fully appreciated how at 0:08 Arbogast deliberately turns right and heads to the corner facing the house as Norman turns left to change the bedsheets in the cabins, despite the fact that Norman "technically" only invited Arbogast to look at the cabins. That's definitely the behavior of a former cop turned P.I. One of those subtle details that you only pick up on randomly on your 20th viewing.
Split personality villains are some of the best.
Norman Bates, Two-Face, Marik, Ventriloquist, etc..
“Let’s put it this way. She might have fooled me, but she didn’t fool my mother”.
When Arbogast drives away,Norman has a crazy grin.
Tony Perkins is beautiful
anthony perkins is so handsome
Never seen "A Thousand Clowns", but I know Martin Balsam deserved an Oscar for *something*
He was really sexy...so sad to read how he met his end and had to hide the fact of his illness and how well he played this role of Norman cost him his career because people couldn't unattach him from this character like how ppl identify Bradley Cooper as being an asshole bc of the roles he plays when in fact he's not.
Sad because he was such a brilliant talented actor
Anthony Perkins in hd is amazing ... ;)
Martin Balsam was a terrific actor
“And I’m not capable of BEING fooled.”
Best psychological *thriller* of all time! Tight script. Perfectly cast. Expertly directed.
Martin Balsam was brilliant.
Having the subtitles out of synch with the dialogue is truly psychotic.
Left out an earlier part where they meet on the front steps of the office, and Norman offers him some gumdrops he's eating. So 'nice', so 'normal', so casual, This guy has just killed someone but can act so 'normal and nice'. The depths of psychotics.
Other killers are ugly, deformed unsocial “zombies”. While Anthony Perkins is charming as hell and handsome like boiiii.
"Not capable of being fooled by a woman"...You're a man among men, Norman Bates! lol
"She might have fooled me, but she didn't fool my mother"
It stuns me how many defend the character of Norman as being a poor victim of insanity, when he's clearly evil and consciously psychopathic. He lies, manipulates, show's no remorse or concern for Marion's family and smiles evilly when Arbogast 'gives up'. One of the most sinister performances ever.
I think it's because the actor is attractive. If he was ugly, that well of sympathy would dry up real fast. It's interesting the psychological hoops people will jump through to excuse/justify the behavior of or identify with good-looking characters (and people in general).
GreenGretel You people have really seen nothing in your life.
Elias Kenis Props must go to how innocent Norman seems until the reveal.
Casper Jean Rimbaud the reason he acts like this is because he is protecting his 'Mother', for whom he believes committed the murder of Marion. This shows how far he is prepared to go to protect her, and ultimately, his whole life and existance. His Mother was his whole world, his life, and he doesn't want to lose that. That is why he acts the way he does, not because he is evil.
GreenGretel This role was playing against type for Anthony Perkins at the time. Well...
He acts like a bird when Arbogast is looking through the registry. :)
Martin balsam was great playing arbogast.the voice.the hat.the mysterious aura as a detective and Anthony perkins performance and smile is breathtakingly beautiful.
"would i need a warrant for that too?"
"sure" THIS IS SO UNDERRATED 🤭
Oh yeah I know that. The guy that inspired Bates also inspired Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs and even Leatherface.
Hithcock is a genius.
And yep, Psycho is awesome. Tony Perkins owns that role. Again, he has those eyes.
0:19 is the silhouette that the detective sees in the window literally his mother(s corpse)? - i cant think of anything else it could be.
Yes, it is. There is even a scene where they show him moving her body from the bedroom to the basement. But it’s shot in such a way that we just see that he is moving a person, not that he is moving a DEAD person.
Mr.bates, the most charming and good-looking __ motel owner killer there is.
The detective was in the twilight zone a couple of times
i always root for norman in this scene lol.
Me too. Arbogast is an SOB.
@@ImYourHuckleberry_29 Arbogast was going his job. Was he NOT supposed to follow through with his suspicions?
That's the skill of everyone involved in making this film. To have the audience concerned for Norman, even though Arbogast is the best hope of uncovering what happened and having justice done. Two very fine actors in this scene.
@@ImYourHuckleberry_29Arbogast was only doing his job he’s been hired to find Marion Crane and he’s found the location that she was last seen at and that the last person he’s spoken to that seen her (Norman Bates) is acting very strange and seems to be nervous he’s not stupid he can sense that something isn’t right.
@@johnreeveswilliamson7228 he could've come back with a warrant. He went back and went through Norman's office and walked into his residence. Maybe he could even have been shot flr trespassing.
Mother that sailor suit doesn't fit me anymore!
They really look alike! I'm pretty sure Andrew has Perkins as a role model. Besides looking alike, they act alike.
Andrew? Are u talking about Garfield? If so then not even close.
Norman was provoking Arbogast. Arbogast was getting too close to the truth. Norman decided to kill him. He denied Arbogast a talk with his mother and show his stress to provoke Arbogast to return and fall in the trap.
Two movies that I do know created trauma, nightmares, and psychiatric illness in many people; Psycho is one,
and the other movie is The Exorcist.
the "uh oh" when Norman sees Arbogast looking at his mother in the window
I have that gorgeous man Anthony Perkins tattooed on my arm hey....everyone goes a little mad sometimes...havent you?🙄
Yolanda Kerr are you seriously???ha ha.......
wow,good point!bravo:)wonderful I am sure!!!
That actually sounds pretty f'in cool!!
Madly in love. With Perkins boyishness.
@@lauragraves4342 I think we all are ;)
I'm sick of reading comments saying he should've won an Oscar. Oscars don't mean anything and they don't determine whether a film or a performance is good. The people decide that.
So true, 100% agree.
Beautifully clear HD clip, but spoiled by the subtitles which in turn worsens it more by being out of sync!
Andrew Garfield's hotter ancestor?
Andrew Garfield in his dreams WTF 🤣
"She's an ivalinid..."
He’s too innocent
I heard Andrew Garfield was cast as Anthony Perkins in Hitchcock for a while. I couldn't see it... until this scene. That smile he gives around 00:30. Freaky.
Bates scares me. I mean Michael Myers, Freddy Kruger, and Jason Voorhees are scary people but, Bates has those eyes, some about those eyes that scares me.
12 cabins 12 vacansies
He was back then. Very cute and handsome! But eventually age took its toll like it does on all of us. LOL
He was handsome even as he aged!
He was handsome.thats why imma strive for everlasting ephemeral beauty
🔹️ Anthony Perkins was a hot ticket item in the late 1950's / early 1960's. He came to my home town of Berwick ( along with Fred Astaire, Gregory Peck & Ava Gardener ) to film the farm house scene at the old Wilson house (since removed) for the movie "On The Beach" in January 1959. This was six & a half years years before I was born.
Damn the way they talk over each others lines is so natural. I think Noah Baumbach is the only one who does that nowadays and I would love to see more directors do that in modern movies.
Anthony was perfect in this film....he should of received an accolade.
Love THIS Psycho n A&E Bates Motel😀
Freddy and Jason are cartoon-like monsters that are easy to dismiss. Bates is fucked up like a real serial killer. It's harder for your brain to remember that it's not real.
Love your commentary. I have rewatched Psycho twice in the last few days. I love Noir movies ! I love black and white photography . In painting it is call Chiarascuro , all the greats mastered light and dark contrasts. Orson Welles ' Touch of Evil is a masterpiece in this genre .
0:198 Oh yeah, I just realized that`s Norman`s mother`s stiffened corpse.
We're all capable of getting really scared!!
im sorry but i couldnt focus on this scene at all. like bro im way too dstracted looking at him
"Your mother met her?" Yes, "I am Mother"
EXCELENTE FILM!!!!!
Good job Norman.
Bates started to get a bit nervous when the guy asked him about his mother.
I love him
Can I just say something, Norman Bates may be fucked up in the head, but he is FINE!