1999 behind-the-scenes production of Psycho

For forty years, Hitchcock's Psycho can be said to be the masterpiece of horror thriller. It was the most violent and erotic movie in Hollywood from 65438 to 0960. At that time, how many viewers were scared to take a bath alone by the perverted killer and the well-known killing scene in the bathroom. Psycho was selected as one of the most important American films in 100 by American film institutions.

The thriller and suspense plot created by screenwriter Joseph Stefano, as well as Hitchcock's skillful film skills, such as subjective shots and intermittent editing methods, all show the audience the darkest side of human nature and let them experience an unprecedented horror atmosphere in the cinema.

Psycho is a classic in film history. Why would anyone want to remake it? Director Garth Van Sant decided to make an unprecedented attempt, that is, to allow the use of modern film shooting technology, almost completely in accordance with the original script, re-shooting. The purpose of remaking Psycho is to pay tribute to Hitchcock and to introduce this horror classic to a new audience. The director also knows that the new version of Psycho 1999 has absolutely no achievements beyond the original.

For director Garth Vansant, he has been fascinated by Psycho for a long time. Garth Van Sant has always been known for his bold shooting style. He thinks that Shakespeare's Hamlet often appears in different versions, so he chooses the American film classic Psycho as the remake theme, hoping to introduce this classic business card to a new generation of audiences.

Garth Van Sant wants to remake Psycho because he thinks that modern audiences are not used to watching old movies, whether black and white movies or silent movies, so he thinks it is necessary to remake the classic business card Psycho in a modern way to make people compare with the original.

Director Garth Van Sant decided to shoot the film according to the lens designed by Hitchcock, and he tried to follow the 37-day shooting schedule of that year. He hopes to follow Hitchcock's shooting philosophy, that is, the director must carefully imagine every shot, scene and dialogue of the whole movie before shooting. Van Sant watched the disc of Psycho at the same time when he was shooting, and he shot it completely according to the original script, almost 95% of which was the same as the original. Of course, the actors are different, the negatives are different, and the lighting is different, but he tries his best to make the rhythm and lens angle of the film match the original.

Since Psycho was originally a black-and-white film and the remake was in color, photography director Du Kefeng had to work closely with production designers and fashion designers to try to find the perfect tone for the film. As for the scene, the director originally wanted to shoot the set set by Hitchcock 40 years ago, but in the end it was not feasible, because the set had been moved and the angle was not suitable for shooting at all, so Garth Van Sant just asked the staff to shoot the set in the studio, just like Hitchcock. The impressive scene of the original Psycho should be the scene where the heroine is killed in the bathroom. Due to the creative directing style of skillful photography director Du Kefeng and director Van Sant, this scene is as violent and real as the original, but not exactly the same.