Psycho (1960) (60th Anniversary Edition) (Uncut)

[Reddington]

Some great info/discussion in this thread. Thanks especially to thatguamguy.

[thatguamguy]

Originally Posted by koberulz

Do you have more specifics on this?

This was a few years ago, so I don't remember which of the different behind-the-scenes books was a good source of detailed info about the censorship stuff, however I do remember that the AFI website was a really good source for a lot of it. I think it was probably in there somewhere if you want to go digging.

I'm watching the scene now; I remember that there was a very specific comment, "You can't have them lying in bed together kissing", so if you watch the scene he sits down and she sits up, they start kissing, and then keep kissing as they gradually lie down, and then immediately, as soon as they are both against the bed, they stop kissing, say a few lines, and then each one of them will lift themselves off the bed and kiss the other. They are never kissing when they are both lying down. You wouldn't think anything of it without reading the document, but I'm 90% sure he's trolling somebody with that shot.

The shot of the sandwich, which looks like it is masking a few line removals, I want to say that the studio insisted that they explicitly show that they "had lunch", which is why Hitchcock explicitly has the line be "You didn't eat".
(Also between "dirty love letters" and "I have to go Sam", I think there's a cut there too, but possibly pre-censorship, I don't remember the details, but there's a shooting script somewhere on-line.)

I'm certain that there was a script note about the guy's (lack of) shirt, but I don't remember what it was, just that the framing of that opening shot seemed funny in light of the note.

[tatterdemalion]

Originally Posted by thatguamguy

This was a few years ago, so I don't remember which of the different behind-the-scenes books was a good source of detailed info about the censorship stuff, however I do remember that the AFI website was a really good source for a lot of it. I think it was probably in there somewhere if you want to go digging.

I'm watching the scene now; I remember that there was a very specific comment, "You can't have them lying in bed together kissing", so if you watch the scene he sits down and she sits up, they start kissing, and then keep kissing as they gradually lie down, and then immediately, as soon as they are both against the bed, they stop kissing, say a few lines, and then each one of them will lift themselves off the bed and kiss the other. They are never kissing when they are both lying down. You wouldn't think anything of it without reading the document, but I'm 90% sure he's trolling somebody with that shot.

The shot of the sandwich, which looks like it is masking a few line removals, I want to say that the studio insisted that they explicitly show that they "had lunch", which is why Hitchcock explicitly has the line be "You didn't eat".
(Also between "dirty love letters" and "I have to go Sam", I think there's a cut there too, but possibly pre-censorship, I don't remember the details, but there's a shooting script somewhere on-line.)

I'm certain that there was a script note about the guy's (lack of) shirt, but I don't remember what it was, just that the framing of that opening shot seemed funny in light of the note.

The book I'm most familiar with is Stephen Rebello's Alfred Hitchcock and the making of Psycho. I bought it when it came out in 1990 and haven't read it in awhile, but I'm pretty sure it went into all the cuts Hitchcock made to appease the censors. I know this opening scene was talked about in detail.

[Reddington]

Originally Posted by format916

If its not 4k, its not worth talking about.

Better start talking, then...

[geomon]

Well you can't have enough copies of this in my home so this will sit along side my Pop Art steelbook and the eventual 4K release.

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by Akijama

Uncut, I will be getting this Day 1.

[MifuneFan]

Wow nice, this seemed to come out of nowhere lol.

[Adcatalano]

I’m going to end up with more copies of Psycho than Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

[koberulz]

There's a 4K release as well, I'm assuming the specs just got muddled.

[GeoffOliver]

Might just get the Hitchcock 4K set to future proof myself without triple dipping on this movie. I really hope it includes the original mono.

The extra stabs bother me in the extended cut though because the blade doesn’t ever have any blood.

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by GeoffOliver

The extra stabs bother me in the extended cut though because the blade doesn’t ever have any blood.

Maybe Arbogast was an android?

[Majin Blu]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

Maybe Arbogast was an android?

He DID have that cold stare. Hmmmmm.

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[MassiveMovieBuff]

Really looking forward to this! I love the artwork on the 50th anniversary release but I'm digging this classic artwork for this new release too.

[Donl1282]

I wish Scream Factory could get the rights to the original Psycho and the original Exorcist.

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by Donl1282

I wish Scream Factory could get the rights to the original Psycho and the original Exorcist.

Warner Bros aren't gonna licence out The Exorcist.

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by Donl1282

I wish Scream Factory could get the rights to the original Psycho and the original Exorcist.

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

[Show spoiler]

I really need to sort my life out and watch Darkman in its entirety.

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

I really need to sort my life out and watch Darkman in its entirety.

Do it.

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

Do it.

[Show spoiler]

"TAKE IT, TAKE THE FUZZY ELEPHANT...!"

[WaverBoy]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

I really need to sort my life out and watch Darkman in its entirety.

I hadn’t realized your priorities were so seriously messed up