In 1960, Hitchcock’s film Psycho tested the strict censorship boundaries still in place through the Motion Picture Production Code of the day with its shocking acts of violence, and provocative sexual nature, which was altogether the like of which audiences had never seen.
In 1998, Gus Van Sant took Hitchcock’s iconic film, to both critics and audiences accused the film of being a modern duplicate rather than a remake, negating it to a waste of effort, and while both films contain duplicated scenes, and similar scripts, the distinct difference yet to be addressed in detail, is each director’s influence over their film, an element film theorist’s define as the auteur theory.
Through this opportunity, the chance to compare these two films
In 1998, Gus Van Sant took Hitchcock’s iconic film, to both critics and audiences accused the film of being a modern duplicate rather than a remake, negating it to a waste of effort, and while both films contain duplicated scenes, and similar scripts, the distinct difference yet to be addressed in detail, is each director’s influence over their film, an element film theorist’s define as the auteur theory.
Through this opportunity, the chance to compare these two films