better than alfred hitchcock's "psycho"

jeek

in 1998, gus van sant remade alfred hitchcock's "Psycho". i have not seen the new "psycho" and don't plan on it.  it's not because i dislike van sant, i just don't understand why he would want to try the same EXACT story. Jodorowsky's film contains the same elements (oedipus complex. serial killer, etc) and he took it to another insane level.  he shows the killers background and his long buried reasons for killing (which "psycho IV" failed to do).  it also contains awe inspiring cinematography and surreal images that will haunt the viewer for days.  this is truly jordorowsky's masterpiece!  if hitchcock were still alive he would remake "Santa Sangre" because it is ten times the film he envisioned with "Psycho".

score 9/10

jeek 13 January 1999

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