Gus Van Sant’s remake of Psycho is one of the most puzzling movies ever made because it is a shot-for-shot remake of what is often considered to be a masterpiece by many. Why was this made is the first question that almost anyone will ask. I assume that such a project can only be explained by an extreme admiration for the original by the maker. Maybe it was a way of finding out, just how Hitchcock had made the original? The thing that is most interesting about this movie is just how boring it is. This is not just because everyone who saw this was already familiar with the original. I saw this one before I saw the original. This is interesting because it shows that what makes movies interesting or brilliant is something that cannot be quite captured, the editing, the shots, dialogue, story,.. almost everything is identical in both version and yet one version is head and shoulders above the other one.
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