Alfred Hitchcock vs Gus Van Sant – A study about the adaptation of Psycho
Keywords:
Psicose, Gus Van Sant, Alfred Hitchcock, Remake.Abstract
This article aims to analyze the re-recording of the film Psycho, directed by Gus Van Sant, and released in 1998. The film in question was chosen because it shows an atypical, or even unique, remake. Unlike those that are generally produced by the great film industry, in the remake of Psycho, there is no attempt to adapt the original work, but a reconstruction of identical scenes, with some traces of an attempt to modernize the narrative. In the film, Van Sant tries to accurately copy each scene of Alfred Hitchcock's classic, released in 1960. Despite the risky strategy, the film is considered a critical and box office failure. Therefore, this article seeks to question this technique, the final result of the film and its relevance to the universe of cinema.
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