![]() I'm not going to sit here and tell you that Van Sant's Psycho works, but it absolutely is misunderstood. As recently as this year, Entertainment Weekly readers named it the No. I know from conversations with friends and movie fans on the Internet that the topic brings forth a violent bitterness normally reserved for discussion of Star Wars prequels. While that fiasco has been largely forgotten, the Psycho remake's infamy continues to grow. Psycho '98 opened to poor reviews, though not as harsh as those of Van Sant's 1993 Tom Robbins adaptation, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. Instead, he cashed in all his mainstream chips to not only put his hands all over an untouchable classic but to do it in the strangest way: He used the original script with only minor modifications, he re-recorded the same score, and in many scenes he even mimicked Hitchcock's compositions and camera moves, causing his Psycho to be labeled a “shot-for-shot remake,” though that's an exaggeration. Fresh off the critical and commercial success of Good Will Hunting, Van Sant could have tried for another feel-good hit or a high-profile for-hire gig. 4, 1998, an unusual movie was released, and roundly rejected: director Gus Van Sant's offputtingly faithful remake of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. ![]()
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