Psycho's Norman Bates & the Hidden Life of Anthony Perkins

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  @zalrex · 2 years ago

  Hichcock's teaser for Psycho is just him being a troll to the audience, and it is wonderful.

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• AL

  @alonealien1474 · 2 years ago

  My mom's uncle was an avid movie goer. Mom says he talked about his "Psycho" viewing experience for years. He had caught a late show. The movie got him so rattled that walking back home in the night through the quiet small town streets was apparently agonizing for him.

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• RO

  @rocdocs · 2 years ago

  Fun fact, my sister baby sat for Perkins in the 80s and I used to hang out & surf with his kids on the beach. He was a unique character and I remember him wearing purple socks on the beach and his wife was cool in a leopard bikini. (sorry if that irrelevant my friends I had to say it)

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• BA

  @badandy1203 · 11 months ago

  watching this as a palette cleanser after Monster’s tasteless depiction of Perkins

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• _L

  @_letstartariot · 1 year ago

  His wife died on 9/11 in one of the hijacked planes. I feel so much for their children.

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  @fabrisseterbrugghe8567 · 2 years ago

  My mother was pregnant with me when she saw Psycho. &nbsp;There was a superstition that if a woman were frightened, whatever she touched would leave a mark on the child. &nbsp;Worse, the more frightened she was, the more prominent the birthmark. &nbsp;Dad told me that Mom sat in the theater with her hands raised over the armrests for the entire length of the film. &nbsp;It didn&apos;t help that Mom&apos;s name was the same as Vera Miles&apos; character.<br><br>The cartoon shown before the movie was the first Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote short they&apos;d ever seen.

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  @thespookycore4344 · 2 years ago

  I read and listen to a lot of queer history stuff and it&apos;s heart breaking to know how many beloved people died and were mistreated because of AIDS and HIV, but hearing how Perkins&apos; friends and family came together for him and loved him for who he is made me cry harder than I have in a while. Great video as always.

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• SI

  @singe0diabolique · 2 years ago

  How beautiful was Tony Perkins? OMG!

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• ZE

  @zetacrucis681 · 2 years ago

  Critique: &quot;Impossible to adapt to film.&quot;<br>Hitchcock: &quot;Hold my storyboard.&quot;

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• ED

  @edwarmulfo363 · 2 years ago

  Hi Matt, <br><br>I&apos;m a lurker on here, but my partner was a really big fan of your work. I introduced Beau Breeden to your channel years ago, and he was an avid fan. He bought the book, any recommendations you gave, watched some episodes on repeat - the video on the Birdcage was a personal favorite. He passed away two months ago. You were a great comfort and company during long hospital visits. I watched this video - one of the first things I&apos;ve come back to that we shared together - and there are a lot of resonances in the queer sadness and queer loves that you narrate in the history of Norman Bates and Anthony Perkins with the queer sadness and queer love that Beau experienced in the decade we were together. Which is my way of saying that I truly appreciate your work. I wish there was a concise way to express that appreciation that also conveyed its depth, but failing that, I will leave this comment here: Thank you for the stories you collect and share.

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• KY

  @KyleRayner12 · 2 years ago

  A friend told me about sneaking into Psycho when he was 13 because he was so intrigued by all the mystery and suspense around the twist... only to be disappointed that it wasn&apos;t gorier.<br><br>Teenagers, man.

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  @MichaelMoorePDX · 2 years ago

  It is such a mixed blessing/curse for an actor to create such an indelible character as Normsn Bates and then have such a hard time escaping it. I recently watched the 70s Murder on the Orient Express, and every time Perkins (who was excellent, as usual) appeared, i couldn&apos;t help think &quot;There&apos;s Norman.&quot;<br><br>I was so saddened to hear that Berry Berenson was on one of the flights out of Boston that crashed into the WTC. After everything she did for Tony Perkins, she deserved better.

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