Psycho

My step father snd step brother had never seen the original Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock. Last night we had tickets to see the movie, for $48.00- with the San Francisco Symphony playing the score.




I had no idea the impotance of the score of that film until the two were separated into two distinct elements. The score helped tell the movie. I would go so far as to say that in this case, the movie would not have been what it was without the score. There were no less than 45 strings: violin viola, cello & bass. It was fantastic- textural, and the film was ransformed before the eyes of a nearly sold out, enthusiastic crowd. Of course nothing slipped by this crowd as Anthony Perkins "swished" up the stairs, or when a cop exclaimed, "he's a transvestite!"

We laughed at some of the dated language, but thoroughly enjoyed the experience.


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