- Psycho
- Friday, April 8, 2011
- One Show: 6:30 p.m.
- The Tower Theatre
- 815 E. Olive Avenue, Fresno [map]
- $10.00 General Admission
- $8.00 for Students and Seniors
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- Screening Sponsor: Fig Garden Bookstore
“What makes Psycho immortal, when so many films are already half-forgotten as we leave the theater, is that it connects directly with our fears.” – Roger Ebert
“Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 masterpiece blends a brutal manipulation of audience identification and an incredibly dense, allusive visual style to create the most morally unsettling film ever made.”
- David Kehr, Chicago Reader
“All those who still get a chill every time they step into a hotel shower, say aye. That, you see, is the power of Psycho.”
- Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon.com
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Synopsis
Fresno Filmworks presents “Psycho” at the Tower Theatre. The 1960 thriller, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, will be shown in 35 mm, starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, and John Gavin. The movie tells the story of a secretary trying to escape her unhappy relationship by stealing money from her employer. The woman stops at a motel managed by a quiet young man who lives with his mentally ill mother. She is mysteriously murdered.
The screening will feature a discussion with Central Valley native Manuel Muñoz an assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Arizona and the author of the new novel What You See in the Dark, a lyrical interpretation of the making of Hitchcock’s iconic movie. Screening sponsor: Fig Garden Bookstore.
1960, 35mm, 109 minutes
In English