Psycho reception
Mon, 28 Oct 1996 18:04:36 -0500
On Sat, 26 Oct 1996, Automatic digest processor wrote:
> From: David McCallum <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Peeping Tom/Psycho
>
> An obvious possibility would be that "Psycho" was produced in America
> and
> released to American audiences (where it too was blasted by critics and
> "moral leaders," actually - it didn't enhance Hitch's rep until years
> after its release and a little critical revisitation began.)
I'm not so sure that it so long for PSYCHO to be recognized, at least as a
cultural landmark by domestic audiences. If my memory serves--from
childhood in Los Angeles--the PSYCHO house was a highlight of the
Universal City tours by 1967, if not earlier.
Brian Taves
Motion Picture/Broadcasting/Recorded Sound Division
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C. 20540
202-707-9930
202-707-2371 (fax)
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