HOLLYWOOD – There have been many movies about the history of the movie industry, but it’s surprising it took this long for someone to bring the life of Alfred Hitchcock to the big screen. The legendary filmmaker captained an impressive list of classic films including “Vertigo,” “North by Northwest,” “The 39 Steps,” “The Lady Vanishes” and “Dial M for Murder” among others. And with his TV series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents…” he became one of the most recognizable directors and celebrities of the 1950’s. His biggest hit, however, was one of his latter films, 1960’s “Psycho.” Hitchcock’s obsession with making that “horror” film sets the stage for Sacha Gervasi’s “Hitchcock,” which opened the 2012 AFI Film Fest Thursday night.
Coming off the success of “Northwest,” the picture finds Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) seemingly bored and uninterested in the numerous projects Hollywood is throwing his way. That all changes, however, when he learns about Wisconsin serial killer Ed Gein (an almost unrecognizable Michael Wincott) who has stunned authorities by digging his mother up from the grave and murdering and then mutilating a number of young women. The crimes inspired Robert Bloch to write the fiction novel “Psycho,” although at the time he claimed he didn’t realize how close his book about the off-kilter Norman Bates was to Gein’s own story. Unfortunately for the famous filmmaker, Paramount Pictures – a studio that he owes one more film to – has no interest in funding “Psycho.” So, Hitchcock decides in order to feel creative again he'll mortgage his house and use his own savings to fund the $800,000 picture.
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