Black and white?
Considering so much effort was put into making this as much of a remake as possible, why did Gus Van Sant choose to do it in color?
I'd really like to see it in black and white.. just curious to see if it's just me.
Well it's a shot-for-shot remake, so he had to do SOMETHING original right?
Pretty sure it was done as an experiment, because Van Sant wanted to see Psycho in color, & to make it more accesible for audiences, who are generally put off by b/w
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Husband and I watched the original & this back to back. Obviously the original is pretty much perfect in every way, but I highly enjoyed this & very glad Van Sant did it as an experiment. Don't think the 1998 version stands on its own, but to watch along with the original is great fun.
shareI watched them both at the same time, the remake for the first time & the original for the 10th or so time.
Remake on my big monitor, the original on my laptop w/subtitles & muted.
Indeed an interesting watch to see them compared so closely. But the remake is pretty *beep* *beep* though. But at least they didnt change the scenes (a happy ending or something) because it's a shot-for-shot.