DRIVE-IN SATURDAY
The time: Summer, 1960. The place: Cambria Theatre. The Dauphin, just a deranged shaver then, attends Psycho, an Alfred Hitchcock flick destined to become a classic. The famous stabbing scene makes a profound impression on the young Dauphin.
DRIVE-IN SATURDAY
Slice O' Life
Edouard Dauphin
The time: Summer, 1960. The place: Cambria Theatre. The Dauphin, just a deranged shaver then, attends Psycho, an Alfred Hitchcock flick destined to become a classic. The famous stabbing scene makes a profound impression on the young Dauphin. For years, he will have a mortal fear of sneaking up on women in motel room showers.
The time: Summer, 1983. The place: Rivoli Theatre. Edouard stands on Broadway, elbow to elbow with Quentin Crisp, awaiting a screening of Psycho II, a sequel 23 years in the offing. Will this picture also have an impact on him? Perhaps he’ll soon have a lethal dread of sneaking up on women in renovated motel room showers.
Actually, the thought of an update on Norman Bates & Co. struck misgivings into many a reviewirig heart. Hitchcock is gone—and who really knows anything about this new director, Richard Franklin? Besides, Psycho is a film we’ve seen a million times. Purists even know it frame by frame. When it comes to a sequel, we’re not talking about Little Orbit, The Astro Dog II or Son Of If You Could See What I Hear.