Psycho: A Wish-Fulfillment Documentary Analysis

The movie Psycho was created in 1960, and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. This film has many meaningful moments behind it, which all lead up to a shocking yet interesting twist for an ending. Many clips corresponded well with Bill Nichols thoughts, and opinions on how “Every movie is a Documentary.” By comparing both the Nichols reading, and the film Psycho, it is easy to see that this film is a wish-fulfillment documentary. This film shows what could be a scary reality in many people’s lives. It gives us examples of what could be our deepest nightmares and dreads, influences an opinion over people who have multiple personalities, and even feeds some people’s interests. Loosing someone who is dear to us is always deeply dreaded. Near the end of the Film Psycho, viewers come to find out that Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) mother, has actually perished years ago. Yet, throughout the clips before, many people have been lead to

This film pulls in real dreads, Bates attempting to deal with his mother’s passing. It has nightmares, when he can’t handle her passing, so he treats her corpse as if she is still alive and well. It shows the interests of others, which for most people is curiosity, and this is brought in with multiple questions about the mother. This film is inserting not one, but yet two opinions, one of which is that people with multiple different personalities can be dangerous. The last opinion, it in forces is that people all have two sides to them. They have the side we let everyone see, the Sside they believe they are as people, and then we have another side, which for some, as in Bates condition, is difficult to keep in check. This film has captured many people, because it is possible for these things to happen in real life. It’s not like some scary movies where it seems almost impossible for most of this to