Talking about the enlightenment of Psycho from a simple psychological level

Desmond 2022-04-20 09:01:01

This is the first Hitchcock movie I've ever seen.
This suspense master's thriller

is about a schizophrenic young man.

And use various film techniques to explain Freud's introduction to psychoanalysis and express his own understanding.

The protagonist in the film is schizophrenic because his mother and stepfather killed his mother and stepfather, but he is schizophrenic in order to eliminate his guilt in his heart, and plays the role of his mother. Every time he meets a woman of the right age, he imagines that his mother is very opposed to it. , and played the role of a mother who killed young and beautiful women. When he woke up, he thought it was his mother who did it, and out of "filial piety", he had to clean up the scene for his mother every time.

When he was finally arrested, he was still playing his own mother, that tangled look, that self-talking look (a schizophrenic self-reconstruction) that made him feel like he wasn't a well-received Tormented poor man.

I will not talk about the art of photography and picture here, but only talk about the psychological level.


One of the most touching is the teacher's words:


"The root of this kind of psychological problems and all kinds of entanglements is the narrowness of people. As the

saying goes, small success depends on wisdom, and great success depends on virtue.

The most selfish behavior of people is Do good deeds.

In fact, there is no perfect person in this world. You and I, everyone has some problems more or less.

Many people only understand their psychological surface, that is, the self-level. We usually look at a person, and often only look at To his/her ego level. And his id, not many people will understand. In fact, human self-cognition is very complex, and even the person himself cannot perceive and understand it well.



Some abnormal people, On the contrary, they are the most perfect and normal. Because they want to hide some psychological defects in themselves, they do not agree with themselves to some extent.

Those who don't seem normal to others can express their truest selves instead.

People are the most real by being an imperfect self. "

In fact, one's life is to pursue the self. In order to achieve the harmony of the id, superego and ego.

So face your own shortcomings and learn to tolerate others.

In the face of difficulties, we must be proactive, outgoing, and rebuild the mentality.


And people can realize their own imperfection and face difficulties without fear, that is the most courageous, true and regret-free life.


To shape a most authentic self is always something to be done in a lifetime.

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Extended Reading
  • Darion 2022-03-25 09:01:01

    It's really amazing to let the heroine die in one-third of the time in the plot, and directly cross $40,000. The protagonist's mentality is pretty good, and naturally leads to the mentality that everyone is in a difficult situation behind. The shooting skills shown by Hitchcock left me speechless and really boring. As for the psychoanalysis behind it, I can barely endure it.

  • Norbert 2021-10-20 18:58:49

    The film industry with a cost of 80W can also be famous for a lifetime. Hitchcock's meticulous thinking and unique mirroring add to the depiction of details. The metaphor is also worth remembering. The skull at the end is even more chilling. It is said that this film created a precedent for a split personality movie, and it also hinted at Hitchcock's own "misogyny".

Psycho quotes

  • Norman Bates: The mattress is soft and there're hangers in the closet and stationary with "Bates' Motel" printed on it in case you want to make your friends back home envious.

    [nervous laughter]

    Norman Bates: And, the, eh, over there.

    Marion Crane: The bathroom.

    Norman Bates: Yeah.

  • Norman Bates: You're not going back to your room already?

    Marion Crane: I'm very tired - and I have a long drive tomorrow. All the way back to Phoenix.

    Norman Bates: Really?

    Marion Crane: I - stepped into a private trap back there. I'd like to go back and try to pull myself out of it. Before it's too late for me too.