Don't read public reviews if you don't like spoilers. I think it is downright dumb to complain about spoilers on 40 year old films.
I really liked this Hitchcockian style thriller with Anthony Perkins. You can find it on those inexpensive 100 pack scifi/horror DVD-sets.
I have a different interpretation of the ending than the other viewers. Yes, Perkins had that Psycho moment expression on his face as he reads the end of his sister's letter. However, when he gets to the part where she wants to come home, his face begins to droop at the prospect of having her home again. She also tells him she needs him to take the necessary steps to get her released.
At that point, his eyesight begins to fail again and his face droops unhappily again. Frankly, I disagree that the blindness was ever pretend and rather was the fear of having his crazy sister return which caused him to lose his sight again. Plus, there was satisfaction in the fact that he could not sponsor her release as she had requested, if he was disabled again. She would have to stay there.
I believe the grin, just before his sight disappears is in regard to her reference as to how she didn't like it at the hospital and reminding him how he had disliked it as well. I believe the smile at that moment was in regard to the irony of her getting a taste of her own medicine since she had tried to force his reconfinement there by terrorizing him. Who would want a houseguest like that? Regardless of relation. Not to mention how convincing she was in hiding her insanity in the first place. How hard would it be for her to feign sanity again?
His eyesight loss was always a condition of his mind. It's a wonder he didn't have other issues considering the relationship between his evil sister and father. There is the possibility that the second blindness at the end was on purpose but not the first time after the fire.
Anytime we see Perkins smile on a film, we are always going to be reminded of Norman Bates. So we should think twice about tying that into an underlying theme when he plays a character role.
I really liked this Hitchcockian style thriller with Anthony Perkins. You can find it on those inexpensive 100 pack scifi/horror DVD-sets.
I have a different interpretation of the ending than the other viewers. Yes, Perkins had that Psycho moment expression on his face as he reads the end of his sister's letter. However, when he gets to the part where she wants to come home, his face begins to droop at the prospect of having her home again. She also tells him she needs him to take the necessary steps to get her released.
At that point, his eyesight begins to fail again and his face droops unhappily again. Frankly, I disagree that the blindness was ever pretend and rather was the fear of having his crazy sister return which caused him to lose his sight again. Plus, there was satisfaction in the fact that he could not sponsor her release as she had requested, if he was disabled again. She would have to stay there.
I believe the grin, just before his sight disappears is in regard to her reference as to how she didn't like it at the hospital and reminding him how he had disliked it as well. I believe the smile at that moment was in regard to the irony of her getting a taste of her own medicine since she had tried to force his reconfinement there by terrorizing him. Who would want a houseguest like that? Regardless of relation. Not to mention how convincing she was in hiding her insanity in the first place. How hard would it be for her to feign sanity again?
His eyesight loss was always a condition of his mind. It's a wonder he didn't have other issues considering the relationship between his evil sister and father. There is the possibility that the second blindness at the end was on purpose but not the first time after the fire.
Anytime we see Perkins smile on a film, we are always going to be reminded of Norman Bates. So we should think twice about tying that into an underlying theme when he plays a character role.