It killed off its star after only forty minutes in the most violent scene in American film to date. Fifty years after its original release, Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" still has the power to shock. Film critic David Thomson tells us the story behind the making of "Psycho" and how Hitchcock taught America to love murder. Also, Greil Marcus introduces us to "A New Literary History of America."
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February 08, 2023