One of my favorite films of all time is PSYCHO. I can remember watching it with my mother when I was barely a teenager. She warned me not to, but I did it anyway. I paid for it later that night when I lay in the darkness of my room scared to death. It is the perfect thriller and on my list of things I'd like to travel back in time for, going back and watching this in a movie theater in 1960 with an audience seeing it for the first time. It holds up each and every time that I see it. And each time I view it, I see something new as if it's my first viewing! I thought I had read everything possible about the making of this classic film until I read in Entertainment Weekly that Anthony Hopkins was playing Alfred Hitchcock in an upcoming film based on a book called ALFRED HITCHCOCK AND THE MAKING OF PSYCHO by Stephen Rebello. I immediately went to trusty Amazon and downloaded this 1999 non-fiction book to my Kindle. I sat uninterrupted for 3 hours and read it cover to cover. It is an incredible book that begins with the infamous Ed Gein murders in Wisconsin that inspired Robert Bloch to write the original novel PSYCHO. From there, it is impossible to put down as you literally feel as though you are on the set of this timeless movie. Interviews with all the key players involved give a constant reminder that this is not some unauthorized tabloid reporting, but an honest recreation of what it took to make this movie that NO ONE wanted to make. The movie is due out in 2013 and stars Hopkins as Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as Hitchcock's wife. For any movie buffs, this book is a must-read. Since I'm late in discovering this book, I'm probably the last arriving at the party. An essential addition to Hitchcock fans!
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