Joseph Stefano
Joseph Stefano
Joseph William Stefanowas an American screenwriter, best known for adapting Robert Bloch's novel for Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho and for being the producer and co-writer of the original The Outer Limits TV series...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth5 May 1922
CountryUnited States of America
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It's not like the original movie where you thought it was the mother committing the murders, but it was actually the son. I don't think it's possible to create the kind of shock today that we created in 1959. And I don't even want to try.
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In Psycho IV, the time is five years after III, and Norman is out of the hospital. He's a married man, and he's finally learned how to love somebody and have natural sex without killing his lover.
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At the same time, I realized a very strong contemporary narrative was needed. Without that, the movie would end with the shower sequence in Psycho.
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Psycho 11 and III say, in effect, there's no way to survive with a psychological problem. If you've got it, the law can keep you locked up because there's no chance for cure.
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Hitch was interested in what I had to offer, like one of my background ideas for Norman's upbringing.
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Hitch suggested a name actress to play Marion because the bigger the star the more unbelievable it would be that we would kill her.
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I didn't know it at the time, but Hitch didn't want to talk to me - he hated meeting with people he might have to reject. As it turned out, someone, maybe his agent, insisted that he interview me.
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We were mainly concerned about nudity - how much could be shown in 1959 and how much would convey, without being gratuitous, the terror of being attacked naked and wet.