Examine one of the films listed in Module 2 from M2 Censorship or M2 Classic Hollywood, and write a short (400-600 words) response focused on the question, “What is the actors contribution (e.g., physical action, montage , characterization)? Pay particular attention to your perception of the emotional impact of the performance and whether you believe it is the actors art and intuitive response or a combination of cinematic techniques (editing, juxtaposition, sound, cinematography) that creates the experience for you. Please avoid extensively summarizing the plot at the expense of analyzing the actor’s performance
video: Psycho (1960)
Phoenix secretary Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), on the lam after stealing $40,000 from her employer in order to run away with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis (John Gavin), is overcome by exhaustion during a heavy rainstorm. Traveling on the back roads to avoid the police, she stops for the night at the ramshackle Bates Motel and meets the polite but highly strung proprietor Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), a young man with an interest in taxidermy and a difficult relationship with his mother
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