Norman Bates as portrayed by Anthony Perkins in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 masterpiece "Psycho."
I love everything about this film, from Saul Bass' opening credits, to the last note of Bernard Herrmann's score.
I was lucky enough to see "Psycho" spoiler free. When I was in junior high I went to stay the weekend with my sister at college. And we went to see a double feature with a bunch of her friends. The two movies in question were David Lynch's "Eraserhead" and Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho." That night of movie going had a profound impact on my young mind that was second only to the first time I saw the original "Star Wars."
On a side note, one interesting piece of trivia I learned while researching this portrait: "Psycho" was the first film to show a toilet being flushed onscreen.
