FANEDIT: Psycho (The Roger Ebert Cut)

Roger Ebert once wrote...
"For thoughtful viewers, however, an equal surprise is still waiting. That is the mystery of why Hitchcock marred the ending of a masterpiece with a sequence that is grotesquely out of place. After the murders have been solved, there is an inexplicable scene during which a long-winded psychiatrist (Simon Oakland) lectures the assembled survivors on the causes of Norman's psychopathic behavior. This is an anticlimax taken almost to the point of parody.
If I were bold enough to reedit Hitchcock's film, I would include only the doctor's first explanation of Norman's dual personality: "Norman Bates no longer exists. He only half existed to begin with. And now, the other half has taken over, probably for all time." Then I would cut out everything else the psychiatrist says, and cut to the shots of Norman wrapped in the blanket while his mother's voice speaks ("It's sad when a mother has to speak the words that condemn her own son..."). Those edits, I submit, would have made "Psycho" very nearly perfect. I have never encountered a single convincing defense of the psychiatric blather."

Well, I am bold enough to reedit Hitchcock's film. So here it is.

PSYCHO: The Roger Ebert Cut

what kind of fanedit: True Fanedit
tagline: What would Roger Cut?
original film name: Psycho
new film name: Psycho (The Roger Ebert Cut)
edition: Psycho (Special Edition) (Universal Legacy Series)
film studio name: Universal
edit crew name: stomachworm
Date Original Film Was Released: 1960
Date Edit Was Released: Feb. 6, 2009
Original Runtime:
New Runtime:
Amount of time Cut/Added: approximately 5 minutes
Cuts removed/added/extended: Cut 1 scene
Fanedit details: SL NTSC DVD
Your intention for this fanedit: To do a fanedit based on film critic Roger Ebert's idea.
Your way to achieve your intention: Cut the scene that Ebert spoke of.
Additional Comment:
Time needed for the edition: 1 hour
persons involved: stomachworm
Additional information links:
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19981206/REVIEWS08/401010353/1023

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