On the Misleading of Details

Rating: 8/10 (21 April 2020)

The movie art of the 1960s was set against a black-and-white screen with a high-level texture, which also justifies the suspenseful atmosphere.
Regarding this movie, I would like to talk about the detailed hints of the film and the functions of these hints in the movie. Of course, if it is more true, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is explicit.
Because the language of the camera has always been a must-have reminder to the audience: This person has problems and this place is not right.
Where is the specific problem and what's wrong? Read on.
Let me talk about Cran first. Since Cran decided to run with her boss's $ 40,000 cash, her character traits have become prominent. What is it? It is "panic". And this "panic" has been running through her character until the moment before she died.
On the way to escape, Kran spent the night in the car and was woken up by the patrolling police early the next morning. Her panic look instantly caught the attention of the police: a beautiful woman who parked the car by the road alone overnight, although she insisted that she did not encounter any problems and did not need help, but was very resistant to the police. ask.
When the car dealers traded for the old ones, the car salesman had planned to spend a lot of money on the sales. As a result, Cran rejected the proposal to test the car, asked the price straight away, and did not make a counter-offer. There was only one request, and the driver was delivered immediately. This even led the car salesman to suspect that her own car was coming from a wrong direction.
The heavy rain was unable to move forward, and Cran had to choose the Bates Motel by the night. At this time everyone knows that the feature film is about to begin. why? Because the audience can guess without any effort, the hotel owner Norman will not only officially launch as a transitional group performance, but as a major player identity.
Regarding Norman's character traits, the director didn't hide it, and three or two lines and shots came out. The masked gentleman with a sensitive and emotional instability hides the meaning and is dangerous.
So when he peeked at Klein's bath, the audience wouldn't be surprised, because this behavior was in line with Norman's character.
However, when it was discovered that Crane was killed in the bathroom, his performance surprised the audience.
At first he appeared a little panicked, this is the normal reaction of ordinary people. But the duration of this panic is very short. He calmed down quickly, and quickly packed the scene, the corpses disappeared, a series of actions, too smooth and skilled!
But this time, back to the topic I want to talk about. Before that, I have been analyzing the details and hints. Now I can talk about the clever and misleading part, because the audience's sense of violation appears.
The murder happened, the next step is to confirm who the murderer is.
Who is it? The motel is equivalent to a closed space during a downpour night. In this space, there are only three people, the victim tenant Cran, the motel owner Norman, and Norman's sick, but full-hearted mother .
The audience's first impression was that Norman was first ruled out, and the murderer could only be Norman's mother. why? Because we all heard, Norman's mother didn't like Cran, she had the motivation to kill.
Drawing such a judgment means that the previous details hint that it has come into play, and the audience is misled unconsciously.
However, there must be evidence for convictions, and we cannot guess by sentiment alone. So the audience looked down and found out that Norman 's mother was an elderly person with no mobility and resistance. How could such a person kill a young woman and a middle-aged man with a knife What?
By this time, the audience actually had a vague guess as to who was the real murderer, only to wait for the movie to explain why the murderer did this and how.
Finally, we know who raised the knife, but we are not sure who the murderer is.