I would say Anthony Perkins is still one my favorite actors of all time and i always remember seeing Psycho 2 and 3 when They first came out back in the 80s.
A wonderful screen presence, a talented actor and an articulate man. I have such fond memories of renting Psycho 2 and 3 on VHS back in the day, it felt great as a young horror fan that we were being treated to those films. You can watch Perkins in anything, he was so arresting.
This was such a fascinating interview with a very talented actor and director. I've always enjoyed Psycho III for the humour and sheer weirdness of certain scenes. I know it wasn't accepted by many people and that it had lost course at that point. But I find it a lot of fun and Anthony really carries the film as well as Jeff Fahey and Diana Scarwid. I enjoy the little touches Anthony brought to the film such as the score by Carter Burwell (even an in-joke of Duke playing a pop beat version of the main theme on the dukebox in the bar); also some shots like the light under the door that changed into the lighting of a knife. Plus the TV change from in the Bar to Norman's home. Such great moments that don't get mentioned. This interview really got my attention when Anthony mentioned about putting everything you can into making a film and not thinking about sequels. He really has a point there. I seem to dislike a lot of modern films for their easter eggs or potential sequel driven endings which are so forced that I just lose interest. Marvel superhero films especially. It's too much for my liking. I miss the older superhero films like Batman and Superman which stood on their own and you can see the heart and passion put into those films. In fact most films of this era didn't have the word franchise implied at the time. I miss this style of filmmaking so much. I didn't mind Psycho IV that got made in the end but it certainly seemed to lack what the earlier Psycho films had, even on a TV budget. Ironic that the original screenwriter Joseph Stefano returned to wrap up the films with IV.
