A Conversation with Norman produced and directed by Jonathan M. Parisen

Jonathan M. Parisen

Jonathan M. Parisen is an American film-maker and painter who wrote, produced and directed Stairwell: Trapped in the World Trade Center, the first dramatization of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York City....

 is a Horror film

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

 homage

Homage

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 to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...

's Psycho

Psycho (1960 film)

Psycho is a 1960 American suspense/psychological horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins. The film is based on the screenplay by Joseph Stefano, who adapted it from the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch...

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It took six years on and off for the filmmaker to get the film made due to problems with sets and casting

Casting

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. The film stars Christopher Englese as Norman, Grace Orosz as Marion, and Tom Loggins as Sam.

A Conversation with Norman premiered at Anthology Film Archives

Anthology Film Archives

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 in New York City

New York City

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 on June 13, 2005 just three days before the forty-fifth anniversary of the New York premiere of Psycho.

Parisen announced on premiere night that the film would play that night and never be shown again. Parisen promised that the film would never make it to VHS

VHS

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 or DVD

DVD

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and would never be shown on television. He said he was doing this to make the premiere night more of an event for the viewing audience. To date Parisen has kept that promise.