The essential role of architecture in the relationship between cinema and novel. The classic example of “Psycho” by Alfred Hitchcock

Abstract

A notorious close connection between cinema and architecture exists, as between cinematography and literature, however we are convinced that architecture plays a central role in this context.
These topics are easily identified in Alfred Hitchcock’s vast filmography, which shows that architecture is fundamental in order to create the atmosphere the director wishes to obtain to infuse further emotions to the story.
Hitchcock through the editing, the shots and the course of actions provides the movie with what lacks in the conventional narrative of the novel the movie itself is taken. The director manages to enhance the audience’s emotions especially through the expressive help of the architectures that frame the story.