Psycho: Peeping on Marion

[NORMAN goes back into the parlor with a mystified expression. The sound of MARION moving about her room come over, soft SOUNDS, somehow intimate in the night quiet. NORMAN turns his ear from the direction of the SOUNDS, seems to be fighting an impulse to listen, or more than listen. But slowly, he is forced to surrender to the impulse and, resisting himself, he goes to the wall, presses the side of his head against it. The SOUNDS come louder, as if we too had our ear pressed against the wall. Now NORMAN looks at a picture hanging on the far end of the wall he is leaning against. Slowly he starts toward it. He reaches it, touches it, reluctantly lifts the small frame off the wall.]

[A tiny circle of light hits NORMAN's face, coming from the hole in the wall behind the picture. This end of the room is very dim and thus we are able to see clearly the light striking NORMAN's face. We move close to NORMAN, extremely close, until his profile fills the screen. The tiny spot of light hits his eye. See the small hole through which the light comes. NORMAN peeps through.]

[NORMAN's VIEWPOINT: Through the hole we look into MARION's cabin, see MARION undressing. She is in her bra and halfslip. She stoops over a bit, places her hands behind her upper back, begins to unhook her bra. NORMAN - ECU. He watches as MARION removes her bra. We see his eye run up and down the unseen figure of MARION.]

[NORMAN'S VIEWPOINT: MARION, just slipping into a robe, covering her complete nudity. NORMAN. He turns from the hole, faces us for a moment, continues turning until he can look out the small parlor window. We see, as he sees... THE HOUSE IN THE BACKGROUND. NORMAN. He turns his face away, quickly, resentfully. In his face we see anger and anguish. And then resolve. Quickly, precisely, he rehangs the picture over the hole in the wall, turns, starts out of the parlor. We see him go through the office and out onto the porch, not even bothering to close the door behind him.]