HOLLYWOOD - Director Wes Anderson has signed on to direct a frame-by-frame remake of Gus Van Sant's 1998 frame-by-frame remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic Psycho.Every word of dialogue, every camera angle, every note of music will be exactly the same as in both the 1998 and 1960 versions. "I don't have to figure out camera angles or tinker with dialogue," Anderson said. "We're going to do it exactly as Gus [Van Sant] did it, frame-by-frame, and Gus [Van Sant] did it exactly as Hitchcock did it, frame-by-frame."
Anderson believes that another exact remake of the king of jolt flicks "is long overdue." He explained: "The kids who are starting college today were only ten years old when Gus [Van Sant's] remake came out, far too young to have seen it. Films made in 1998 are ancient."
"This is not your father's Psycho," Anderson said. He quickly corrected himself: "Well, actually it is your father's Psycho, and your grandfather's, too."
