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24 Hour Psycho
24 Hour Psycho is the title of an art installation created by artist Douglas Gordon in 1993. The work consists entirely of an appropriation of Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 "Psycho" slowed down to approximately two frames a second, rather than the usual 24. As a result, it lasts for exactly 24 hours, rather than the original 109 minutes. The film was an important work in Gordon's early career, and is said to introduce themes common to his work, such as "recognition and repetition,
in 1993, and later installed in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, consists of a silent screening of "Psycho", slowed down to two frames per second (from the usual 24), so that it lasts 24 hours rather than 109 minutes. "24 Hour Psycho" is featured prominently in Don DeLillo's 2010 novel "Point Omega".
Related work.
Related work "The Psycho Legacy" (2010).
In 2010, a direct-to-DVD documentary was released called "The