question about Gus van sant remake of psycho

External Since: Dec 07, 2005 Posts: 1

Hi,
I'm wondering about a particular sequence of the GVS remake : when the
man falls down the stairs under the slashing, there's a faint image
(1/10 of sec) of what he sees. It's like a lamb or I don't remember
what.
Can someone tell me what it refers to and if it was in the Hitchcock
film.

TIA

External Since: Feb 26, 2005 Posts: 191

Well, first off, it wasn't in the original.
As for what it means, I can only imagine that, since what we're seeing
(when we see Arbogast fall down those stairs) is Mother's point of view
and that she maybe sees the detective as like a lamb to the slaughter?