Is A Knife All I Am To You? -- The case for Idealism with Psycho

Fun fact: aside from that one scene in Psycho with Marion getting stabbed to death in a shower, there are about another 100 minutes of film?  It is my assertion that ideological theory is the most effective, as well as the most important way to analyze and evaluate Hitchcock's Psycho.

Claim 1: Film is more than just what it shows us.  We can't limit ourselves to just what is presented to us as we would with formalism, our thoughts, feelings and outside worlds are relevant to us and the way we perceive and interpret art.  

Support-references/quotes from Eisenstein.  

Claim 2: Ideological theory is as accessible as you want it to be.

Support- The claim that ideological theory is inaccessible is nothing short of irresponsible.  There isn't anything wrong with holding ourselves, as an art consuming community, to a higher standard of understanding.  Escapism is pointless in the grand narrative of our history and analyzing scenes in isolation is a disservice to the entirety of the film and all it could mean.  As long as the person postulating the ideas is clear and sound in their analysis, it should be just as accessible as any other way of speaking on film.

Claim 3: Objectivity is more or less pointless.

Support- In my own travels, I have been to a number of open mics and talent shows.  The open mics that are just about expression are always more profound than talent shows.  By that token, it shouldn't matter if a music cue here or a slash cut there was intended to convey something in particular or is it was "successful" or not.  It shouldn't matter if a film is "good" or not.  It should be about what we take from it as it relates to ourselves and our society.