78/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene

'78/52' is an orgy for movie obsessives. It makes you see the familiar with fresh eyes.
-- Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly

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78/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene

The screeching strings, the plunging knife, the slow zoom out from a lifeless eyeball: in 1960, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho changed film history forever with its taboo-shattering shower scene. With 78 camera set-ups and 52 edits over the course of three minutes, Psycho redefined screen violence, set the stage for decades of slasher films to come, and introduced a new element of danger to the moviegoing experience. Aided by a roster of filmmakers, critics, and fans—including Guillermo del Toro, Bret Easton Ellis, Jamie Lee Curtis, Eli Roth, and Peter Bogdanovich—director Alexandre O. Philippe pulls back the curtain on the making and influence of this cinematic game changer, breaking it down frame by frame and unpacking Hitchcock’s dense web of allusions and double meanings. The result is an enthralling piece of cinematic detective work that’s nirvana for film buffs.
Not Rated
Genre
Documentary, Films & Filmmakers
Runtime
92
Language
English
Director
Alexandre O Philippe
Cast
Jamie Lee Curtis, Guillermo del Toro, Bret Easton Ellis, Eli Roth
FEATURED REVIEW
Peter Howell, Toronto Star

The Bates Motel shower murder scene of Janet Leigh’s fugitive Marion Crane lasts just three minutes in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 horror 'Psycho,' but the slash marks on the collective unconscious have endured for decades. Documentarian Alexandre O. Philippe ('The People vs. George Lucas') goes deep in ...

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