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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,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hegel, Jon (Composer)
Corporate Author: Shout! Factory (Firm)
Other Authors: Philippe, Alexandre O. (Screenwriter), Toro, Guillermo del, 1964- (onscreen participant.), Ellis, Bret Easton (onscreen participant.), Curtis, Jamie Lee, 1958- (onscreen participant.), Roth, Eli, 1972- (onscreen participant.), Elfman, Danny (onscreen participant.), Bogdanovich, Peter, 1939- (onscreen participant.), Muratore, Robert, 1968- (director of photography.)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:In English with optional Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: Los Angeles, CA : Shout! Factory, [2017]
Subjects:
Hitchcock, Alfred, > 1899-1980 > Criticism and interpretation.
Psycho (Motion picture : 1960)
Motion pictures > Production and direction.
Hitchcock, Alfred, > 1899-1980.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary: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 movie going experience.
Item Description:"Featuring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Guillermo Del Toro, Peter Bogdanovich, Danny Elfman, Bret Easton Ellis, Mick Garris, Neil Marshall, Elijah Wood, Oz Perkins."--Container.
Originally produced as a documentary film in 2017.
"78 shots & 52 cuts that changed cinema forever"--Container.
Wide screen 1.85:1.
Special features: extended interviews with Walter Murch & Guillermo del Toro; "Stabbing melons" with director Alexandre O. Phillipe; theatrical trailer.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; stereo. region 1, NTSC.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Original music by Jon Hegel ; editor, Chad Herschberger ; director of photography, Robert Muratore.