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,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hegel, Jon (Composer)
Other Authors:	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.), Philippe, Alexandre O. (Screenwriter), Muratore, Robert, 1968- (director of photography.)
Format:	Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English; Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
Published:	[New York, New York] : IFC in Theaters, [2017]
Subjects:	Hitchcock, Alfred, > 1899-1980. Psycho (Motion picture : 1960) Motion pictures > Production and direction. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Feature films.

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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:	Title from disc surface. "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. Special features: Extended interview with Walter Murch; extended interview with Guillermo del Toro; "Stabbing melons" with director Alexandre O. Philippe; theatrical trailer. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 Blu-ray disc (92 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Blu-ray; region A; 1080p High-Definition widescreen (1.85:1); DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (English); requires Blu-ray player.
Audience:	Not rated.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Robert Muratore ; editor, Chad Herschberger ; original music, Jon Hegel.