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Blu-ray

78/52 : Hitchcock's shower scene

Call Number

  • BLU-RAY 791.4372 P9744S (CEN)

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Edition

Blu-ray version.

Languages

In English, with optional Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Featuring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Guillermo del Toro, Peter Bogdanovich, Danny Elfman, Bret Easton Ellis, Mick Garris, Neil Marshall, Elijah Wood, Oz Perkins.

Publication Information

Los Angeles, CA : Scream Factory : Shout! Factory

Physical Description

1 videodisc (92 minutes) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

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 3 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. Aided by a roster of filmmakers, critics, and fans--including Guillermo del Toro, Bret Easton Ellis, Jamie Lee Curtis, Eli Roth, Danny Elfman, 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 pure nirvana for film buffs.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a documentary in 2017.

Special features: Extended interview with Walter Murch ; extended interview with Guillermo del Toro ; "Stabbing melons" with director Alexandre O. Philippe ; theatrical trailer.

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