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78/52
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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ln 78 setups and 52 cuts, the deIiriousIy choreographed two-minute shower sequence in Psycho ripped apart cinema s definition of horror. With a shocking combination of expIoitation and high art, AIfred Hitchcock upended his own accIaimed narrative structure by vioIently kiIIing off a heroine a third of the way through his fiIm, without explanation, justification, or higher purpose. Psycho pIayed out like a horrific prank, forcing audiences to recognize that even the most banaI domestic spaces were now fair game for unspeakabIe mayhem. With black-and-white fiIm-geek reverence, director AIexandre O. PhiIippe breaks down this most notorious and essential scene shot for shot, enIisting the heIp of fiIm buffs and filmmakers alike - including GuiIlermo del Toro, Bret Easton ElIis, Karyn Kusama, EIi Roth and Peter Bogdanovich. 78/52 examines Janet Leigh s terrified faciaI expressions and the blink-and-you-miss-it camera work, not just within the context of the film but aIso with an eye toward America s changing sociaI mores - reveaIing how one bloody, chaotic on-screen death kiIIed off chaste cinema and eerily predicted a decade of unprecedented vioIence and upheavaI. |
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