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October 13, 2017

92 months ago

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78/52

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The screeching strings, the plunging knife, the slow zoom out from ...
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 moviegoi...
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 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.
DocumentaryAlexandre O. PhilippeAlan BarnetteJustin BensonPeter BogdanovichMarco CalavitaTere CarrubbaPepijn CaudronJamie Lee CurtisIFC Midnight
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What the critics say

Based on 18 reviews, 78/52 gets an average review score of 77

A-/A+
ew.com
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Psycho documentary 78/52 dissects Hitchcock’s iconic shower scene.

2749d ago

A-/A+
ew.com
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Psycho documentary 78/52 dissects Hitchcock’s iconic shower scene.

2749d ago

90/100
villagevoice.com
5c781abb-2a5a-4ada-9b6a-0df3c9415758

Mother would be proud: “78/52” hacks thrillingly into cinema’s most infamous murder.

2749d ago

90/100
villagevoice.com
45416076-d025-4f2e-8e14-521244bfcbad

Mother would be proud: “78/52” hacks thrillingly into cinema’s most infamous murder.

2749d ago

80/100
nytimes.com
45416076-d025-4f2e-8e14-521244bfcbad

Even moviegoers who know “Psycho” backward and forward...are bound to learn something new from the movie, which addresses the shower scene from critical, historical, theoretical and technical angles, down to the blinding white of the bathroom tiles.

2749d ago

80/100
variety.com
45416076-d025-4f2e-8e14-521244bfcbad

A hypnotic film-geek doc about the 'Psycho' shower scene digs deep into the mystique of the Hitchcock film that shook the world.

2749d ago

B/A+
avclub.com
45416076-d025-4f2e-8e14-521244bfcbad

Woody Harrelson, Daniel Clowes, and our favorite films of Sundance 2017.

2749d ago

80/100
variety.com
5c781abb-2a5a-4ada-9b6a-0df3c9415758

A hypnotic film-geek doc about the 'Psycho' shower scene digs deep into the mystique of the Hitchcock film that shook the world.

2749d ago

B/A+
avclub.com
5c781abb-2a5a-4ada-9b6a-0df3c9415758

Woody Harrelson, Daniel Clowes, and our favorite films of Sundance 2017.

2749d ago

80/100
nytimes.com
5c781abb-2a5a-4ada-9b6a-0df3c9415758

Even moviegoers who know “Psycho” backward and forward...are bound to learn something new from the movie, which addresses the shower scene from critical, historical, theoretical and technical angles, down to the blinding white of the bathroom tiles.

2749d ago

3/4
rogerebert.com
45416076-d025-4f2e-8e14-521244bfcbad

If the importance of Orson Welles’ classic had stemmed from the common view that it launched sound-era auteur cinema (especially in its influence on the young critics who would become the auteurs of the French New Wave), surely the Hitchcock film that had a similar game-changing impact was “Psycho.”

2749d ago

3/4
rogerebert.com
5c781abb-2a5a-4ada-9b6a-0df3c9415758

If the importance of Orson Welles’ classic had stemmed from the common view that it launched sound-era auteur cinema (especially in its influence on the young critics who would become the auteurs of the French New Wave), surely the Hitchcock film that had a similar game-changing impact was “Psycho.”

2749d ago

3/4
slantmagazine.com
45416076-d025-4f2e-8e14-521244bfcbad

Alexandre O. Philippe's 78/52 comes to life when riffing on the psychosexual perversity of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.

2749d ago

3/4
slantmagazine.com
5c781abb-2a5a-4ada-9b6a-0df3c9415758

Alexandre O. Philippe's 78/52 comes to life when riffing on the psychosexual perversity of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.

2749d ago

C+/A+
avclub.com
5c781abb-2a5a-4ada-9b6a-0df3c9415758

The most famous movie scene ever deserved a closer look than what Psycho doc 78/52 offers.

2749d ago

C+/A+
avclub.com
45416076-d025-4f2e-8e14-521244bfcbad

The most famous movie scene ever deserved a closer look than what Psycho doc 78/52 offers.

2749d ago

60/100
hollywoodreporter.com
45416076-d025-4f2e-8e14-521244bfcbad

Alexandre O. Philippe's doc explores how the now-legendary 'Psycho' shower scene changed cinema.

2749d ago

60/100
hollywoodreporter.com
5c781abb-2a5a-4ada-9b6a-0df3c9415758

Alexandre O. Philippe's doc explores how the now-legendary 'Psycho' shower scene changed cinema.

2749d ago

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