78/52
Sign in to save78/52 is a 2017 American documentary film written and directed by Alexandre O. Philippe. Its an analysis of the shower scene in the 1960 horror film Psycho. 78/52 received positive reviews from critics.
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7.2The most famous murder scene in movie history comprises 78 camera settings and 52 cuts: the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. 78/52 tells the story of the man behind the curtain and his greatest obsession.
Released: 2017-10-1391 minDir: Alexandre O. PhilippeDocumentary
Cast
- Emilie Germain as Marion Crane
- Osgood Perkins as Self
- Peter Bogdanovich as Self
- Guillermo del Toro as Self
- Eli Roth as Self
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Self
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- 2017
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- film
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Duration
- +91
- FilmAffinity ID
- 663076
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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78/52 is a 2017 American documentary film written and directed by Alexandre O. Philippe. Its an analysis of the shower scene in the 1960 horror film Psycho. 78/52 received positive reviews from critics.
==Summary== The film examines the shower scene in the 1960 horror film Psycho. Marion, played by Janet Leigh in her Academy Award-nominated role, takes a shower at the Bates Motel and is stabbed to death. The scene contains 78 camera setups and 52 cuts, which is why the documentary is titled 78/52.