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78/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene takes a look at one of modern cinema's most memorable moments, offering insights of value to cineastes and casual viewers alike.
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Philippe's geekiness is infectious. His passion for film shines through most when he invites some of his interviewees-like horror nerd Elijah Wood and his friends-to watch the film on camera and comment on its foreshadowing and subtle motifs. Nov 16, 2017 | Full Review…
Philippe's geekiness is infectious. His passion for film shines through most when he invites some of his interviewees-like horror nerd Elijah Wood and his friends-to watch the film on camera and comment on its foreshadowing and subtle motifs.
Leah Pickett
Hitchcock's shower scene may never leave the pop culture of fear it helped create. Nov 9, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Hitchcock's shower scene may never leave the pop culture of fear it helped create.
Michael Phillips
The infamous shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho gets taken apart, fabulously dissected, then reassembled for this expansive and essential Hollywood documentary named after the scene's 78 camera set-ups and 52 edits. Nov 2, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The infamous shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho gets taken apart, fabulously dissected, then reassembled for this expansive and essential Hollywood documentary named after the scene's 78 camera set-ups and 52 edits.
Kevin Maher
A 30 minute film stretched to feature length. Oct 30, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
A 30 minute film stretched to feature length.
David Jenkins
Obsessive but accessible, the deepest dive imaginable into one of the most celebrated scenes in movie history, the documentary "78/52" looks at a brief three minutes of cinema the way it's never been looked at before. Oct 19, 2017 | Full Review…
Obsessive but accessible, the deepest dive imaginable into one of the most celebrated scenes in movie history, the documentary "78/52" looks at a brief three minutes of cinema the way it's never been looked at before.
Kenneth Turan
Alexandre O. Philippe's close reading of the Psycho shower scene is as refreshingly fun and perceptive as his documentary's name (referring to Alfred Hitchcock's 78 camera setups and 52 edits over three violent minutes) is eggheaded and clinical. Oct 13, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Alexandre O. Philippe's close reading of the Psycho shower scene is as refreshingly fun and perceptive as his documentary's name (referring to Alfred Hitchcock's 78 camera setups and 52 edits over three violent minutes) is eggheaded and clinical.
Joshua Rothkopf
It does its job of gathering diverse voices to dissect the sequence. [Full Review in Spanish] Jul 16, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
It does its job of gathering diverse voices to dissect the sequence. [Full Review in Spanish]
John Tones
It's a great entry point for people who are interested in how films are made. Mar 20, 2019 | Full Review…
It's a great entry point for people who are interested in how films are made.
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
In a film so attentive to voyeurism and which dissects a misogynistic act, it's a bitter disservice that more women weren't given a voice. Feb 21, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
In a film so attentive to voyeurism and which dissects a misogynistic act, it's a bitter disservice that more women weren't given a voice.
Rachel Brook
A work of passion and love regarding the most famous scene in cinema history. The homage Hitckcock deserves. [Full review in Spanish]. Feb 18, 2019 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
A work of passion and love regarding the most famous scene in cinema history. The homage Hitckcock deserves. [Full review in Spanish].
Federico Furzan
Bloviating dude after bloviating dude gives their mostly unnecessary takes on Hitchcock, naturally leading to spurious claims about how Psycho was the first film to ever do everything. Oct 28, 2018 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…
Bloviating dude after bloviating dude gives their mostly unnecessary takes on Hitchcock, naturally leading to spurious claims about how Psycho was the first film to ever do everything.
Daniel Barnes
The most powerful comments explore how the film caught the zeitgeist in America at a time when people were feeling safe in their homes, and in their showers. Sep 17, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The most powerful comments explore how the film caught the zeitgeist in America at a time when people were feeling safe in their homes, and in their showers.
Rich Cline
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