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78/52

78/52
Release date: 2017-10-13
Rating: 7.252
Votes: 133
Genres: Documentary
The 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.

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Simon Foster

Simon Foster

"78/52 peels back and peers deeply into half-a-century of cinephile adoration for Hitchcock’s groundbreaking take on Oedipal psychosis..." Read the full review here: http://screen-space.squarespace.com/reviews/2017/3/27/7852.html

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