I'm studying Hitchcock's, 'Psycho' this year in Media and I'd like to know ANYTHING interesting about the movie to help me include some things in it like that for my exam.
2007-02-27 19:46:01 · 6 answers · asked by jess. 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
The shower scene - There were between 71-78 camera set-ups for the shooting of this scene. The sequence contains over 50 splices and lasts for only 45 seconds.That's a lot of fast paced cutting, Janet Leigh ended up being in the shower for 7 days. The set itself was made up of four retractable walls to allow for the camera to be placed without restriction. The shower unit could be shot separately or attached to the full set of the gleaming white bathroom. To obtain the shot of the shower head straight on, the outside holes were plugged... the camera stayed dried but the crew was soaked! According to a number of polls, it is the single most memorable scene ever!
2007-02-27 22:07:17 · answer #1 · answered by Jo H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was spoofed (as well as other Hitchcock films) in Mel Brooks "High Anxiety"
Trivia:
Marions liscense plate starts with the letters NFB.......
Norman Bates initials.
The blood was Bosco chocolate syrup
This was Hitchcocks last film for Paramount studio
In the closing scene, the guard in uniform at the door is a young Ted Knight.
Marions white 1957 Ford Sedan is the same car the the Cleaver family drove on "leave it to beaver"
First American film that showed a toilet flushing
Hope Lange, Shirley Jones and Lana Turner were all considered for the role of Marion.
2007-02-28 04:44:27 · answer #2 · answered by mslider2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. The film was made by the same TV crew that filmed the Hitchcock TV series, because it was cheaperto do so.Cheapness also accounts for the film being in b&w.
2. The film is littered with bird references. It begins in Phoenix, the principle female role is Marion Crane, in one scene in the Motel, Norman and Marion are surrounded by stuffed and mounted birds. The traffic cop who gives Marion a warning hovers over her 'like a bird of prey'.
2007-02-28 04:33:35 · answer #3 · answered by The Font 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alfred Hitchcock had numerous "mother" bodies made and to test them he left them in Janet Leigh's dressing room.
The one that got the biggest scream when she walked in was the one used.
2007-02-28 07:05:31 · answer #4 · answered by north_bloke 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blue paint was used as blood in the shower scene...
2007-02-28 03:54:51 · answer #5 · answered by Clint 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was partly inspired by the serial Killer Ed Gein.
2007-02-28 05:48:55 · answer #6 · answered by We Are Squirrel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋