{"product_id":"9798765122846","title":"Psycho in the Shower The History of Cinema's Most Famous Scene, Revised and Expanded","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePsycho in the Shower\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe History of Cinema's Most Famous Scene, Revised and Expanded\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePhilip J. Skerry\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book is an original study of one scene in one movie: the shower scene from Alfred Hitchcock's \u003ci\u003ePsycho, \u003c\/i\u003eand it includes extended interviews with individuals who worked on the original film-including Janet Leigh, Hilton Green, and Joseph Stefano. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe chapters take a range of approaches to film criticism, covering aspects of Hitchcock's career, the techniques and methods he used to generate suspense and terror, and the extraordinary impact that this one scene had on moviegoers when they saw it for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe new edition includes a new foreword by a renowned Hitchcock scholar; a new introduction surveying the ever-increasing amount of scholarship and criticism devoted to \u003ci\u003ePsycho\u003c\/i\u003e and the shower scene; an interview with Amy Duddleston, who edited Gus Van Sant's 1998 shot-for-shot remake of \u003ci\u003ePsycho\u003c\/i\u003e; an interview with Marli Renfro, who was the (nude) stand-in for Janet Leigh in the shooting of the original shower scene; and a chapter on the music in the shower scene by scholar Steven Smith, author of the definitive book on the composer Bernard Herrmann, Hitchcock's key collaborator on \u003ci\u003ePsycho\u003c\/i\u003e and several other of his key films.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePhilip J. Skerry\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus at Lakeland Community College, Ohio, USA. He is the author of seven books, including \u003ci\u003ePsycho in the Shower: The History of Cinema's Most Famous Scene\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2008) and \u003ci\u003eDark Energy; Hitchcock's Absolute Camera and the Physics of Cinematic Spacetime \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2013), as well as numerous articles for scholarly journals.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21 January 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798765122846\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e400\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51935862456460,"sku":"9798765122846","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9798765122846","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}