Unless you have encyclopedic knowledge about Alfred Hitchock and his work, the title of this documentary will not give you any idea what it is about. That’s bad marketing in my opinion and the only reason I knew about this film was because I read about it being shown at a film festival. Had I come across it another way I wouldn’t have even given it a look. The movie also doesn’t explain its title, but the numbers reference the infamous shower scene in Psycho. 78 different camera angles were used and there are 52 cuts to create an iconic and influential moment in movie history. It was a scene that took 7 days to shoot, which in the end resulted in only 45 seconds, which were very effective though. Is it possible to analyse that during an hour and a half in an interesting way? Continue reading →