Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho
If you don't believe us when we say that Stephen Rebello'sAlfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psychois a killer book concerning the killer movie of all time, then why don't you listen to Tony Perkins, the star? Perkins called this scholarly yet super-readable volume "marvelously researched and irresistible ... required reading not only forPsycho-philes, but also for anyone interested in the backstage world of movie creation." AndTimecritic Richard Schickel (biographer ofClint Eastwood) calls Rebello's book "one of the best accounts of the making of an individual movie we've ever had."It's even more reliable than Francois Truffaut's magisterial interview bookHitchcock, because Rebello interviewed the fat master himself, plus manyPsychoinsiders less cagey and truth-dodging than he.At last, thanks to Rebello, we know all about the celebrated shower murder scene and all that swirls around it. LikeErnst Lubitsch, who conveyed the thrill of adultery by having the lovers open a door and cast their shadows on a bed, Hitchcock knew that, in film, artful discretion can be the most shocking effect of all.--Tim Appelo--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.