Mother! Oh God! Mother!
Jenny Diski: ‘Psycho’, 7 January 2010
‘Psycho’ in the Shower: The History of Cinema’s Most Famous Scene
by Philip Skerry.
Continuum, 316 pp., £12.99, June 2009,978 0 8264 2769 4 Show More
by Philip Skerry.
Continuum, 316 pp., £12.99, June 2009,
“... book. So if you’re an academic wanting to write a book about Psycho, you really need an angle. Philip Skerry has come up with 60 angles: the 49 shots that make up the ‘shower scene’ proper, from Marion’s feet stepping into the bathtub to the moment when Norman is heard shouting ‘Mother! Oh God! Mother! Blood! Blood!’ back at the house, which ... ”
