{"id":2226,"date":"2017-10-22T18:08:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T18:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2017\/10\/22\/psycho-the-iconic-shower-scene-gets-dissected-by-janet-leighs-body-double-watch\/"},"modified":"2017-10-22T18:08:15","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T18:08:15","slug":"psycho-the-iconic-shower-scene-gets-dissected-by-janet-leighs-body-double-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2017\/10\/22\/psycho-the-iconic-shower-scene-gets-dissected-by-janet-leighs-body-double-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Psycho\u2019: The Iconic Shower Scene Gets Dissected by Janet Leigh\u2019s Body Double \u2014 Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Not a lot of movie scenes are so famous that entire documentaries are made about them, but not a lot of scenes are like the shower sequence in \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/psycho\/\" id=\"auto-tag_psycho\">Psycho<\/a>.\u201d One of the most iconic moments in all of cinema gets analyzed in Alexandre O. Philippe\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/7852\/\" id=\"auto-tag_7852\">78\/52<\/a>,\u201d the title of which refers to the number of setups (78) and cuts (52) it features. Among the interviewees in that documentary is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/marli-renfro\/\" id=\"auto-tag_marli-renfro\">Marli Renfro<\/a>, who served as Janet Leigh\u2019s body double.<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2017\/08\/7852-trailer-psycho-shower-scene-hitchcock-documentary-1201871321\/\" title=\"\u201978\/52\u2032 Trailer: Riveting \u2018Psycho\u2019 Documentary Deconstructs Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s Shower Scene \u2014 Watch\">\u201978\/52\u2032 Trailer: Riveting \u2018Psycho\u2019 Documentary Deconstructs Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s Shower Scene \u2014 Watch<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;I usually tell people that I&#8217;m not famous, but I did something famous,&#8221; Renfro says in a new interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/ew.com\/movies\/2017\/10\/22\/janet-leigh-body-double-psycho-marli-renfro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a>. Renfro, who began as a pin-up model before transitioning into acting, recalls disrobing for both Alfred Hitchcock and Leigh herself (&#8220;our bodies were very similar \u2014 that&#8217;s the reason that I got hired&#8221;) as well as the director\u2019s (in)famous meticulousness: \u201cHe knew exactly what he wanted with every shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2017\/01\/78-52-review-psycho-alexandre-o-phillipe-sundance-2017-1201769395\/\" title=\"\u2018Psycho,\u2019 Analyzed: Hitchcock\u2019s Famous Shower Scene Gets Scrutinized In the Perceptive \u201978\/52\u2032 \u2014 Sundance Review\">\u2018Psycho,\u2019 Analyzed: Hitchcock\u2019s Famous Shower Scene Gets Scrutinized In the Perceptive \u201978\/52\u2032 \u2014 Sundance Review<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>When the film came out, Renfro was reluctant to actually go see it. &#8220;Oh, how boring,&#8221; she remembers thinking. &#8220;I saw a lot of it being filmed.&#8221; In spite of that, it &#8220;scared me half to death. I really was surprised&#8221;; even now, she hears from people who \u201cwouldn\u2019t take a shower for months, or even years afterwards. Some to this day still lock the door.\u201d Watch her full interview below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link sign-up\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Sign Up:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/indiewire.com\/email\" title=\"Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.\">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Source: IndieWire film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not a lot of movie scenes are so famous that entire documentaries are made about them, but not a lot of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-2226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-careering"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paqOTj-zU","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}