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Subject: Re: Re: Hitchcock Trivia (from living al
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Date: Thu, 5-Sep-85 10:42:00 EDT
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I remember specifically reading that Hitch did direct the shower
scene himself. Crew members reminisced that it seemed quite
incongruous to have the director, who always wore a suit and tie
to the set, directing a naked body double for Janet Leigh.

Saul Bass did direct a version of the scene where Abernathy
(Martin Balsam) enters the Bates home and is attacked by
"Mother".  Hitch went back and reshot it, according to Hitch,
because Bass' version made it look like Abernathy was the
menacing character rather than the menaced one.

Bass did titles for several Hitchcock films, including "North by
Northwest", "Vertigo" and "Psycho". Another of his contributions
to "Psycho" was matting in clouds behind shots of the Bates home
that rushed by at an abnormally high speed. This was intended to
give the viewer the impression that something was eerie in the
shot without your being quite able to figure out what was amiss.