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Hi Ecarle, I've been enjoying your posts for years (and telegonious', Gubbio's, Swanstep's and the whole gang). Just finished watching "Shadow of a Doubt" again (love it) and came upon a connection to "Psycho" that I'm frankly surprised you failed to mention. Uncle Charlie deposits exactly $40,000 into Joe Newton's bank. That might mean I trump you as the greatest Hitchcock fan. Though it's a close race... Also, a question to you and the gang--- What constitutes a set-piece? I ask that because sometimes I see more set-pieces in a film for which it's not given credit. For instance, the traditional thinking is that "Psycho" has three set-pieces--and we all know what they are. But what about Janet Leigh's drive--especially when she's hearing the voices from the car lot to the motel? And Norman's bathroom clean-up? Seems like a set-piece to me, but I don't really know the precise definition of set-piece. Also, Norman taking his mother's corpse into the fruit cellar. If the staircase scene in"Frenzy" (another film I love) is a set-piece, why isn't that scene (which to my mind seems more artful)? Would love to get some responses to this. And I've been entertained and enlightened by these discussions for years and it's a pleasure to finally have the nerve to jump in.

posted 4 years ago in Psycho (1960)