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It traces the cultural and practical forces surrounding the film, including Ed Gein’s crimes, Robert Bloch’s novel connection, production planning, technical work, casting and design choices, censorship conflicts, shooting innovations, postproduction decisions, and publicity strategies. The narrative follows Psycho from early conception to public release, showing how sound, titles, and screenings shaped its impact.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nAlfred Hitchcock and the Making  \nof Psycho  \nStephen Rebello  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTO MY FAMILY, who keep me honest.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nContents  \nChapter 1-The Awful Truth  \nThe Atrocities of Ed Gein  \nChapter 2-The Novel  \nYours Truly, Robert Bloch  \nChapter 3-The Director  \nThe Trouble With Alfred  \nChapter 4-The Deal  \nHitchcock Outmaneuvers  \nChapter 5-The Screenplays  \nWriting Is Rewriting  \nChapter 6-Preproduction  \nThe Studio  \nThe Technical Crew  \nCasting  \nProduction Design  \nWardrobe  \nMakeup  \nHitchcock vs. Censors: Round One  \nChapter 7-Shooting  \nProduction \\#9401, Hitchcock’s “30-Day Picture”  \nA Set Divided  \nThe Director Innovates  \nNo Photographs, Please  \nHitchcock Amuses Himself  \nSaul Bass and Screaming In The Shower  \nArbogast Meets Mother  \nEndgame  \nChapter 8-Postproduction  \nRetakes, Quibbles, and Indecision  \nThe Sound of Mother  \nThe First Screenings  \nSounds and Music  \nTitles  \nHitchcock Braves Another Screening  \nDirector Vs. Censors, Round Two  \nChapter 9-Publicity  \nThe Care and Handling of Psycho  \nChapter 10-The Release  \nThe World Goes Psycho  \nHitchcock and The Oscars: “Always A Bridesmaid?”Chapter 11-Afterglow and Aftermath  \nPsycho  \nCast and Credits  \nPsycho on Video  \nPsycho Soundtract  \nThe Films of Alfred Hitchcock  \nSilent  \nSound  \nTelevision  \nA Note on Sources  \nSelected Bibliography  \nAcknowledgements  \nIndex  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n“Film should be stronger than reason.”  \n—ALFRED HITCHCOCK  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n1.  \nThe Awful Truth  \nThe Atrocities of Ed Gein  \nThere was a young man named Ed  \nWho would not take a woman to bed  \nWhen he wanted to diddle,  \nHe cut out the middle  \nAnd hung the rest in a shed.  \nANONYMOUS, 1957  \nIN LATE NOVEMBER 1957, NO one would have marked Plainfield as unlike anyother hardscrabble, rawboned Wisconsin farm hamlet. That winter was especially raw. Ask any of the friendly townies of third- and fourthgeneration German and French stock. In flat, laconic tones, they recite litanies of burst water mains and permafrost; of nights spent hunkering down against slashing winds and rains that blew east along Canada’s border. But that November also saw Plainfield mentioned in newspapers across the country. Remind these dairyland types about that little bit of business and their open faces wall up. They begin to study their shoes or make excuses before they beg off. That month, in 1957, Plainfield police smoked out an oafish fifty-one-year-old, odd-job-and-errands-man named Ed Gein (rhymes with mean) as one of the grisliest mass murderers America ever spawned.  \nLong before the headlines were to brand Gein as a bogeyman, his rural, God-fearing community of seven hundred had chalked him off as acrank. A perpetually grinning, unmarried recluse, Gein rambled over 160 ruined acres once farmed by his parents and brother. Even locals who never gave a second thought to hiring Gein for errands or baby-sitting had wearied of his harebrained theories. He liked to rag on the whys and wherefores of criminals who fouled up, or yammer endlessly, and pitifully, about women. Plainfield-ers recall his clinical obsession with anatomy and with the sex-change operation of Christine Jorgensen. But there was more to Gein than loony talk. That came home with a vengeance with the discovery of bloodstains on the floor of Bernice Worden’s general store on November 16.  \nCustomers had marked it as odd that Worden’s store had been closed since before noon that Saturday, her busiest day. No one had seen the steady, well-liked storekeeper since the previous day. Her pickup truck was missing from its usual spot. Concerned, Worden’s deputy sheriff son, Frank, let himself into the store. A late entry in Worden’s sales book (“½ gall. antifreeze”) triggered Frank’s recollection of Ed Gein’s loafing about the store the previous week. Gein had asked whether Frank would be out deer hunting on Saturday","cbCaibjoQBfDf3kY","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibjoQBfDf3kY","pdf",2214451,1,287,"English","en",105,"# Contents\n## Chapter 1-The Awful Truth\n## Chapter 2-The Novel\n## Chapter 3-The Director\n## Chapter 4-The Deal\n## Chapter 5-The Screenplays\n## Chapter 6-Preproduction\n## Chapter 7-Shooting\n## Chapter 8-Postproduction\n## Chapter 9-Publicity\n## Chapter 10-The Release\n## Chapter 11-Afterglow and Aftermath\n## A Note on Sources\n## Selected Bibliography\n## Acknowledgements\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"What real-life case is introduced at the start of the book?\",\"answer\":\"The book opens by discussing Ed Gein and the atrocities associated with him, framing them as a crucial backdrop for Psycho’s darker themes.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book connect the film Psycho to earlier writing?\",\"answer\":\"It links Psycho to the novel by Yours Truly, Robert Bloch, and explains the creative and adaptation path that led from that source material to Hitchcock’s direction.\"},{\"question\":\"Which production stages are covered in detail?\",\"answer\":\"The contents outline preproduction (studio, crew, casting, design, wardrobe, makeup), shooting (including specific production elements), and postproduction (retakes, sound, music, and titles), followed by publicity and release.\"}]","Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho - 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