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>>>More good additions to the list. Well, sort of. He was a bit overwhelmed by Katharine Hepburn in "The African Queen" (and who wouldn't want to be overwhelmed by Katharine Hepburn?). And "Key Largo" I didn't particularly care for despite the stellar cast.
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>>>When I first arrived in Madison, as a transfer, one of the first groups I joined was the film society. It was new student week and they were trying to recruit new members, so they brought out the big guns. One night it was "Psycho" -- which I had miraculously not seen to that point -- then "Casablanca", then "Key Largo".
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>>The shower scene in Psycho was a frightening moment. Amazing how Hitchcock could imply terror while not showing a morbid event. So unlike the special effects of today. Now the "splash" is more important than the "content".
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>You often see trailers for films that "will change your life", eg they said that about the Matrix. It's never happened to me. Only one small thing is that after seeing Psycho, in the shower I don't really like to have soap in my eyes and ears at the same time: I like to have at least one sense operant just in case. Irrational I know but that's the power of the shower scene :-)


Janet Leigh has said she is nervous in the shower to this day.