: Hitchcock famously subverted audience expectations by killing off his leading lady, Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), only 47 minutes into the film. This forced the audience to shift their emotional investment to the mysterious Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins).
: Perhaps the most analyzed 45 seconds in film history, this sequence uses "montage" editing to suggest extreme violence without ever showing the knife piercing the skin. It contains 78 different camera angles and 52 cuts. [cb01 ac] Psycho - Psyco 1960
: Psycho pushed the boundaries of the Motion Picture Production Code (the "Hays Code") by being the first American film to show a flushing toilet and by depicting a woman in her brassiere, signaling the dawn of the more permissive "New Hollywood" era. Where to Watch and Learn More It contains 78 different camera angles and 52 cuts