Hitchcock shot Psycho's shower scene 78 setups for 45 seconds—AI filmmakers quit too early
taherdhanera · x · 2026-09-04
Hitchcock spent seven days shooting Psycho's shower scene—78 camera setups, 52 cuts—for just 45 seconds of screen time. The author contrasts that craft with AI filmmakers who give up when a single shot isn't perfect in the first few generations.
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