Violins and Violence
April 1, 2010 7:26 PM Subscribe
In 1960, Alfred Hitchcock created the most notorious sequence in the history of cinema - the shower sequence from Psycho. Thousands film students have studied it, dozens of books have been written on it) and...
One man became so obsessed with the sequence that he murdered The Girl In Hitchock's Shower.
Kenneth Dean Hunt murdered the wrong woman. Graysmith's book is now in my library queue and appears to be a completely bizarre and horrible tale of mistaken identity.
One man became so obsessed with the sequence that he murdered The Girl In Hitchock's Shower.
Kenneth Dean Hunt murdered the wrong woman. Graysmith's book is now in my library queue and appears to be a completely bizarre and horrible tale of mistaken identity.
Robert Graysmith is also the author of Zodiac, which at the time of its publication was the most detailed available book on the Zodiac Killer. It might still be, although his pet theory about the identity of the Zodiac was later disproved.
There was a short profile of Robert Graysmith in the Washington Post a few years ago. He's written several other true-crime books. Two movies, including the 2007 movie Zodiac, have been based on his books. A Killer Obsession: Robert Graysmith Was a Cartoonist Until the Zodiac Case Drew Him In
posted by hat at 9:13 PM on April 1, 2010
There was a short profile of Robert Graysmith in the Washington Post a few years ago. He's written several other true-crime books. Two movies, including the 2007 movie Zodiac, have been based on his books. A Killer Obsession: Robert Graysmith Was a Cartoonist Until the Zodiac Case Drew Him In
posted by hat at 9:13 PM on April 1, 2010
8 frames of "Psycho." Blog post with a comment by Marli Renfro Peterson.
posted by kirkaracha at 9:31 PM on April 1, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by kirkaracha at 9:31 PM on April 1, 2010 [3 favorites]
That kid gets no tip.
posted by total warfare frown at 9:46 PM on April 1, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by total warfare frown at 9:46 PM on April 1, 2010 [1 favorite]
Wow. I went to buy this without pause - and then paused to read the review. Publisher's Weekly was pretty brutal. I think I'll wait and see how you folks like it before I buy it.
posted by Kimothy at 12:02 AM on April 2, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Kimothy at 12:02 AM on April 2, 2010 [1 favorite]
That was my take on it as well, Kimothy. They really hated it: "As sloppy as Hitchcock's shower scene was precise, Graysmith's jumbled account never finds its footing, despite the fascinating subject matter."
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 3:41 AM on April 2, 2010
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 3:41 AM on April 2, 2010
Do we really know that the guy who did these killings was a psycho obsessed with the film? Seems like the kind of thing someone would just make up to spice up a story.
posted by delmoi at 3:43 AM on April 2, 2010
posted by delmoi at 3:43 AM on April 2, 2010
Graysmith? Jumbled? The hell you say.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 11:50 AM on April 2, 2010
posted by Ogre Lawless at 11:50 AM on April 2, 2010
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