20 iconic movie scenes that took multiple retakes to shoot

19) Psycho (1960)

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The infamous shower scene in Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock lasted only 45 seconds but took over seven days and more than 70 camera setups to film. Hitchcock wanted to bring maximum tension and terror without showing violence. He created each shot with precision that added up to the horrors of Janet Leigh's acting and the shrieking scores of Bernard Herrmann. The repeated takes on focusing the perfect rhythm of editing and the victim's helplessness resulted in one of the most iconic scenes in cinematic history that, with its revolution in depicting violence on the screen, marked the pinnacle of Hitchcock's stature as the "Master of Suspense."

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