I just got a book from the library, _The Art of Soundtrack Covers_, for which Bass wrote the introduction, and the mini bio that follows his introduction claims that he did this, and this is a fairly new book, post Bass's death at publication, I believe. Scott On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Angel Comas wrote: > Jim Marsden escribió: > > > Eugene Walz wrote: > > > > > About ten years ago there was an article (somewhere in an American movie > > > mag) about Saul Bass's contribution to Psycho. I wish I could find the > > > reference, but right now I'm stymied. Bass would be central to your > study. > > > Maybe someone else can provide the reference. > > > > I don't have that reference, but I recalled reading about Saul Bass in > Janet > > Leigh's 1995 book, _Psycho: Behind the Scenes of the Classic Thriller_. > Leigh > > castigates Bass for claiming he directed the shower scene (he apparently > > storyboarded it). As part of her case she quotes cinematographer Hilton > > Green: > > "There is not a shot in that movie that I didn't roll the camera for. And I > > can tell you I never rolled the camera for Mr. Bass" (p. 69). > > > > Does anyone have information about when and why Bass was making the > directing > > claim? > > > > ---- > > Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite > > http://www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite > > I investigated the case of Saul Bass and Hitchcock for a book I have > published in > Spain about the film. Saul Bass was almost always claiming that he directed > the > shower sequence. I guess that he claimed it privately but I consider that it > was > in Sitges Festival (Barcelona, Spain)in 1995 where he claimed it publicaly. > After talking with him and reading al what was written about it in my opinion > Bass wrote the sequence and Hitch directed it.Why did he claim he was the > director? > It was true that he wrote all the seqüence and that itch followed the script > faitfully. Maybe Bass considered himself as the complete author. > > Angel Comas > > ---- > Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite > http://www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite > ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama.