It’s my personal favorite Hitchcock movie. I love the dialog between the characters.

@Renovatio said:

Apparently the film has an average shot length a little over 7 minutes or so... This film has only 10 shots... The pacing is unlike anything in current movies...

It really helps with maintaining the tension...

Yeah apparently when you saw a real close up of a person's back or similar, that's when they changed the shot as you say. Not sure how to word it Last time I watched the movie I counted them.

@Renovatio said:

Apparently the film has an average shot length a little over 7 minutes or so... This film has only 10 shots... The pacing is unlike anything in current movies...

It really helps with maintaining the tension...

Hey, what you mean is only 10 takes, not shots. I read somebody's recent post about this film and thought about what you're referring to, but I was unsure of the exact number. Anyway, a shot refers to how a camera is positioned to photograph something; a take is an amount of film used from when the camera and other stuff are turned on, to when they're turned off.

Cheers.

yeah, i meant the average length from one cut to the next... thanks