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It killed off its star after only forty minutes in the most violent scene in American film to date. Fifty years after its original release, Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" still has the power to shock. Film critic David Thomson tells us the story behind the making of "Psycho" and how Hitchcock taught America to love murder. Also, Greil Marcus introduces us to "A New Literary History of America."

Greil Marcus on "A New Literary History of America"

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Greil Marcus is one of America's most admired pop culture critics, and has now taken on the entire American canon.

David Thomson on "The Moment of Psycho"

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David Thomson makes the case that "Psycho" was a ground-breaking film that forever changed American cinema and America itself.

Michael Streissguth on Roseanne Cash

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Back in 1973, country music legend Johnny Cash gave his daughter Roseanne a list of 100 songs he considered essential. Now, music critic Michael Streissguth takes us behind the scenes.

Joan Schenkar on Patricia Highsmith

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Biographer Joan Schenkar thinks Patricia Highsmith deserves to be recognized as the author of one of the great American novels.

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