Double Take

Double Take (2009)

Director Johan Grimonprez casts Alfred Hitchcock as a paranoid history professor, unwittingly caught up in a double take on the cold war period. Subverting a meticulous array of TV footage and using 'The Birds' as an essential metaphor, DOUBLE TAKE traces catastrophe culture's relentless assault on the home, from moving images' inception to the present day.

Data di uscita
2009-02-10
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (10)
Durata
1 h 20 min
Generi
Documentario
Regista
Johan Grimonprez

Cast

Curiosità

Double Take is a 2009 Belgian-German-Dutch essay film, directed and written by Johan Grimonprez with story written by Tom McCarthy. The plot is set during the Cold War and combines both documentary and fictional elements. The protagonist is a fictionalised version of Alfred Hitchcock. The backdrop of the film charts the rise of the television in the domestic setting and with it, the ensuing commodification of fear during the cold war.

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