Featured Film by Johan Grimonprez, Essay Film, 80 min, 35mm, Colour/Sw, BE/GER/NL 2009
©ZAP-O-MATIK, Nikovantastic Film, Volya Films
Funded by The Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Nederlands Fonds voor de Film, nordmedia Fonds, Rotterdam Film FundWorld Sales: Urban Distribution International
SYNOPSIS
Director Johan Grimonprez portrays 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 him, from moving images' inception to the present day.
CAST
Ron Burrage - Hitchcock Double
Mary Perry - Hitchcock Voice
CREW
Producer | Emmy Oost, Hanneke van der Tas, Nicole Gerhards, Denis Vaslin |
Writer and Director | Johan Grimonprez |
Story written by | Tom McCarthy (Remainder) |
Inspired by the Essay “25 August, 1983” |
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Music | Christian Halten |
Editor | Dieter Diependale, Tyler Hubby |
Commissioning Editor | Doris Hepp |