Double Take (Original title)
Dates: 2009 (Copyright), 02 April 2010 (Release)Countries: Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, France, USA, United KingdomDirected by: Johan Grimonprez
Synopsis: Alfred Hitchcock's persona is explored using TV and newsreel footage in a part mockumentary film which also reads his films of the late 1950s and early 1960s against their socio-political backdrop.Synopsis: Set in Universal Studios, California, in 1962. Whilst working on the set of THE BIRDS, Alfred Hitchcock is called to the production office for an urgent message. When he arrives he encounters his doppelganger, who claims to be the real Alfred Hitchcock and threatens death on the grounds that your double should be killed before he kills you. Uses archive footage and Hitchock's own words to explore his preoccupation with doubles, often featured in his films, with Hitchcock and his doppleganger calculating the perfect murder of each other. Inspired by the Cold War Jorge Luis Borges novella `The Other'.
Genre: Drama-documentary
Subjects: Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980), Film production
Releases
Date: 13 January 2010Country: BelgiumRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour and Black and White - SoundRuntime: 83 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 02 April 2010Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour and Black and White - SoundRuntime: 83 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Soda Pictures
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour and Black and White - SoundRuntime: 83 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Dates: 2009 (Copyright), 02 April 2010 (Release)Countries: Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, France, USA, United KingdomDirected by: Johan Grimonprez
Synopsis: Alfred Hitchcock's persona is explored using TV and newsreel footage in a part mockumentary film which also reads his films of the late 1950s and early 1960s against their socio-political backdrop.Synopsis: Set in Universal Studios, California, in 1962. Whilst working on the set of THE BIRDS, Alfred Hitchcock is called to the production office for an urgent message. When he arrives he encounters his doppelganger, who claims to be the real Alfred Hitchcock and threatens death on the grounds that your double should be killed before he kills you. Uses archive footage and Hitchock's own words to explore his preoccupation with doubles, often featured in his films, with Hitchcock and his doppleganger calculating the perfect murder of each other. Inspired by the Cold War Jorge Luis Borges novella `The Other'.
Genre: Drama-documentary
Subjects: Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980), Film production
Releases
Date: 13 January 2010Country: BelgiumRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour and Black and White - SoundRuntime: 83 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 02 April 2010Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour and Black and White - SoundRuntime: 83 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Soda Pictures
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour and Black and White - SoundRuntime: 83 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer