In 1962, film critic and french new wave director francois truffaut sat down with alfred hitchcock to record a weeklong interview about hitchcocks entire body of work. The film centers on an encounter between a secretary, marion crane leigh, who ends up at a secluded motel after stealing. Here, as in his movies, hitchcock pops up everywhere. If you take a real case, then you are restricted and bound. Double take definition is a delayed reaction to a surprising or significant situation after an initial failure to notice anything unusual usually used in the phrase do a. So if, after seeing double take, you find yourself drawn back to strangers on a train or vertigo or even old episodes of alfred hitchcock presents with new curiosity and. Alfred hitchcock on the doubleexposure scene in the wrong man. Double indemnity is a 1944 american film noir directed by billy wilder, cowritten by wilder and raymond chandler, and produced by buddy desylva and joseph sistrom. Johan grimonprezs double take gives alfred hitchcock a new role. A challenging homage to alfred hitchcock in double take. And the filmmaker intercuts all this with footage of the early 60s zeitgeist, the cuban missile crisis, etc. The most publicly recognizable director during his lifetime has now, 32 years after his death, become the subject of two films set at nearly the same time. Mar 26, 2010 johan grimonprezs new film double take brings to light a kinship between alfred hitchcock and jorge luis borges john patterson fri 26 mar 2010 20.
The concept of doubles and doppelgangers is prominent in many of hitchcocks films. The psycho shower scene, an inconvenient case of vertigo, and a brutal bird attack complete with droppings all get skewered in this funny flick. The relationship between alfred hitchcock and his wife alma reville during the filming of psycho 1960 in 1959 is explored. Jun 11, 2010 double take is johan gimonprezs brilliant meditation on the vagaries of hitchcock, history, and nuclear weapons. Take one 1968 rear window the alfred hitchcock wiki.
With ron burrage, mark perry, delfine bafort, leonid brezhnev. Superimposed images, dissolves, double exposure in. Acclaimed director johan grimonprez casts alfred hitchcock as a paranoid history professor, unwittingly caught up in a double take on the cold. Cains 1943 novella of the same name, which originally appeared as an eightpart serial in liberty magazine, beginning in february 1936 the film stars fred macmurray as an insurance salesman. Double take definition is a delayed reaction to a surprising or significant situation after an initial failure to notice anything unusual usually used in the phrase do a double take. Double take 2009 the alfred hitchcock wiki the hitchcock zone. The hitchcock of 1962 has a supernatural encounter with the older dying hitchcock of the 1980s. Hitchcock meets hitchcock in double take bright lights. Double take traces catastrophe cultures relentless assault on the home, from moving. Though hitchcock had been directing films for nearly a decade his first film was the lodger. Hitchcocks 9 best silent scenes features way too indie.
He is innovative, creative, consumed with the details and cinematic directions of his films, and every hitchcock film is unmistakably his. Dec 31, 2009 in his new film double take, acclaimed director johan grimonprez dial history casts alfred hitchcock as a paranoid history professor, unwittingly caught up in a double take on the cold war. Double take director johan grimonprez on hitchcock, the. Jun 02, 2010 so if, after seeing double take, you find yourself drawn back to strangers on a train or vertigo or even old episodes of alfred hitchcock presents with new curiosity and.
Working with a british hitchcock lookalike, a hitchcock vocal impersonator and archival footage, double take presents a tale of the master of suspenses troubling meeting with his own twin. Using archive footage, the film uses hitchcock s own sardonic wit to explore his preoccupation with doubles a recurring. One of the things a critic has to be wary of is the lure of novelty. All eu orders are shipped by courier service while shipping outside eu is by postal service. Hitchcock s psycho gets a welcome cinematic rerelease accompanied by the fascinating double take, which plays upon the masters preoccupations to illuminating, often hilarious effect, writes.
Using archive footage, the film uses hitchcocks own sardonic wit to explore his. Johan grimonprezs double take looks at events around alfred hitchcock s 1962 classic the birds. Alfred hitchcock on the double exposure scene in the wrong man. Double take is a tale of intrigue, personal paranoia and deception. For awhile double take functions as intelligent fun, forcing us to make connections fast and furiously, verbally and visually. Jun 18, 2011 director johan grimonprez concocts a strange homage to alfred hitchcock in double take, a film thats fascinating in both construction and intent.
The bulk of double take is made up of archival footage, much of it from hitchcocks 1950s television show, alfred hitchcock presents. Alfred hitchcock, ben hecht, cary grant, dial m for murder 1954, francois truffaut, grace kelly, ingrid bergman, joseph conrad, juno and the paycock 1930, macguffin, north by northwest 1959, notorious 1946, psycho 1960, rear. Johan grimonprezs ingenious documentaryfiction hybrid a meditation on identity, filmmaking, power and paranoia looks at alfred hitchcocks late 50s and early. Double take is a brilliant look at hitchcock, war, and. Apr 03, 2010 hitchcocks psycho gets a welcome cinematic rerelease accompanied by the fascinating double take, which plays upon the masters preoccupations to illuminating, often hilarious effect, writes. Superimposed images, dissolves, double exposure in hitchcock movies. The doubled hitchcock mirrors the hitchcock double, who in turn reflects hitchcock pretending to play himself. Zapomatikalfred hitchcock, as seen in johan grimonprezs double take. It stars anthony perkins, janet leigh, john gavin, vera miles, and martin balsam, and was based on the 1959 novel of the same name by robert bloch. Double take is a 2009 essay film, directed by johan grimonprez and written by tom mccarthy. Superimposed images, dissolves, double exposure in hitchcock. Subverting a meticulous array of tv footage and using the birds as an essential metaphor, double take traces catastrophe cultures relentless assault on the. Sep 03, 2011 double take written and directed by johan grimonprez zapomatik, 2009 we have a story about a man who decided to be someone other then himself story.
Director johan grimonprez casts alfred hitchcock as a paranoid history professor, unwittingly caught up in a double take on the cold war period. Double take definition of double take by merriamwebster. It suggests that these events had a great deal to do with one another. Hitchcock s classic version of this story is north by northwest 1959. 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. Hitchcock is in the air that todays directors breathe, and hitchcocktruffaut aims to remind us of this fact.
Cains 1943 novella of the same name, which originally appeared as an eightpart serial in liberty magazine, beginning in february 1936. A story of the london fog in 1926, the 39 steps is his first masterpiece. Hitchcock is the master of high anxiety, and made movies explicitly about the cold war, and about the double. Hitch considered the movie a compliment, and sent brooks a. Johan grimonprezs double take looks at events around alfred hitchcocks 1962 classic the birds. Marli renfro talks being janet leighs body double in psycho. Hitchcock forwent his salary and agreed to take everything on the back end, including percentages and ownership of psycho. May 25, 2010 double take intertwines hitchcocks movie cameos and television appearances with footage of nixon, khrushchev, kennedy, the space race, the cuban missile crisis, sputnik, telstar, and, finally. Hitchcock, famous for cameos in his own works and his pranks, is rumoured to have come second in a hitchcock looka. Johan grimonprezs new film double take brings to light a kinship between alfred hitchcock and jorge luis borges john patterson fri 26 mar 2010 20.
Double take creates its own special world, and if you like to think while you watch a movie, and are at all interested in hitchcock, 20th century history, or how fear is used as the key motivator in global and local politics, youre bound to find this film fascinating. One of the doubles main functions is to show the divide of oneself. A year after the release of hitchcocks final film, family plot, came this mel brooks parody in which the director plays a man wrongly accused of murder, a common trope of many hitch films. Hitchcocks psycho gets a welcome cinematic rerelease accompanied by the fascinating double take, which plays upon the masters preoccupations to. This paper will concentrate on two of hitchcocks films where the use of doubles and doppelgangers are prominent. Polish postal service does not accept international commercial shipping at the moment. Grimonprez gives us two simultaneously living versions of alfred hitchcockone from 1962, the alfred hitchcock who had just completed making the film the birds, and alfred hitchcock from 1980, old, revered by. Grimonprez gives us two simultaneously living versions of alfred hitchcock one from 1962, the alfred hitchcock who had just completed making the film the birds, and alfred hitchcock from 1980, old, revered by. Sir alfred hitchcock remains one of the most famous directors in movie history, not only because of his droll public image, but also because of the enduring appeal of so many of his films. This is one of those films that cant possibly live up to. Grimonprez makes hitchcock a symbol of cold war era the. As someone who has tried with mixed success to show hollywood classics to nonbuff audiences, ive noticed how his very name inspires fond grins from many viewers, and how even some of his less famous works. A recurrent motif in many of hitchcocks films is the idea of the double. Director johan grimonprez concocts a strange homage to alfred hitchcock in double take, a film thats fascinating in both construction and intent.
Psycho is a 1960 american psychological thriller film directed and produced by alfred hitchcock, and written by joseph stefano. I would prefer to see the original clips strung togetheras hitchcocks movie. Oct, 2017 janet leighs brutal death just 20 minutes into alfred hitchcocks psycho 1960is one of the most iconic moments in movie history but her time in the shower, as in the rest of film, was. Marli renfro talks being janet leighs body double in. In his new film double take, acclaimed director johan grimonprez dial history casts alfred hitchcock as a paranoid history professor, unwittingly caught up in a double take on the cold war. Double take is johan gimonprezs brilliant meditation on the vagaries of hitchcock, history, and nuclear weapons. Double take, hitchcock, polish movie poster please note we can only send online orders to eu countries at the moment. Director johan grimonprez casts alfred hitchcock as a paranoid history. Janet leighs brutal death just 20 minutes into alfred hitchcocks psycho 1960is one of the most iconic moments in movie history but her time in the shower, as in the rest of film, was.
Hitchcock is in every sense of the word a true auteur. Double take intertwines hitchcocks movie cameos and television appearances with footage of nixon, khrushchev, kennedy, the space race, the. The director of double take, johan grimonprez, shows us two things which obsess himthe cold war and the life of alfred hitchcock. Double take director johan grimonprez on hitchcock, the cold. The plot is set during the cold war and combines both documentary and fictional elements. Shadow of a doubt 1943 and strangers on a train 1951. Dec 24, 2012 hitchcock forwent his salary and agreed to take everything on the back end, including percentages and ownership of psycho. Double take s most fluid montage mixes duckandcover footage of 1950s primary school shelter drills with the. Television plays a crucial role in the theodicy of double take.
So it was one of the brilliant deals of all time, and hitchcock and his. Please note we can only send online orders to eu countries at the moment. The documentary double take is bookended by two of the scariest moments in american history. However, in spite of its thriller pedigree, double take is something. Marli renfro is a lot more than the girl in hitchcocks shower janet leighs body double in psycho talks hitchcock, hugh hefner, and being misreported as a murder victim. It represents hitchcocks fall from grace, the moment he yielded to the commercialism of the small screen and succumbed to its culture of fear. Double take is a 2009 essay film by belgian director johan grimonprez, which intercuts clips and interviews featuring alfred hitchcock with archive footage of.
With anthony hopkins, helen mirren, scarlett johansson, danny huston. Johan grimonprezs ingenious documentaryfiction hybrid a meditation on identity, filmmaking, power and paranoia looks at alfred hitchcocks late 50. The main characters in both films are doubles or doppelgangers, however the main. Double take is a brilliant look at hitchcock, war, and tv. Using archive footage, the film uses hitchcocks own sardonic wit to explore his preoccupation with doubles a recurring. Oct 20, 2017 marli renfro is a lot more than the girl in hitchcocks shower janet leighs body double in psycho talks hitchcock, hugh hefner, and being misreported as a murder victim. Doubles and doppelgangers in hitchcock movies, nerdiness. Birds airborne in the birds and on the wall in psycho. According to davidson strangers on a train 1951 is a film in which game playing assumes a particularly high degree of importance p.
Hitchcock is a love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, alfred hitchcock and his wife and partner alma reville. Hitchcock, famous for cameos in his own works and his pranks, is rumoured to have come second in a hitchcock lookalike contest. Double take opens in hitchcock fashion with a manhattan businessman finding himself on the run. Nov 20, 2012 sir alfred hitchcock remains one of the most famous directors in movie history, not only because of his droll public image, but also because of the enduring appeal of so many of his films. The double motif involves a comparison or contrast between two characters or sets of characters within a work to represent opposing forces of human nature origins 2012. Subverting a meticulous array of tv footage and using the birds as an essential metaphor, double take traces catastrophe cultures relentless assault on. The protagonist is a fictionalised version of alfred hitchcock. High anxiety, a 1977 film by mel brooks, is a parody of suspense films directed by alfred hitchcock, but leans on vertigo in particular. The themes explored in double take are all rooted in the following comment by ron burrage the alfred hitchcock lookalike. As someone who has tried with mixed success to show hollywood classics to nonbuff audiences, ive noticed how his very name inspires fond grins from many viewers, and how even some of his less. Grimonprez makes hitchcock a symbol of cold war era the new.
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