All eu orders are shipped by courier service while shipping outside eu is by postal service. For awhile double take functions as intelligent fun, forcing us to make connections fast and furiously, verbally and visually. If you take a real case, then you are restricted and bound. Double take is a 2009 essay film, directed by johan grimonprez and written by tom mccarthy.
Double take 2009 the alfred hitchcock wiki the hitchcock zone. 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. However, in spite of its thriller pedigree, double take is something. 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. He is suspected of illegal activities, and has to prove his innocence while being pursued by the authorities. Television plays a crucial role in the theodicy of double take.
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. Take one 1968 rear window the alfred hitchcock wiki. Using archive footage, the film uses hitchcocks own sardonic wit to explore his preoccupation with doubles a recurring. Double take traces catastrophe cultures relentless assault on the home, from moving. So it was one of the brilliant deals of all time, and hitchcock and his. 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. 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. The doubled hitchcock mirrors the hitchcock double, who in turn reflects hitchcock pretending to play himself. 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. 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.
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. The plot is set during the cold war and combines both documentary and fictional elements. 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. This is one of those films that cant possibly live up to. Hitchcock is in every sense of the word a true auteur.
Hitchcock s classic version of this story is north by northwest 1959. Please note we can only send online orders to eu countries at the moment. 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. 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. 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. It suggests that these events had a great deal to do with one another.
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. Johan grimonprezs double take looks at events around alfred hitchcock s 1962 classic the birds. 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. A challenging homage to alfred hitchcock in double take. The concept of doubles and doppelgangers is prominent in many of hitchcocks films. According to davidson strangers on a train 1951 is a film in which game playing assumes a particularly high degree of importance p. The relationship between alfred hitchcock and his wife alma reville during the filming of psycho 1960 in 1959 is explored. A recurrent motif in many of hitchcocks films is the idea of the double. Psycho is a 1960 american psychological thriller film directed and produced by alfred hitchcock, and written by joseph stefano. Acclaimed director johan grimonprez casts alfred hitchcock as a paranoid history professor, unwittingly caught up in a double take on the cold. Double take director johan grimonprez on hitchcock, the. One of the things a critic has to be wary of is the lure of novelty. Double take is a 2009 essay film by belgian director johan grimonprez, which intercuts clips and interviews featuring alfred hitchcock with archive footage of.
Double take is a tale of intrigue, personal paranoia and deception. I would prefer to see the original clips strung togetheras hitchcocks movie. This paper will concentrate on two of hitchcocks films where the use of doubles and doppelgangers are prominent. Though hitchcock had been directing films for nearly a decade his first film was the lodger. Director johan grimonprez casts alfred hitchcock as a paranoid history professor, unwittingly caught up in a double take on the cold war period. 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. Here, as in his movies, hitchcock pops up everywhere. Alfred hitchcock on the doubleexposure scene in the wrong man. The bulk of double take is made up of archival footage, much of it from hitchcocks 1950s television show, alfred hitchcock presents. Birds airborne in the birds and on the wall in psycho. Alfred hitchcock on the double exposure scene in the wrong man. Johan grimonprezs ingenious documentaryfiction hybrid a meditation on identity, filmmaking, power and paranoia looks at alfred hitchcocks late 50s and early. Double take, hitchcock, polish movie poster please note we can only send online orders to eu countries at the moment.
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. Hitchcock, famous for cameos in his own works and his pranks, is rumoured to have come second in a hitchcock lookalike contest. 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. Johan grimonprezs double take gives alfred hitchcock a new role. 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. 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.
Double take is a brilliant look at hitchcock, war, and. The film centers on an encounter between a secretary, marion crane leigh, who ends up at a secluded motel after stealing. 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. 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. With ron burrage, mark perry, delfine bafort, leonid brezhnev. The themes explored in double take are all rooted in the following comment by ron burrage the alfred hitchcock lookalike. Hitchcock is the master of high anxiety, and made movies explicitly about the cold war, and about the double. 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. With anthony hopkins, helen mirren, scarlett johansson, danny huston. High anxiety, a 1977 film by mel brooks, is a parody of suspense films directed by alfred hitchcock, but leans on vertigo in particular.
Jun 11, 2010 double take is johan gimonprezs brilliant meditation on the vagaries of hitchcock, history, and nuclear weapons. Superimposed images, dissolves, double exposure in. 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 is a brilliant look at hitchcock, war, and tv. He is innovative, creative, consumed with the details and cinematic directions of his films, and every hitchcock film is unmistakably his. Hitchcock, famous for cameos in his own works and his pranks, is rumoured to have come second in a hitchcock looka. 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.
Hitchcocks psycho gets a welcome cinematic rerelease accompanied by the fascinating double take, which plays upon the masters preoccupations to. 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 double take looks at events around alfred hitchcocks 1962 classic the birds. Subverting a meticulous array of tv footage and using the birds as an essential metaphor, double take traces catastrophe cultures relentless assault on. Cains 1943 novella of the same name, which originally appeared as an eightpart serial in liberty magazine, beginning in february 1936. 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. Hitchcocks 9 best silent scenes features way too indie.
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. One of the doubles main functions is to show the divide of oneself. The psycho shower scene, an inconvenient case of vertigo, and a brutal bird attack complete with droppings all get skewered in this funny flick. Shadow of a doubt 1943 and strangers on a train 1951. Hitchcock meets hitchcock in double take bright lights. 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.
Using archive footage, the film uses hitchcock s own sardonic wit to explore his preoccupation with doubles a recurring. Johan grimonprezs ingenious documentaryfiction hybrid a meditation on identity, filmmaking, power and paranoia looks at alfred hitchcocks late 50. Double take definition of double take by merriamwebster. Double take director johan grimonprez on hitchcock, the cold. Double take s most fluid montage mixes duckandcover footage of 1950s primary school shelter drills with the. It represents hitchcocks fall from grace, the moment he yielded to the commercialism of the small screen and succumbed to its culture of fear. Superimposed images, dissolves, double exposure in hitchcock. The hitchcock of 1962 has a supernatural encounter with the older dying hitchcock of the 1980s. And the filmmaker intercuts all this with footage of the early 60s zeitgeist, the cuban missile crisis, etc. The main characters in both films are doubles or doppelgangers, however the main. Double take opens in hitchcock fashion with a manhattan businessman finding himself on the run. The documentary double take is bookended by two of the scariest moments in american history.
Hitch considered the movie a compliment, and sent brooks a. May 07, 2012 however, hitchcock chose to use the same location twice, in order to add yet another double to shadow of a doubt 1943. 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 is johan gimonprezs brilliant meditation on the vagaries of hitchcock, history, and nuclear weapons. Director johan grimonprez casts alfred hitchcock as a paranoid history.
Superimposed images, dissolves, double exposure in hitchcock movies. 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. Double take intertwines hitchcocks movie cameos and television appearances with footage of nixon, khrushchev, kennedy, the space race, the. Polish postal service does not accept international commercial shipping at the moment. The director of double take, johan grimonprez, shows us two things which obsess himthe cold war and the life of alfred 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. Grimonprez makes hitchcock a symbol of cold war era the new. 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.
A story of the london fog in 1926, the 39 steps is his first masterpiece. 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. Director johan grimonprez concocts a strange homage to alfred hitchcock in double take, a film thats fascinating in both construction and intent. Marli renfro talks being janet leighs body double in.
Using archive footage, the film uses hitchcocks own sardonic wit to explore his. 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. Zapomatikalfred hitchcock, as seen in johan grimonprezs double take. 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. The protagonist is a fictionalised version of alfred hitchcock. Marli renfro talks being janet leighs body double in psycho. Dec 24, 2012 hitchcock forwent his salary and agreed to take everything on the back end, including percentages and ownership of psycho. 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. Early in his career hitchcock experimented a lot with superimposed images, creative dissolves gradual transition from one image to another. Doubles and doppelgangers in hitchcock movies, nerdiness. Hitchcock forwent his salary and agreed to take everything on the back end, including percentages and ownership of psycho. Grimonprez makes hitchcock a symbol of cold war era the.
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