Storyline

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.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords

double, police officer, stage manager, husband, housewife, filmmaker, crafty, creative, gripping, hollywood, calif., stage, television studio, house, police station, alfred hitchcock, cold war, paranoia, fear, filmmaking, propaganda, rise, 1960s

Short Review

Double Take is deadly serious in its scrutiny of politics, anxiety and the media, but it's also a witty entertainment that responds to Hitchcock with much of the master's own lightness and mischief.

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