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Double Take

If you meet your double, you should kill him.

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.

1h 20m2009TMDb 5.8

English

Crew and Cast

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.

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Info

Status
Released
Released
10 February 2009
Runtime
1h 20m
TMDB score
5.8 / 10 (10 votes)

Production

Writers
Tom McCarthy
Studios
Zap-O-Matik, Nikovantastic Film, Timescapes
Countries
Belgium, Germany, Netherlands

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English