Looking for Alfred |
2005 |
Looking for Alfred weaves an unexpected narrative from Hitchcock’s trail of walk-on parts, in which the master himself is pursued by a number of shadowy doppelgängers, caught up in a world of mistaken identity. Playing out a multi-leveled ‘reality’, Grimonprez’s cinematic twists and turns echo the trademark of the Master of Suspense, while radiating a quiet and beguiling surrealism reminiscent of that other great master, Rene Magritte.
Looking for Alfred
2005, Belgium-UK-France, digital betacam,
color, 10min (festival version)/loop (installation), stereo
directed by
Johan Grimonprez
Hitchcock doubles
Ron Burrage, Erik Grimonprez, Bruce Ho, Zale Kessler & Roger Swaine
Hitchcock soundalike
Mark Perry
Tippi Hedren double
Delfine Bafort
cinematography
Martin Testar
edited by
Nicolas Bacou
produced by
zap-o-matik
in co-production with
Film & Video Umbrella
in association with
anna sanders films, Paris
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
The Photographers' Gallery, London
with the support of
the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF)
the Flemish Ministry of Culture
Brussels; Image/mouvement,
Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris
with additional support from
Deitch Projects, New York; Riksutstillinger | The National Touring Exhibitions Norway; Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York; Media Space Inc., New York; Victoria, Gent; Productiehuis Rotterdam (Rotterdamse Schouwburg)
distribution
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