Looking for Alfred
Johan Grimonprez BE, 2005, 10', SD video
Together with Daragh Reeves, media artist Johan Grimonprez conceived the idea of casting Hitchcock look-a-likes, reminiscing Hitchcock's many cameo performances in his own films. Various men who more or less resemble Hitchcock are being given a screen test. These images alternate with those of “fictitious” spaces full of corridors, staircases, chandeliers and large drawing rooms which, accompanied by the music, carry us back to the atmosphere of a Hitchcock film. Meanwhile, by means of citations from François Truffaut's interviews with Hitchcock, the enigmatic Hitchcockian concept of “McGuffin” is being explained to us.
Sat 23/9 Kino SC 20:00
