LOOKING FOR ALFRED

Looking for Alfred

Bélgica. 2004. Color. 11 min. Experimental. Vídeo.
  • Film Director: Johan Grimonprez.
  • Scriptwriter: Johan Grimonprez.
On the one hand a tribute to Alfred Hitchcock, on the other an ivestigation into a look-alike culture, the short film is a witty and multi-levelled deconstruction of notions of reality. Focusing on Hitchcock's regular cameo appearances in each of his films, 'Looking for Alfred' deploys a number of Hitchcock look-alikes to conjure up an unexpected narrative from Hitchcock's fifty-year history of walk-on parts.

Johan Grimonprez

Johan is an artist and filmmaker. Acquisitioned by NBC Universal, Arte TV and Channel 4, his productions traveled the main festival circuit from Sundance to Berlin. His curatorial projects were host at museums such as the Hammer Museum (LA) and the Pinakothek der Moderne (Munchen). His work resides at major museum collections, including the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Tate Modern. He's published with Hatje/Cantz (Germany), and in distribution with Soda Pictures and Kino International. He spends his time between Brussels and New York, where he lectures at the School of the Visual Ats.