What do the Cold War, Hitchcock, and the rise of television have in common?
Acclaimed director Johan Grimonprez casts Alfred Hitchcock as a paranoid history professor, unwittingly caught up in a double take on the cold war period. The master says all the wrong things at all the wrong times while politicians on both sides desperately clamor to say the right things, live on TV.
The highly creative collage film Double Take targets the global rise of ‘fear-as-a-commodity’, in a tale of odd couples and hilarious double deals. As television hijacks cinema, and the Khrushchev and Nixon kitchen debate rattles on, sexual politics quietly take off and Alfred himself emerges in a dandy new role on the TV, blackmailing housewives with brands they can't refuse.
GOGBOT 2026: Manufactured Minds
This screening is in collaboration with the Gogbot Festival, themed “Manufactured Minds”. Click here for more about Gogbot 2026 and here for the complete film program during the festival.
The entire festival is free to attend, including the films. However, it is necessary to collect a free ticket for the films at one of the ticket offices of Concordia on the day of the screening.
Directed by
Johan Grimonprez
Duration
80 min
Origin
Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, 2009
Language
English
Subtitles
Dutch
Entrance
Free entry, but a ticket is necessary. You can collect it for free at one of the ticket offices of Concordia on the day of the screening.
Tickets & times
Datezondag 20 sep
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