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)