Looking for Alfred
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"Looking for Alfred" (2005) is a short subject film (or video installation) on Alfred Hitchcock by Belgian artist Johan Grimonprez, starring Delfine Bafort. The film is accompanied by a book.
The video installation explored the director's search for the perfect Hitchcock double.
Grimonprez held screen tests in New York, Los Angeles and London. He chose Mike Perry, a Hitchcock sound-alike and an impersonator of Tony Blair, while Ron Burrage, a professional Hitchcock double, as a result of this search, became a protagonist in Double Take.
The project explored the legacy of Hitchcock's persona as well as it made references to his films through restaging his cameo appearances.
In 2007, Film and Video Umbrella published a book version of Looking For Alfred with inclusions by authors: Patricia Allmer, Jorge Luis Borges, Chris Darke, Thomas Elsaesser, Tom McCarthy, Jeff Noon and Slavoj Zizek.
