Double Take: Looking again at the work of Alfred Hitchcock
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As Double Take, the mock-documentary featuring a highly original look at Alfred Hitchock and the Cold War, comes to Edinburgh's Filmhouse and Dundee's DCA, Mark Donaldson urges you to take a second look at the work of the Master of Suspense. "Now, let us take a suspense situation. The bomb is underneath the table and the public knows it, probably because they have seen the anarchist place it there. The public is aware the bomb is going to explode at one o'clock and there is a clock in the decor. The public can see that it is a quarter to one. In these conditions, the same innocuous conversation becomes fascinating because the public is participating in the scene. The audience is longing to warn the characters on the screen: 'You shouldn't be talking about such trivial matters. There is a bomb beneath you and it is about to explode!
Double Take: Looking again at the work of Alfred Hitchcock
Double Take: Looking again at the work of…
Double Take: Looking again at the work of Alfred Hitchcock
As Double Take, the mock-documentary featuring a highly original look at Alfred Hitchock and the Cold War, comes to Edinburgh's Filmhouse and Dundee's DCA, Mark Donaldson urges you to take a second look at the work of the Master of Suspense. "Now, let us take a suspense situation. The bomb is underneath the table and the public knows it, probably because they have seen the anarchist place it there. The public is aware the bomb is going to explode at one o'clock and there is a clock in the decor. The public can see that it is a quarter to one. In these conditions, the same innocuous conversation becomes fascinating because the public is participating in the scene. The audience is longing to warn the characters on the screen: 'You shouldn't be talking about such trivial matters. There is a bomb beneath you and it is about to explode!