Double take
Dir: Youssef Britel
2009
****
2009's Double take is quite indulgent of Youssef Britel, who is a big Hitchcock fan and this isn't the first time he's subjected his late hero to celluloid. He's very respectful in his handling of his borrowed footage though and is acknowledgeably mischievous with it also. Double take is quite haunting at times, heightened by the excellent Bernard Herman soundtrack but also by the narrative that is actually more fact than it is fiction. A great bit of original cinema, compelling, frightening and quite astonishing at times. Recommended.