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The Cold War, Alfred Hitchcock, and the advancement of television are ingeniously interconnected in this collage of space-race news footage, hilarious coffee ads, and excerpts from Hitchcock's thrillers. Was the Cold War just one huge MacGuffin? As television hijacks cinema, and the Khruschev and Nixon kitchen debate rattles on, sexual politics quietly take off and Alfred himself emerges in a dandy new role on TV, blackmailing housewives with brands they can't refuse. Director Johan Grimonprez (who caused a furor with his documentary Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y) uses this elegantly composed essay to say a great deal about the influence of television, the way we view historical events, and the global rise of "fear as a commodity."
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The Martha's Vineyard Film Festival
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Director Johan Grimonprez | Experimental Feature | Belgium / Germany / Netherlands | 2009 | 80 min
Venue Information:
Directions: From Vineyard Haven take State Road 5.3 miles to North Road. Bear right at North Road and take 5.7 miles to Menemsha Cross Road. At Menemsha Cross Road go left 1.0 miles to South Road. At South Road take a left and Chilmark Community Center is on your right.
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