Phoenix Tapes

The Phoenix Tapes show re-edited excerpts from 40 films by Alfred Hitchcock. The six chapters focus on a personal selection of various leitmotifx in Hitchcock´s work.

"The consequence of this is not only to highlight Hitchcock´ sobsessions with certain types of repetitive movements and highly loadedvisual signifiers, but to suggest that these actions are part of auniversal language of gesture that encompasses both cinematic andeveryday modes of communication."

The Phoenix Tapes show re-edited excerpts from 40 films by Alfred Hitchcock. The six chapters focus on a personal selection of various leitmotifs in Hitchcock’s work.

(John Tozer, Camera Austria)


Girardet and Müller...

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Orig. Title
Phoenix Tapes
Year
1999
Countries
Germany, United Kingdom
Duration
45 min
Category
Avantgarde/Arts
Orig. Language
English
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