For anyone who hasn’t seen this yet, there is a mysterious little film online that is well worth a look. The prologue suggests that Martin Scorsese adapted three pages of an unpublished Hitchcock screenplay into a complete short film. He believes that if it is to be made then it must be made how Hitchcock would have made it back then.
The result is actually very impressive. The film slickly mimics the Hitchcock style and almost seems to answer the call of ‘they don’t make ’em like they used to.’
The film is ultimately a reworking of the Royal Albert Hall scene in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) but there are many references to other films to be found. I spotted North by Northwest (1959), Notorious (1946), and Rear Window (1954). I’m sure there are many more in there, and please leave a comment to let me know if you find any more.
Click here and enjoy the movie:
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May 24, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Jack
Thanks for posting this. I enjoyed it very much.
May 25, 2008 at 10:26 am
Christian
Hi Jack – I was quite surprised at how authentically the mimicked Hitchcock style came across. And the references to other Hitchcock films was a lot of fun.
May 25, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Jack
I’d like to think that Hitchcock would’ve chuckled after seeing it. Did you notice that the suit and tie worn by the “good guy” were nearly identical to Cary Grant’s in “N by NW?”
July 14, 2008 at 6:13 am
Travis
It seems like just an internet parody of the Hitchcock films. It’s basically all North by Northwest. I wish it was real though. I wanna see Martin Scorsese make a Hitchcock film thats stars Robert Denrio and Joe Pesci.
July 14, 2008 at 6:54 am
Christian
Which Hitchcock film would you like to see Scorsese make? I could see De Niro being almost too heavy an actor for a Hitchcock film. He doesn’t have any of the ease or grace of Cary Grant or James Stewart. Instead he’s incredibly intense.
July 14, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Travis
At first watching the trailer I actually thought Scorsese really found a Hitchcock never made movie script. So I thought that would be awesome for him to direct it. But that wasn’t true. Hitchcock’s movies were all so perfect nobody should ruin that and remake any of his movies. For example the 1998 remake of Psycho by Gus Van Saint was horrible. Casting Vince Vaughn (the party animal as Norman Bates) I would have liked Steve Carell to play Norman Bates. But nobody should remake Hitchcock films. But if they have too then I would like somebody to remake the 39 steps or some of Hitchcock’s earlier lesser known films that were British, black and white. Yeah, I agree with you that Deniro would be bad in a Hitchcock film but if Scorsese was directiing it he’ll have to put Deniro in it. If Scorsese was directing it today he’ll probably cast Leo Dicaprio as the star which I think would be perfect.
August 7, 2008 at 1:47 am
Raquelle
Thank you a million times thank you for this. I very much enjoyed watching it and didn’t realize this existed.
August 7, 2008 at 2:02 am
Christian
I’m glad you liked it – it’s very impressive.