Do You Like Hitchcock? (2005 TV Movie)
7/10
Watchable but far from Argento's best works.
9 March 2009
A bright young man (Elio Germano), who loves cinema... especially Alfred Hitchcock's film. A cross from his apartment, a woman is brutally murdered. He heard the screams but he didn't see the crime. He slowly realized that the dead woman's daughter rents "Stangers on a Train" quite often. He thinks that the dead woman's daughter and another mysterious stranger are copying the crime from that classic picture. But not everything what it seems to this die-hard movie fan.

Directed by Dario Argento (Suspiria, Inferno, Mother of Tears) made an interesting plotted but OK suspense thriller with a few of the director's flamboyant touches. Argento's film gives tribute obliviously to Hitchcock but also to filmmaker Brian De Palma and Argento himself. Since this was made for Italian TV with plenty of nudity. "Do you like Hitchcock?" is really about voyeurism but it's the cast really weight down the flick (not mentioning the poor English dubbing).

The DVD has an good anamorphic Widescreen (1.66:1) transfer and an decent Dolby Stereo 2.0 Surround Sound. The DVD's special features are a brief behind the scenes footage and the director's biography. It is one of Argento's less memorable works but watchable to say the least. The Highlight is Pino Donaggio (Body Double, Carrie, The Howling) music score. Written by the director and Franco Ferrini (Demons 1 & 2, The Card Player, Opera). (***/*****).
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