Synopsis
Giulio is a university film student and a big fan of Alfred HITCHCOCK. His hobby is to look into the apartment acroos the road. In particular, watching his naked neighbor Sasha is the climax of his voyeuristic hobby. In the meantime, he witnesses that her mother, who often quarrels with Sasha, is murdered by a man wearing a black suit. As the police investigation hits a snag, Giulio, taking the hint from a HITCHCOCK's movie, starts to track down the murderer by himself. Will he succeed in finding the murderer? or does the whole thing end up with a movie bug's childish happening?
Do you like Hitchcock? is made for TV movie. It is ARGENTO's tribute to his senior master. As expected from the title and the content, it is a film about HITCHICOCK's films. The hero, spying on people with his binoculars, is similar to that of Read Window, and the plot, in which two strangers request each other to murder, is an adaptation of Strangers on a Train . This film also shares similarities with Dial M for Murder and Psycho . What is more, there are some scenes from the films by Brian De PALMA, who is famous for imitating HITCHCOCK. Some scenes from Nosferatu , The Golem and The man with a Movie Carera were also inserted into this film. A good look at the posters tacked to the wall of the video shop and Giulio's room makes the list even longer. Filled with an atmosphere of suspenseful mystery thrillers instead of typical stylish visuals and cruel bloodshed scenes, the movie reminds of ARGENTO's early giallo films. (KIM Jong Chul)