It’s always an interesting prospect when a director remakes their own film.
Of course, remakes themselves are nothing unusual, but taking it upon yourself to retell a story you’ve already told is bound to elicit curiosity.
The reason for such endeavors varies wildly, ranging from trying to unleash an idea’s true potential after it had previously been squandered or as a means of reframing the themes of the original to make them even more profound.
Either way, it’s an experiment that is never boring – especially when it’s being conducted by none other than the “Master of Suspense” himself, Alfred Hitchcock.
Enter, The Man Who Knew Too Much, a pair of suspense thrillers released twenty-two years apart that marked the only time when the revered director would recycle a premise across his illustrious six decades in the business.
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