Marty does Alfy

This is fun. Last year, Martin Scorcese decided to film the first 3 1/2 pages of a never begun Alfred Hitchcock film in the style of the deceased genius himself. The resulting short film is one part "Hitchcock 101," one part Freixenet wine advertisement. This is another in a decade-long string of "sell-out" decisions over which Scorcese has been criticized. In the humble opinion of this unabashed film-nerd/blogger, it was just a sensible way to pay the bill of what is, essentially, a seasoned director's field day. A friend of mine also complained of Marty casting himself as a celebrity in the documentary. To that I say, "Who cares? He's Marty!" Look me in the eye and tell me you don't want him over for dinner........I thought so.

-Andrew