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Criterion Collection: The Lodger - A Story Of The London Fog
With his third feature film, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, Alfred Hitchcock took a major step toward greatness and made what he would come to consider his true directorial debut. This haunting silent thriller tells the tale of a mysterious young man (matinee idol Ivor Novello) who takes up residence at a London boardinghouse, just as a killer who preys on blonde women, known as the Avenger, descends upon the city. The film is animated by the palpable energy of a young stylist at play, decisively establishing the directors formal and thematic obsessions. In this edition, The Lodger is accompanied by Downhill, another 1927 silent exploration of Hitchcocks wrong man trope, also headlined by Novellomaking for a double feature that reveals the great master of the macabre as he was just coming into his own.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 2K digital restoration, with a new score by composer Neil Brand, performed by the Orchestra of Saint Pauls
- Downhill, director Alfred Hitchcocks 1927 feature film starring Ivor Novello, in a 2K digital restoration with a new piano score by Brand
- New interview with film scholar William Rothman on Hitchcocks visual signatures
- New video essay by art historian Steven Jacobs about Hitchcocks use of architecture
- Excerpts from audio interviews with Hitchcock by filmmakers François Truffaut (1962) and Peter Bogdanovich (1963)
- Radio adaptation of The Lodger from 1940, directed by Hitchcock
- New interview with Brand on composing for silent film
- PLUS: Essays on The Lodger and Downhill by critic Philip Kemp"
GENRE: Thriller
LANGUAGE: English
SUBTITLES: None
AUDIO: Silent
Widescreen
TIME: 91 Minutes
TINTED/B&W
Media | Movies Blu-ray (Blu-ray Disc) |
Number of discs | 1 |
Released | June 27, 2017 |
EAN/UPC | 0715515198813 |
Label | Criterion CCIN2774BR |
Genre | Drama |
Dimensions | 133 × 170 × 14 mm · 99 g |
Playtime | 01:30:00 |
Region code | Region 1 (Canada og USA) |
Language | Original language |
Subtitles | None |
Please note | This movie may not be subtitled in English |
Director | Alfred Hitchcock |
Skuespiller | Marie Ault |
Skuespiller | Ivor Novello |
Skuespiller | Arthur Chesney |
Skuespiller | June Tripp |
Skuespiller | Malcolm Keen |
Skuespiller | Reginald Gardiner |
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