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 tak...
| Uniform Title: | Lodger (Motion picture : 1927) |
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| Other Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | No linguistic content |
| Language Notes: | Silent film with English intertitles and orchestral score. |
| Published: |
[New York, New York] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2017]
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| Edition: | Two-DVD special edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
885. |
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| Summary: | "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 known as the Avenger descends upon the city, preying on blonde women. The film is animated by the palpable energy of a young stylist at play, decisively establishing the director's formal and thematic obsessions. In this release, The Lodger is accompanied by Downshill, another silent from 1927 that explores Hitchcock's "wrong man" trope, also headlined by Novello--making for a double feature that reveals the master of the macabre as he was just coming into his own"--Container. |
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| Item Description: | Title from title frame. The lodger based on the novel by Mrs. Belloc Lowndes; Downhill based on the play by Ivor Novello and Constance Collier. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1927. "A restoration by the BFI National Archive in association with ITV Studios Global Entertainment, Network Releasing and Park Circus Films"--Opening screens. Includes the 1927 silent Hitchcock film, Downhill, also known as When boys leave home: Public schoolboy Roddy Berwick is expelled from school when he takes the blame for a friend's theft and his life falls apart in a series of misadventures. Special features: Downhill, director Alfred Hitchcock's 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 Hitchcock's visual signatures; The Bunting House: new video essay by art historian Steven Jacobs about Hitchcock's 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; essays (in insert) on The Lodger and Downhill by critic Philip Kemp. |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (91 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert. |
| Format: | DVD; region 1, NTSC; full frame (1.33:1 aspect ratio); stereo, Dolby Digital. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Production Credits: | The lodger: director of photography, Baron Ventimiglia ; art directors, C. Wilfrid Arnold and Bertram Evans ; editor and titling, Ivor Montagu ; new orchestral score, Neil Brand ; music performed by the Orchestra of Saint Paul's. Downhill: director of photography, Claude McDonnell; editor, Lionel Rich. |
| ISBN: | 9781681433189 1681433184 |