The Lodger a story of the London Fog

Blu-ray 1927

This haunting silent thriller tells the tale of a mysterious young man 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 director's formal and thematic obsessions.

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ISBN:

9781681433172

Description:

1 videodisc (91 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
full screen
HDTV
video file
Blu-ray video
region A

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: PG

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1927
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; 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 on The Lodger and Downhill by critic Philip Kemp
Composer, Neil Brand; music performed by the Orchestra of Saint Paul's ; photography, Baron Ventimiglia ; editing and titling, Ivor Montagu
Ivor Novello, June Tripp, Marie Ault
Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; full screen format (1.33:1 aspect ratio)
For private home use only
Silent film with intertitles in English

Control Number:

2108993

UPC:

715515198813

Other Authors:

Ault, Marie, 1870-1951, actor
Balcon, Michael, 1896-1977, film producer
Blackwell, Carlyle, 1888-1955, film producer
Brand, Neil, composer
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Di Ventimiglia, Gaetano, director of photography
Gainsborough Studios, film producer
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, film director
Montagu, Ivor Goldsmid Samuel, 1904-1984, editor of moving image work
Novello, Ivor, 1893-1951, actor
Piccadilly Pictures (Firm), film producer
Stannard, Eliot, screenwriter
Tripp, June, 1901-1985, actor
Woolf, C. M., 1879-1942, film producer
motion picture adaptation of (work): Lowndes, Marie Belloc, 1868-1947. Lodger

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