| Edition |
Special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. stamping rda |
| Description |
NTSC rda |
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video file region 1 rda |
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DVD video |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1. |
| Note |
Silent film with added orchestral music. |
| Cast |
Ivor Novello, June Tripp, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, Malcom Keen. |
| Credits |
Composer, Neil Brand; music performed by the Orchestra of Saint Paul's ; editor and titling, Ivor Montagu ; photography, Baron Ventimiglia ; assistant director, Alma Reville. |
| Note |
From the novel by Mrs. Belloc Lowndes. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1927. |
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1.33:1 aspect ratio. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Note |
"A restoration by the BFI National Archive in association with ITV Studios Global Entertainment, Network Releasing and Park Circus Films."--Opening screens. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Note |
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. |
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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. |
| Contents |
disc 1. Lodger -- disc 2. Downhill. |
| Subject |
Serial murderers -- England -- London -- Drama.
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Boardinghouses -- England -- London -- Drama.
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Landlord and tenant -- England -- London -- Drama.
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Lowndes, Marie Belloc, 1868-1947 -- Film adaptations.
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| Genre/Form |
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Silent films.
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Crime films.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Film adaptations.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, film director.
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Stannard, Eliot, screenwriter.
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Tripp, June, 1901-1985, actor.
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Novello, Ivor, 1893-1951, actor.
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Ault, Marie, 1870-1951, actor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Lowndes, Marie Belloc, 1868-1947.
Lodger.
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Gainsborough Studios, production company.
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BFI National Archive, restorationist.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Story of the London fog |
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Container of (work): Downhill (Motion picture)
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Container of (work): Lodger (Radio play)
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| Standard No. |
715515198912 |
| ISBN |
9781681433189 |
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1681433184 |
| Music No. |
885 Criterion Collection |
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CC2775DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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