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The Lodger : a story of the London Fog /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC2774BD | The Criterion CollectionPublisher: [New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2017]Edition: Special editionDescription: 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781681433172
  • 1681433176
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .L63 2017
Production credits:
  • Composer, Neil Brand; music performed by the Orchestra of Saint Paul's.
Cast: Ivor Novello, June Tripp, Marie Ault.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.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room BLU-00239 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050304521

Title from sell sheet.

Silent film with added orchestral music.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1927.

1.33:1 aspect ratio.

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.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Blu-ray, wide screen; requires Blu-ray player.

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