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 e

TWO-DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• 2K digital restoration, with a new score by composer Neil Brand, performed by the Orchestra of Saint Paul’s
• 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
• PLUS: Essays on The Lodger and Downhill by critic Philip Kemp"

GENRE: Thriller

LANGUAGE: English

SUBTITLES: None

AUDIO: Silent

Fullscreen

TIME: 91 Minutes

TINTED/B&W