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1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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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
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
Composer, Neil Brand; music performed by the Orchestra of Saint Paul's
Ivor Novello, June Tripp, Marie Ault
MPAA rating: Not rated
Blu-ray, wide screen; requires Blu-ray player