His most obscure and maligned film, only surviving in severely compromised condition Only a few badly worn 16mm prints exist, all missing over 25% of their original footage As …
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Restoration, home video and more Ivor Novello releases Downhill restored: there are two versions, four transfer speeds and five scores! Spoilt for choice: it’s very well represented on most official …
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Not a murder in sight, but it’s still one of the darkest films in the Master’s canon The Wrong Boy: star of The Lodger returns to suffer again as the …
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The spin-offs Famous veteran filmmaker was first interviewed in 1962 by young French critic cum-director Truffaut worshipped the Master and believed the world was not giving his genius due credit …
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When Alfred met François: iconic directors joined forces for renowned series of interviews Far-ranging conversations that spawned multimedia franchise enduring to the present day The most significant spin-offs influenced generations of fans, filmmakers and scholars …
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Remakes Marie Belloc Lowndes’ best-selling 1913 novel has inspired many adaptations Hitchcock’s classic 1926 silent was first and is still perhaps the best known There has been a century of …
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Restorations and home video releases A Story of the Home Video Fog: for every quality release, many awful ones lurk to catch the unwary The Lodger languished in multitudes of …
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Dispelling myths The Master’s British breakthrough is replete with mysteries to be uncovered Many aspects of the film are as enigmatic and elusive as its shadowy protagonist Hitchcock’s famed love …
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Info and tickets, Facebook event, intro, interview, artwork News: A brand new stage adaptation (archived) based on Hitchcock film and its source novel is playing at the Old Red Lion Theatre, …
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The Master’s only missing feature is one of the most wanted silent films of all In the first iteration of his favourite theme, it concerns a Wrong Man on the …