{"product_id":"the-lodger-a-story-of-the-london-fog-643","title":"The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (#885)","description":"\u003cdiv data-sticky-column-left=\"\" class=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-sticky-left-content-end=\"\" class=\"content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-product-image-url=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/criterion-production\/films\/e0c0a1f3f913ba739a2363189c9bab1a\/EoeG9o1Jck1XlNhkr6IR8l9PIby9u1_large.jpg\" data-product-name=\"Gilda\" data-product-sku=\"\" data-product-id=\"1157\" data-segment-analtyics-tracking=\"\" class=\"product__details_contain_a\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-sticky-column-left=\"\" class=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-sticky-left-content-end=\"\" class=\"content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-product-image-url=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/criterion-production\/films\/173775b5891198c7753e9dcdfd780e56\/S4kZvmiDUAT67on6ydyegGR3dw7H78_large.jpg\" data-product-name=\"The Man Who Knew Too Much\" data-product-sku=\"\" data-product-id=\"935\" data-segment-analtyics-tracking=\"\" class=\"product__details_contain_a\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith his third feature film,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lodger: A Story of the London Fog,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAlfred 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 known as the Avenger descends upon the city, preying on blonde women. The film is animated by the palpable energy of a young stylist at play, decisively establishing the director’s formal and thematic obsessions. In this release,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lodger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis accompanied by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDownhill,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eanother silent from 1927 that explores Hitchcock’s “wrong man” trope, also headlined by Novello—making for a double feature that reveals the master of the macabre as he was just coming into his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Lodger: A Story of the London Fog\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ewas restored by the BFI National Archive. Principal restoration funding provided by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, The Film Foundation, and Simon W. Hessel. Additional funding provided by the British Board of Film Classification, Deluxe 142, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, and Ian and Beth Mill. New score commissioned by Network Releasing in partnership with the BFI.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003csection data-sticky-left-content-end=\"\" data-sticky-left-end=\"\" class=\"product-features collapse\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"collapse-contain\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-feature-title-field=\"\" class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\"\u003eSPECIAL FEATURES\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-special-features-field=\"\" class=\"product-features-list\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2K digital restoration, with a new score by composer Neil Brand, performed by the Orchestra of Saint Paul’s and presented in uncompressed stereo on the Blu-ray\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eDownhill,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eanother 1927 feature directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Ivor Novello, in a 2K digital restoration and with a new piano score by Brand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interview with film scholar William Rothman on Hitchcock’s visual signatures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew video essay by art historian Steven Jacobs about Hitchcock’s use of architecture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExcerpts from audio interviews with Hitchcock by filmmakers François Truffaut (1962) and Peter Bogdanovich (1963 and 1972)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRadio adaptation of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lodger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom 1940, directed by Hitchcock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interview with Brand on composing for silent film\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: Essays on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lodger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDownhill\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby critic Philip Kemp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew cover by Geoff Grandfield\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Criterion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43173316263980,"sku":"715515198813","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0359\/2201\/8348\/files\/the-lodger-a-story-of-the-london-fog-885-new-blu-ray-715515198813-1652644.jpg?v=1755534131","url":"https:\/\/www.orbitdvd.com\/products\/the-lodger-a-story-of-the-london-fog-643","provider":"Orbit DVD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}