The Early Hitchcock Collection UK DVD
Optimum Classic
Regie:
Release:
26.02.2007
Laufzeit:
755 Minuten
FSK:
ab 18 Jahre
Mehr Infos:
EAN:
5060034577805
Bild:
4:3 - 1.33:1
Ton:
Englisch
Sprache:
Englisch
Land:
Großbritannien
The Early Hitchcock Collection UK
Born in London in 1899, by the age of sixteen Hitchcock had taken a serious interest in cinema and found himself most influenced, both technically and visually by the early masters of silent film, Griffith, Murnau and Fritz Lang. In the early twenties, Hitchcock`s training as a draftsman enabled him to take a job designing little cards for the then fledgling silent film industry.
In 1929, Hitchock directed Blackmail, hailed as a film which used sound and dialogue with more flair and imagination than any Hollywood or European film of the time. In particular, Hitchcock`s inventive and expressionist use of sound demonstrated that the new technology opened a new realm of possibilities.
In the wake of Blackmail, there were searches for new challenges. These included an adaptation of a high profile West End play, The Skin Game (1931), two more thrillers Murder! (1930), Number Seventeen (1932), and an intriguingly odd martial drama, the appropriately titled Rich and Stranger (1932).
Presented together for the first time, previousally unavailable in the UK before, a must for any film enthusiast and Hitchcock fan.
Silent Movies:
- The Ring (1928)
-Champagne (1928)
- The Farmer’s Wife (1929)
- The Manxman (1930)
Talkies:
- Blackmail (1929)
- Murder! (1930)
- The Skin Game (1931)
- Rich and Strange (1932)
- Number Seventeen (1932)
In 1929, Hitchock directed Blackmail, hailed as a film which used sound and dialogue with more flair and imagination than any Hollywood or European film of the time. In particular, Hitchcock`s inventive and expressionist use of sound demonstrated that the new technology opened a new realm of possibilities.
In the wake of Blackmail, there were searches for new challenges. These included an adaptation of a high profile West End play, The Skin Game (1931), two more thrillers Murder! (1930), Number Seventeen (1932), and an intriguingly odd martial drama, the appropriately titled Rich and Stranger (1932).
Presented together for the first time, previousally unavailable in the UK before, a must for any film enthusiast and Hitchcock fan.
Silent Movies:
- The Ring (1928)
-Champagne (1928)
- The Farmer’s Wife (1929)
- The Manxman (1930)
Talkies:
- Blackmail (1929)
- Murder! (1930)
- The Skin Game (1931)
- Rich and Strange (1932)
- Number Seventeen (1932)
Bonus
Re-mastered with new scores for The ring, Champagne, The farmer's wife and The manxman; scene from the original silent version of Blackmail; alternative ending to Murder; introductions to all films by director / film historian Noël Simsolo; Blackmail: take with Anny Ondra (Hitchcock's first 'Blone'); 52 minute documentary: 'Hitchcock's early works' with Claude Chabrol and Bernard Eisenschiz; picture galleries for all films.