Hitchcock’s first self-professed ‘Hitch’ picture is still a winner. Many of his recurring themes are present, and some of his visual fluidity – in this finely tuned commercial ‘shock’ movie with witty visual tricks from Hitchcock’s own background as an art director. And hey, he secured a real box office name to star as the mysterious maybe-slayer, ‘The Avenger.’
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 885
1927 / B&W + Color tints / 1:33 Silent Ap / 91 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date June 27, 2017 / 39.95
Starring: Ivor Novello, June Tripp, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, Malcolm Keen.
Cinematography: Gaetano di Ventimiglia
Film Editor + titles: Ivor Montagu
Assistant director: Alma Reville
Written by Eliot Stannard from the book by Marie Belloc Lowndes
Produced by Michael Balcon and Carlyle Blackwell
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock became the most notable English film director for all the right reasons — he was talented and creative,...
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 885
1927 / B&W + Color tints / 1:33 Silent Ap / 91 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date June 27, 2017 / 39.95
Starring: Ivor Novello, June Tripp, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, Malcolm Keen.
Cinematography: Gaetano di Ventimiglia
Film Editor + titles: Ivor Montagu
Assistant director: Alma Reville
Written by Eliot Stannard from the book by Marie Belloc Lowndes
Produced by Michael Balcon and Carlyle Blackwell
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock became the most notable English film director for all the right reasons — he was talented and creative,...
- 6/13/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Since the recent BFI restoration of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1927 silent work The Lodger, the film has been reexamined by historians and critics, who have singled it out as the first true thriller in the director’s canon. Based on a story by Marie Belloc Lowndes and a play titled Who Is He? (cowritten by Belloc Lowndes), The Lodger focuses on the hunt for a Jack the Ripper-style serial killer who preys on young blondes (natch) in foggy London. Drawing on the ominous German Expressionist style of iconic directors F.W. Murnau and Fritz Lang, The Lodger features many of the themes that would dominate the director’s work and mark his signature style. The movie almost didn’t come to be as Michael Balcon, one of the major producers of the picture, almost shelved the...
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- 7/7/2014
- by Alison Nastasi
- Movies.com
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has added an exciting roster of screen legends and beloved titles to the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival, including appearances by Maureen O’Hara, Mel Brooks and Margaret O’Brien, plus a two-film tribute to Academy Award®-winner Richard Dreyfuss. Marking its fifth year, the TCM Classic Film Festival will take place April 10-13, 2014, in Hollywood. The gathering will coincide with TCM’s 20th anniversary as a leading authority in classic film.
O’Hara will present the world premiere restoration of John Ford’s Oscar®-winning Best Picture How Green Was My Valley (1941), while Brooks will appear at a screening of his western comedy Blazing Saddles (1974). O’Brien will be on-hand for Vincente Minnelli’s perennial musical favorite Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), starring Judy Garland. The tribute to Dreyfuss will consist of a double feature of two of his most popular roles: his Oscar®-winning performance...
O’Hara will present the world premiere restoration of John Ford’s Oscar®-winning Best Picture How Green Was My Valley (1941), while Brooks will appear at a screening of his western comedy Blazing Saddles (1974). O’Brien will be on-hand for Vincente Minnelli’s perennial musical favorite Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), starring Judy Garland. The tribute to Dreyfuss will consist of a double feature of two of his most popular roles: his Oscar®-winning performance...
- 2/5/2014
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
This electrifying early feature starring an ambiguously appealing Ivor Novello shows the young director marshalling a new medium's visual power
The Lodger, the silent film that Hitchcock directed in 1927, is generally acknowledged to be the one where he properly found his "voice": that distinctive combination of death and fetishism, trick shots and music-hall humour, intense menace and elegant camerawork that assured his place among cinema's giants. Hitchcock would go on to make more polished films, scarier films, more suspenseful films, better-acted films, funnier films and weirder films. But none, I think, as simply extraordinary.
The material, drawn from a novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes (sister of Hilaire), is rather obviously inspired by the Jack the Ripper murders; they were still within living memory. Hitchcock himself claimed later that producing studio Gainsborough (including Michael Balcon) ordered him to remove any ambiguity that the central character, the mysterious room-renter of the title,...
The Lodger, the silent film that Hitchcock directed in 1927, is generally acknowledged to be the one where he properly found his "voice": that distinctive combination of death and fetishism, trick shots and music-hall humour, intense menace and elegant camerawork that assured his place among cinema's giants. Hitchcock would go on to make more polished films, scarier films, more suspenseful films, better-acted films, funnier films and weirder films. But none, I think, as simply extraordinary.
The material, drawn from a novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes (sister of Hilaire), is rather obviously inspired by the Jack the Ripper murders; they were still within living memory. Hitchcock himself claimed later that producing studio Gainsborough (including Michael Balcon) ordered him to remove any ambiguity that the central character, the mysterious room-renter of the title,...
- 7/30/2012
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
This stunning French grande poster for The Lodger (the 1944 John Brahm version, not the 1927 Hitchcock, though based on the same Jack the Ripper novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes which has been adapted five times in all) is a nice early take on the image-within-image style that poster designers use far less cleverly today (most recently for Jane Eyre or The Next Three Days.) The poster was illustrated by one Roger Jacquier, otherwise known as Rojac, who seems to have been quite a prolific illustrator in the 1940s and ’50s, the era of le cinéma du papa, before the photo montages of Nouvelle Vague designers like Ferraci became the vogue.
I will write more about Rojac’s designs, mostly for French films, at a later date, but here is another of his striking, colorful and pleasingly uncluttered designs for a Hollywood movie, and this time it is Hitchcock: 1949’s The Parradine Case.
I will write more about Rojac’s designs, mostly for French films, at a later date, but here is another of his striking, colorful and pleasingly uncluttered designs for a Hollywood movie, and this time it is Hitchcock: 1949’s The Parradine Case.
- 3/25/2011
- MUBI
On Saturday, I took the train to Trenton. Now, this is remarkable because first, I so seldom go into New York City on a weekend (isn’t Five Days a week enough?), maybe five or six Saturdays a year. And, second, I’ve never been to Trenton—Through it on Amtrak, yes—but as a destination, No! Third, although I retired from convention-going in April 2008 (after guesting at more than 200 of them), I was off to a con and Only as a customer! This, I confess, was my Second relapse (I showed up to see friends at NYC’s Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors in June 2009).
It wasn’t just Any kind of con, but a Pulp Adventurecon (masterminded by Rich Harvey, author of several articles that I published in Comics Scene in the 1990s). I’ve never actually been to a pulp event (just Sf, Star Trek, comics, horror,...
It wasn’t just Any kind of con, but a Pulp Adventurecon (masterminded by Rich Harvey, author of several articles that I published in Comics Scene in the 1990s). I’ve never actually been to a pulp event (just Sf, Star Trek, comics, horror,...
- 11/11/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (David McDonnell )
- Starlog
The modern serial killer thriller, as established in 1991 by Jonathan Demme's expert The Silence of the Lambs and then further in 1995 by David Fincher's superb Se7en, has deteriorated into an uninventive collection of familiar tricks, tropes and tiresomely murky cinematography. If regurgitation has become the genre's guiding principle, there are far worse sources to plagiarize than the canon of Alfred Hitchcock, which is more or less what first-time writer-director David Ondaatje does with The Lodger, a modern update of the 1913 Marie Belloc Lowndes-penned mystery that was the basis for Hitch's 1927 silent film The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog. Predictably, the results aren't nearly as inspired when viewed in direct comparison. Worse still, they're also not inspired when viewed through the prism of the past two decades' worth of likeminded cinema (and the network-tv behemoth C.S.I.). Stolidly including every cliché in sight while failing...
- 1/24/2009
- by Nick Schager
- Cinematical
Arriving in New York and Los Angeles theaters this weekend is Sony's Stage 6 release of David Ondaatje's The Lodger, a remake of Alfred Hitchcocks 1927 silent film entitled The Lodger: A Story Of The London Fog. Beyond the break you can read our exclusive interviews with director David Ondaatje and star Shane West. Based loosely on the original Hitchcock work as well as Marie Belloc Lowndes 1913 novel, The Lodger is about a killer who appears to be emulating the infamous murders of Jack the Ripper. Since the Ripper case was never solved, the detectives must try to figure out which of the Ripper suspects actions the murderer is following.....
- 1/24/2009
- bloody-disgusting.com
A rotund Alfred Molina stars in The Lodger (opening in limited release this Friday ahead of its DVDebut February 10 from Sony Pictures) as Detective Chandler Manning, who’s got a wife in a mental ward, a daughter on the outs and residual guilt from his investigation of a series of murders years before, for which he suspects the wrong man was executed. Manning’s fears are realized when a new spate of killings begin in Hollywood, and like the earlier set, they follow the pattern of the original Jack the Ripper murders.
Meanwhile, housewife Ellen Bunting (Hope Davis) rents her dark guest house to a mysterious stranger (Land Of The Dead’s Simon Baker), who gives off every warning sign possible that he is up to no good. He demands that neither Ellen nor her husband (Donal Logue) disturb his privacy, even as he comes and goes in the dead of night.
Meanwhile, housewife Ellen Bunting (Hope Davis) rents her dark guest house to a mysterious stranger (Land Of The Dead’s Simon Baker), who gives off every warning sign possible that he is up to no good. He demands that neither Ellen nor her husband (Donal Logue) disturb his privacy, even as he comes and goes in the dead of night.
- 1/22/2009
- Fangoria
By Neil Pedley
This week, a strong international lineup stacks up alongside some domestic B-movie madness and traditional big-budget nonsense.
"California Dreamin"
Despite being technically unfinished at the time of its 27-year-old director's tragic and untimely death in a car accident in 2006, this raucous satire from the late Romanian filmmaker Cristian Nemescu ably illustrates what a great young talent was sadly lost. Partly a slight of American hegemony, partly a where-do-we-go-from-here meditation on his homeland post-Cold War, Nemescu's darkly comic tragedy was inspired by true events. Unfolding against the backdrop of the Kosovo conflict, the story centers on a train carrying Nato military equipment through Romania before being delayed in a station by a corrupt railway chief in order to exploit its cargo and the U.S. Marines guarding it.
Opens in New York.
"Crips & Bloods: Made in America"
Having previously chronicled the origins and the history of surf culture...
This week, a strong international lineup stacks up alongside some domestic B-movie madness and traditional big-budget nonsense.
"California Dreamin"
Despite being technically unfinished at the time of its 27-year-old director's tragic and untimely death in a car accident in 2006, this raucous satire from the late Romanian filmmaker Cristian Nemescu ably illustrates what a great young talent was sadly lost. Partly a slight of American hegemony, partly a where-do-we-go-from-here meditation on his homeland post-Cold War, Nemescu's darkly comic tragedy was inspired by true events. Unfolding against the backdrop of the Kosovo conflict, the story centers on a train carrying Nato military equipment through Romania before being delayed in a station by a corrupt railway chief in order to exploit its cargo and the U.S. Marines guarding it.
Opens in New York.
"Crips & Bloods: Made in America"
Having previously chronicled the origins and the history of surf culture...
- 1/19/2009
- by Neil Pedley
- ifc.com
John Frizzell has recently recorded his orchestral score for The Lodger, David Ondaatje's film which is based on the novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes, previously reworked for the silver screen by Alfred Hitchcock in 1927. Rachael Leigh Cook, Simon Baker and Shane West star in the thriller where a couple begin to suspect that the young and mysterious man who rents their room is a psychotic murderer. Michael Mailer Films produces for release by Sony, release date to be confirmed. Frizzell's other recent scores include Evil Angel, 100 Feet and Henry Poole Is Here. He is best known for Office Space, Alien: Resurrection and Ghost Ship.
- 8/8/2008
- by noreply@blogger.com (Mikael Carlsson)
- MovieScore Magazine
- #41. The Lodger Director/Writer: David OndaatjeProducers: Michael Mailer (The Night Job) and Ondaatje Distributor: Stage 6 Films (Sony) The Gist: Adaptation of the bestselling novel, The Lodger, by Marie Belloc Lowndes, this is re-set in West Hollywood, California with two converging plotlines. Overwhelmed by tensions in his personal life, Lasd detective Chandler Manning (Alfred Molina) becomes engaged in a complex cat-and-mouse game with a maniacal killer who begins emulating the 100-year old murders of Jack The Ripper along Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. Simultaneously, the film follows the growing yet uneasy relationship between a psychologically unstable landlady, Ellen Bunting (Davis) and a handsome stranger, Malcolm Sleight, who appears one day and rents her guesthouse in West Hollywood. Fact: Passion project (read more here) was also the basis for Alfred Hitchcok's first ever movie. See It: Ondaatje's directorial debut has all the elements of being a great contemporary mystery thriller. Release Date/Status?
- 1/30/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
- [Editor's Note: Today is the birth of what I already believe will be a popular feature here at Ioncinema.com. Our goal is simple: get into the mindset and put ourselves in the shoes of debut independent filmmakers as they embark on the creatively ambitious, professionally and artistically stimulating process of realizing a first or sophomore film. I've titled this monthly series "In the Pipeline" - as it corresponds to the notion of future filmmaking talent to watch for and it identifies film projects that are in the process of being instilled in the collective movie-going public psyche. Dabbling in auteur theory, demonstrating the lineage of past projects and shedding light into the creative process and possible pre-production jitters, we hope you enjoy this new series of personalized interviews.] David Ondaatje wants to scare you. In the edge-of-your-seat, heart pounding, what’s-about-to-happen kind of way. David Ondaatje also wants to move you. In the emotionally compelling, heartwarming, will-she-or-won’t-she kind of way. The first time feature filmmaker behind The Lodger has set the bar high with his adaptation of Marie Belloc Lowndes’s 1912 novel, which was the basis for Hitchcock’s 1927 same-titled film. With four successful shorts under his belt, Hope Davis and Alfred Molina on the screen, Michael Mailer in the producer's chair and David Armstrong behind the camera, Ondaatje has every reason to believe his goal will be met. Lowndes’s novel tells the true story of a woman the author met at a dinner party who claimed Jack the Ripper was staying at her boarding house. Intrigued by the idea, Ondaatje has taken this premise and set it in modern day Los Angeles. Pulling his
- 12/12/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
- If you are moments away from commencing your feature-length, directorial debut then lassoing a pair of thesps in The Hoax's Alfred Molina and Hope Davis is a major coup. Molina was already attached in writer/director David Ondaatje's passion project and most likely is the reason why Davis' name came up when casting the 'landlady' of the pic. Going into production next month under the new Sony label Stage 6 Films, The Lodger is a reimagining of the Marie Belloc Lowndes novel that served as the basis for Alfred Hitchcock's debut pic, 1927's "The Lodger." Ondaatje-penned script, set in present-day Los Angeles, has two converging plotlines: The first involves a cat-and-mouse game between a troubled detective (Molina) and an unknown killer; the second explores the relationship between an emotionally disturbed landlady (Davis) and her enigmatic "lodger"....
- 10/26/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
David Ondaatje has signed on to direct a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's first film, The Lodger, for Sony Pictures Entertainment. Re-imagined as an urban thriller set in Los Angeles, the film marks Ondaatje's directorial debut.
Sony has not yet determined which of its labels will release Lodger or if the film will bow straight to video.
Michael Mailer will produce alongside Ondaatje, who also adapted the screenplay from Marie Belloc Lowndes' novel. The novel served as the basis for Hitchcock's 1927 film.
Lodger is based on the true story of the hysteria caused by the Jack the Ripper's killing spree that took place over several weeks in 1888. Ondaatje's adaptation is broken into two converging plot lines set in present-day Los Angeles. The first involves an uneasy relationship between a psychologically unstable landlady and her enigmatic lodger, and the second is about a troubled detective engaged in a cat-and-mouse game with an unknown killer.
Ondaatje is repped by attorney Scott Edel.
Sony has not yet determined which of its labels will release Lodger or if the film will bow straight to video.
Michael Mailer will produce alongside Ondaatje, who also adapted the screenplay from Marie Belloc Lowndes' novel. The novel served as the basis for Hitchcock's 1927 film.
Lodger is based on the true story of the hysteria caused by the Jack the Ripper's killing spree that took place over several weeks in 1888. Ondaatje's adaptation is broken into two converging plot lines set in present-day Los Angeles. The first involves an uneasy relationship between a psychologically unstable landlady and her enigmatic lodger, and the second is about a troubled detective engaged in a cat-and-mouse game with an unknown killer.
Ondaatje is repped by attorney Scott Edel.
- 6/27/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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