Hitchcock: The Beginning - Blu-Ray

Synopsis/Extras:WI T N E S S T H E B I R T H O F A C I N E M A T I C L E G E N D For the first time on Blu-ray, featuring new restorations and scores, experience 10 of Alfred Hitchcock’s early works. From the silent film era to the first talkies, this 11-disc set also contains a newly commissioned, full-length documentary, Becoming Hitchcock, exploring the director’s first sound picture, Blackmail. In 1929, Hitchcock directed Blackmail, the first British sound feature, hailed as a film which “used sound and dialogue with more flair and imagination than any Hollywood or European film of the time.” Hitchcock’s inventive and expressionist use of sound demonstrated that the new technology opened a new realm of possibilities.THE RING (1927)A Knockout Score: Neil Brand on The RingHitchcock/Truffaut: Archival Audio InterviewIntroduction by Director / Film Historian Noël SimsoloStills GalleryTHE FARMER'S WIFE (1928)Hitch in the Countryside: Neil Brand on The Farmer's WifeExtract from BEHP audio interview with Ronald NeameHitchcock/Truffaut: archival audio interviewIntroduction by Director / Film Historian Noël SimsoloStills GalleryCHAMPAGNE (1928)Hitch & Champagne: Neil Brand on music for Silent FilmA Heady Cocktail: Charles Barr on ChampagneHitchcock/Truffaut: archival audio interviewAudio commentary by film historian Farran Smith NehmeIntroduction by Director / Film Historian Noël SimsoloStills GalleryTHE MANXMAN (1929)Melodrama à la Manx: Stephen Horne on scoring HitchcockHitch's Leading Ladies by Davina QuinlivenAudio commentary by film historian Farran Smith NehmeHitchcock/Truffaut: archival audio interviewIntroduction by Director / Film Historian Noël SimsoloStills GalleryBLACKMAIL (1929)Silent into Sound: Neil Brand on BlackmailAnny Ondra’s Screen TestExtract from BEHP audio interview with Ronald NeameAudio Commentary by Film Historian Tim LucasHitchcock/Truffaut: archival audio interviewIntroduction by Director / Film Historian Noël SimsoloStills GalleryJUNO & THE P