The Genius of Hitchcock
Celebrating Cinema's Master of Suspense
June 2012 – October 2012
Starting with the London 2012 Festival, the BFI is exploring Alfred Hitchcock's complete works with a celebration which includes gala screenings of the silent classics and a full retrospective at BFI Southbank.
London 2012 Festival
Sound, Silence, Suspense
Spectacular gala screenings of restored Alfred Hitchcock silent films pesented with live performances of new orchestral scores by Nitin Sawhney and Daniel Patrick Cohen.
The Pleasure Garden
Hitchcock's directorial debut, made when he was 25, follows the love lives of two dancers at a London nightspot. Features a new score by Daniel Patrick Cohen, performed live by the Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble at Wilton's Music Hall.
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The Lodger
A strange lodger may be a serial killer in Alfred Hitchcock's first suspense thriller. With a new score by Nitin Sawhney, performed live with the London Symphony Orchestra at Barbican Hall. Nitin Sawhney's score for The Lodger is commissioned by independent film distributor Network Releasing in partnership with the BFI.
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Coming soon
Look out for the third event to be announced, Hitchcock's seminal thriller, Blackmail. Plus, to coincide with the restoration of Hitchcock's nine silent films, BFI Southbank is mounting a retrospective from August to mid-October 2012 of all the extant features he directed.
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Rescue the Hitchcock 9
We need your help to continue the major campaign to restore all nine surviving silent films by one of the greatest directors of all time.
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