The Genius of Hitchcock
Introduction
The BFI presents a major celebration of the most influential and iconic British film director of all time. Born in East London, Hitchcock lived in the city for the first half of his life and worked in its film studios for almost 20 years. London was the star of many of his films and Hitchcock is our star for the London 2012 Festival.
Two years ago we began a major fundraising campaign - Rescue the Hitchcock 9 - in support of the BFI National Archive’s biggest single project to date: the full restoration of the director’s nine surviving silent films. The development of Hitchcock’s work during the silent era is crucial to an understanding of his filmmaking style, but none of the titles has benefited from full archival restoration in the digital age.
Now, thanks to the generous support of our BFI Members, hundreds of Hitchcock fans, trusts and foundations, corporate partners, rights-holders and archives around the world, we can look upon these films afresh.
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The Hitchcock 9
The Pleasure Garden (1926)
The Lodger (1926)
The Ring (1927)
Downhill (1927)
Easy Virtue (1927)
The Farmers Wife (1928)
Champagne (1928)
The Manxman (1929)
Blackmail (1929)
Nitin Sawhney's score for The Lodger is commissioned by independent film distributor Network Releasing in partnership with the BFI.
Rescue the Hitchcock 9: Major Donors
We wish to thank the following for their generous support:
The Eric Anker-Petersen Charity; British Board of Film Classification; James Dalton; Deluxe 142; Shivendra Singh Dungarpur; The Mohamed S. Farsi Foundation; The Film Foundation; Daniel & Joanna Friel; Pia Getty; The Headley Trust; Simon W Hessel; The Hollywood Foreign Press Association; Ian & Beth Mill; Col & Karen Needham; PRS for Music Foundation; Dr Mortimer and Theresa Sackler Foundation; Martin Scorsese; Ronald Terry Shedlo; and, Matt Spick.
