9 Alfred Hitchcock films (1927-1932) coming from Kino

[MifuneFan]

While this is crazy good, and surprising news. Is anyone else's head blown right now that both Hideo Nakata's Ring, and Hitchcock's Ring film were both announced on the same day? What are the odds of that?!

[Egbert Souse]

There's actually ten Hitchcock films with StudioCanal - Juno and the Paycock isn't among the titles, though it seems that even the sole "legal" release in Europe is pretty bad quality.

This is fantastic news. Blackmail is obviously the jewel of the batch, but the rest of the silents are a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to finally having these in proper quality since I refuse to own any of those gray market PD garbage sets.

That will leave just the iTV-owned silents Criterion likely controls. The Pleasure Garden will probably be paired up with Easy Virtue (like The Lodger with Downhill). The talkies consist of Waltzes from Vienna, Secret Agent, Sabotage, and Young and Innocent. Plus the inevitable upgrade of Spellbound.

Pretty amazing that it's entirely possible by 2020 that all 52 of Hitchcock's surviving feature films will be available on Blu-ray.

[GeoffOliver]

Originally Posted by Egbert Souse

There's actually ten Hitchcock films with StudioCanal - Juno and the Paycock isn't among the titles, though it seems that even the sole "legal" release in Europe is pretty bad quality.

This is fantastic news. Blackmail is obviously the jewel of the batch, but the rest of the silents are a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to finally having these in proper quality since I refuse to own any of those gray market PD garbage sets.

That will leave just the iTV-owned silents Criterion likely controls. The Pleasure Garden will probably be paired up with Easy Virtue (like The Lodger with Downhill). The talkies consist of Waltzes from Vienna, Secret Agent, Sabotage, and Young and Innocent. Plus the inevitable upgrade of Spellbound.

Pretty amazing that it's entirely possible by 2020 that all 52 of Hitchcock's surviving feature films will be available on Blu-ray.

We also need a reissue of Jamaica Inn because Cohen Media Group’s Blu-ray fell out of print.

[JohnnyF]

Originally Posted by GeoffOliver

We also need a reissue of Jamaica Inn because Cohen Media Group’s Blu-ray fell out of print.

I've got an extra copy if anyone needs the Cohen Blu.

[GeoffOliver]

Originally Posted by JohnnyF

I've got an extra copy if anyone needs the Cohen Blu.

Just PMed you.

[James Luckard]

Could some kind soul change the title of the thread?

HITCHCOCK 9 is the name under which the restored silent films are collectively known and this release will not include all of them. The title is confusing.

It should say "9 Hitchcock titles" or something like that, and not in caps.

Thanks!

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by GeoffOliver

We also need a reissue of Jamaica Inn because Cohen Media Group’s Blu-ray fell out of print.

I preordered it, so I was lucky enough to get it, but it went OOP almost immediately. People kept claiming it was just a shortage of stock and would be restocked eventually, which it never was. I wonder if it was a limited run, where they just didn't announce the number.