Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Blackmail (silent version) Live Cinema Concert

Puhtauden lunnaat / Kiristys / Utpressning. GB 1929. PC: British International Pictures. P: John Maxwell. D: Alfred Hitchcock. SC: AH, Benn W. Levy, Charles Bennett - based on the play by Bennett. DP: John J. Cox. Starring: Anny Ondra (Alice White), John Longden (detective Frank Weber), Donald Calthrop (the blackmailer Tracy), Cyril Ritchard (the artist). 2056 m /24 fps/ 75 min. Print: BFI. E-subtitles in Italian. Viewed at Piazza Maggiore, Bologna, 1 July 2008
PREMIERE OF THE NEW SCORE COMPOSED BY NEIL BRAND
CONDUCTOR: TIMOTHY BROCK
ORCHESTRA DEL TEATRO COMUNALE (BOLOGNA), 56 artists
Neil Brand's new full-blooded Hitchcockian score stands up to comparison with Bernard Herrmann, Franz Waxman, Dimitri Tiomkin, and Ron Goodwin.

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