Blackmail (Silent Version) (Cutting Room Floor #184)
Film School
English - November 13, 2023 11:00 - 41 minutes - 28.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsFilm Reviews TV & Film Arts afi screenwriting afistop100 afitop100 americanfilminstitute creative creativity film filmschool storygrid Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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As soon as we learned there was ANOTHER version of Hitchcock's Blackmail--the silent version, which was actually more popular at the time than the "talkie" version was--we knew we had to set aside the time to watch it. It's not exactly a different movie. Most of the cast is the same. Most of the shots are the same. But it IS different. Substantially so; it's the original way the film was shot, and it's silent. Even though its not its own movie, not really, a deep dive into Hitchcock's filmography wouldn't be complete without it, so we're sitting down to watch it. Join us :)