tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post8223710023183855192..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: The Lodger: A Story of the London FogEd Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-49181397880633554592012-05-22T16:39:17.710-04:002012-05-22T16:39:17.710-04:00Thanks, Marilyn. You, Farran and Rod did a GREAT j...Thanks, Marilyn. You, Farran and Rod did a GREAT job with the blogathon, as always. It's always one of the best and most important events in the whole blogosphere.<br /><br />I like this one a lot too, and you're right, it's definitely the first major sign of the "mature" Hitchcock to come.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-44821414269256813242012-05-22T09:21:04.795-04:002012-05-22T09:21:04.795-04:00This is one of my favorite Hitchcocks, not only fo...This is one of my favorite Hitchcocks, not only for the romanticism you suggest (I'm a little in love with Novello) but also for its place in showing the mature Hitchcock in the making. I personally am glad that Novello turned out not to be the killer, though it is too bad Hitch couldn't have his way more often - the ends of his films tend to be the least satisfying parts of them. Fine Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00513072379930200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-16338749878274202412012-05-14T18:46:52.683-04:002012-05-14T18:46:52.683-04:00This is pretty easily the best Hitchcock silent th...This is pretty easily the best Hitchcock silent that I've seen, the most complete statement of his early work. It's rich, fascinating stuff, even if as a mystery or suspense piece it does fall flat.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-31716758815128510672012-05-14T16:54:40.262-04:002012-05-14T16:54:40.262-04:00"This perverse vision of sex and death as an ..."This perverse vision of sex and death as an interconnected pair is contrasted against the lush romanticism of the scenes between Daisy and the lodger, though of course death hangs over this pair too in the form of the suspicions about the lodger's identity,"<br /><br />Fabulously framed, and surely a significant early work that easily trumps the two you reviewed after it, and a Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.com