Nine of the British director’s earliest surviving productions will be shown in the 20-year-old event’s annual showcase of late masters.
After recruiting the British Oscar-winning filmmaker Tom Hooper to preside over its competition jury next month, the Shanghai International Film Festival is now bringing in another famed British cineaste to star in its 16thedition – Alfred Hitchcock.
Nine of the thrill-master’s black-and-white silent films from the 1920s will be screened at the festival as part of its annual Tributes to Masters showcase, which has previously featured the works of Akira Kurosawa, Ingmar Bergman, Elizabeth Taylor, Krzysztof Kieslowski and Chang Cheh.
After recruiting the British Oscar-winning filmmaker Tom Hooper to preside over its competition jury next month, the Shanghai International Film Festival is now bringing in another famed British cineaste to star in its 16thedition – Alfred Hitchcock.
Nine of the thrill-master’s black-and-white silent films from the 1920s will be screened at the festival as part of its annual Tributes to Masters showcase, which has previously featured the works of Akira Kurosawa, Ingmar Bergman, Elizabeth Taylor, Krzysztof Kieslowski and Chang Cheh.