European powerhouse Studiocanal has dropped a first clip and poster of its new doc “Becoming Hitchcock – The Legacy of Blackmail” by L.A.-based filmmaker Laurent Buzereau (“Faye”, “Five Came Back,” “Music by John Williams”).
The doc feature will have its world premiere at the Lumière classic film festival in France’s Lyon on Oct. 18.
Based entirely on archive material, the film explores the famous Hitchcock touch, through the making of one of his benchmark films, “Blackmail,” released in 1929 at the dawn of the Talkies.
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