Hitchcock: The Beginning

The most enjoyable additional extras on this disc, aside from Becoming Hitchcock, are interviews with Neil Brand about the scores. Even on The Ring, which is presented here with a score he didn't write, he proves an excellent guide to the mood of the film. Melodrama à la Manx: Stephen Horne on scoring Hitchcock is less detailed in terms of the film itself, but offers an insight into Horne's working on the score.

Davina Quinliven's conversation on Hitch's Leading Ladies - which can be found on The Manxman - is an excellent and accessible dive into the stars of the films on this set and their thematic connections to Hitchcock's later work. From Silent Film Idol to Superman: John Stuart by Jonathan Croall also gets down to specifics about John Stuart, whose long career would extend to Richard Donner's superhero film of 1978.

Charles Barr provides excellent additional insight into Rich And Strange, Champagne and Juno And The Paycock, with the new extras rounded out by Alma Reville: Jo Botting & Natalie Morris in Conversation.

Even if you have the 2016 edition, this set is well worth the additional investment.

These are restoration copies, including 2024 4k restorations of the silent and sound versions of Blackmail and Juno And The Paycock. There are also 2021 restorations of Rich And Strange and Number Seventeen.