Just got the newly released Criterion blu-ray of this so am looking forward to that, but watching this opening I was floored by how much the opening has in common with the body washing ashore in "Frenzy," especially the shots of crowd onlookers. Both rely on "woman found murdered in a very public place" to set the stage for the rest of the film.
Daily Dose #2: To-night Golden Curls (Opening Scene of The Lodger)
in The Master of Suspense: 50 Years of Hitchcock
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Just got the newly released Criterion blu-ray of this so am looking forward to that, but watching this opening I was floored by how much the opening has in common with the body washing ashore in "Frenzy," especially the shots of crowd onlookers. Both rely on "woman found murdered in a very public place" to set the stage for the rest of the film.