The Informer
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ased on Liam O'Flaherty's popular novel this gripping thriller is set amongst a group of revolutionaries in the newly independent Ireland of 1922. When one of their number, Francis, kills the chief of police he goes on the run. But when he returns to say goodbye to his mother and former lover he is cruelly betrayed by his one-time friend, Gypo.
Newly restored by the BFI National Archive, with a new score from acclaimed violist/composer Garth Knox and premiered at the 2016 BFI London Film Festival, The Informer is one of the finest British films of the 1920s and deserves a place alongside other silent greats such as Blackmail, A Cottage on Dartmoor and Piccadilly.
This Dual Format Edition includes the silent version alongside the rare sound version which was produced at the same time
Special Features:
- A new restoration presented in High Definition and Standard Definition
- The sound version of The Informer (1929, 84 mins)
- Restoration Demonstration (2016, 5 mins)
- Shaping the Silence (2017, 10 secs)
- A selection of Topical Budget films from newly independent Ireland:
- I Want Peace (1921)
- Is It The Dawn? (1921)
- Historic Unionist Conference At Liverpool (1921)
- Irish Peace Imperilled By Extremists (1921)
- Further Pictures Of The Irish Peace (1921)
- Surrender of Dublin Castle (1922)
- British Evacuate Ireland after Hundreds of Years of Occupation (1922)
- Dublin's Civil War (1922)
- Illustrated booklet with full film credits and essays by Bryony Dixon, Garth Knox and Michael Brooke
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Not to be confused with the John Ford film of the same title, this BFI release presents Liam O’Flaherty’s novel as a claustrophobic exploration of paranoia, belonging, love and betrayal, set at the time Ireland was struggling for independence from Great Britain. The film is beautifully composed, and was shot as both a silent movie and a talkie since at the time the silents were giving way to the “new” speaking pictures, and both versions are present on this release, along with some quaint budget films from the then newly independent Ireland, to underscore the context of the main film. For me the silent version is preferable since the main actors have heavily accented English (Hungarian and Swedish) and this tends to rob the film of some veracity. The score by Garth Knox is appropriate and in harmony with the film, unlike so many modern electronic scores that destroy silent film restorations these days. For fans of silent movies, this is a must-have. You will not be disappointed!