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Originally Posted by Yami
Back to 1942 is an interesting pick-up for the BFI. I'm not surprised that they're releasing a Feng Xiaogang film, considering they held a season at the Southbank (isn't it strange that the BFI don't make their releases coincide with their retrospectives? You'd think they'd take advantage of the press at the time) but I thought it would be one of his earlier films. I've heard good things about it though, so I'll make sure to take a look.
Goes without saying that, on paper, Rossellini's War Trilogy is an early contender for the best release of 2015.
Also, sad to report that Spring in a Small Town is getting a DVD-only release in January. Almost certainly because of the source, but considering it's a new restoration (did anyone see it in cinemas or on the BFI Player?) I would have thought that they would have released it on Blu-Ray anyway. I'd take something like Artificial Eye's battered and scratched Mizoguchi releases over a DVD of the same any day.
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Oh, that is a shame. Let's hope they'll release some other early Chinese cinema in 2015 though, if they can restore it to a level they seem worthy for blu-ray! The 'more Rossellini' rumour...does that mean we're likely to see Journey To Italy and Stromboli finally get releases?
And yes, I do find it weird they don't put out their home video releases to coincide with a film season as that would be ideal for sales! They could sell them after screenings or even just advertise them. Is a bit odd they're releasing something so contemporary though...not usually their 'style'.
EDIT: seems Night Will Fall is gonna be DVD-only as well. All the listings and dates are up on Amazon if anyone's interested...
This document seems to point to BFI and CFA restoring several Chinese titles...let's hope one or some of them end up on blu-ray over here:
http://filmlondon.org.uk/library/doc...ListforFAN.pdf