British Film Institute (BFI) Discussion Thread - Page 208 - Blu-ray Forum

rapta · 06-21-2017, 01:19 PM

Yes, on board for Cry of the City definitely, and possibly Carmen Jones or The Birth of a Nation. Hope they're added to the offer soon as I might be able to snag an Arrow title or two as well...they're still actively in the offer right now.

Si Parallel Universe · 06-21-2017, 01:21 PM

Culloden + The War Game , I missed. Tokyo Story and The Leopard. If they are in the offer.

tenia · 06-21-2017, 01:32 PM

For anybody who hasn't got it already, I can't recommend The War Game enough.

It was an absolutely intense watch, something that just deeply shaked me up, and went straight into my Top 100.

BarnDoor · 06-21-2017, 02:09 PM

Hopefully a few more might be added, like Odds Against Tomorrow. The £8.99 selection looks quite small at the moment.

Fnord Prefect · 06-21-2017, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by tenia

For anybody who hasn't got it already, I can't recommend The War Game enough.

It was an absolutely intense watch, something that just deeply shaked me up, and went straight into my Top 100.

If you liked the War Game I'd strongly recommend Threads. It's with Simply Media at the moment and despite being shot on film they chose to release it on DVD only from the same master used for the mid-80's BBC VHS edition.

There used to be a perfectly watchable version on Youtube but the only full version on there at the moment is a faded fuzzy horizontally stretched copy with Italian subtitles.

Knaldskalle · 06-21-2017, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by tenia

For anybody who hasn't got it already, I can't recommend The War Game enough.

It was an absolutely intense watch, something that just deeply shaked me up, and went straight into my Top 100.

It's funny how something that's so old, treats a subject that's no longer quite as big a threat (all out nuclear war) can still somehow chill you to the core. Fantastic movie.

Oh, and Amazon seems to be price matching some of these offers, just picked up Birth of a Nation for £8.99!

tenia · 06-21-2017, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Knaldskalle

It's funny how something that's so old, treats a subject that's no longer quite as big a threat (all out nuclear war) can still somehow chill you to the core.

In some way, it never got old. WMD-dissuasion remains one of the most used arsenal to avoid all-out war, which is precisely what the movie is about : what happens if this fails ?

It could still fail tomorrow. Or the day after. Some countries like Sweden reinstated compulsory military draft for fear that another world war happens soon.

But what the movie descripts and which is so chilling is how things can suddenly turned awful but also awfully "mechanical" in how they unfold. It's all extremely relentlessly logical. That's what most frightening to me. How all seems to smoothly unfold. The looting. The confiscations. The public mass executions. The riotings.

And the movie doesn't shy away from showing you this. Ill people ? Let's shoot them in the street and burn them before it gets worse.

rapta · 06-21-2017, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Si Parallel Universe

Culloden + The War Game , I missed. Tokyo Story and The Leopard. If they are in the offer.

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Originally Posted by BarnDoor

Hopefully a few more might be added, like Odds Against Tomorrow. The £8.99 selection looks quite small at the moment.

I need both of these actually. Will snap 'em up if they're added!

Knaldskalle · 06-21-2017, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by tenia

It could still fail tomorrow. Or the day after. Some countries like Sweden reinstated compulsory military draft for fear that another world war happens soon.

Well, Sweden is a bit of a special case with its tradition of "armed neutrality." Considering its small population, ~8 million, it has an outsized military industry with the likes of Bofors, Saab etc. I didn't even know they'd abolished the military draft, I assumed they'd continued it, like the other Scandinavian countries (albeit at low numbers).

And you're right, it could still fail, but we're no longer "at the brink" where any little unexpected event could trigger a nuclear holocaust. When I was a kid a power outage could make people wonder if war had broken out. That's how tense things were.

tenia · 06-21-2017, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Knaldskalle

And you're right, it could still fail, but we're no longer "at the brink" where any little unexpected event could trigger a nuclear holocaust. When I was a kid a power outage could make people wonder if war had broken out. That's how tense things were.

It certainly is a different world, but Trump, Putin and Kim Jong-un don't do a lot to reassure us on this kind of matter.

Fnord Prefect · 06-21-2017, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by tenia

It certainly is a different world, but Trump, Putin and Kim Jong-un don't do a lot to reassure us on this kind of matter.

Have nightmares...

billlythekid · 06-21-2017, 10:09 PM

Amazon have Culloden + The War Game (Dual Format Edition) [DVD]
£7.68+ £1.26 UK delivery New@musicMagpie

Picked it up along with Birth Of A Nation.

Si Parallel Universe · 06-21-2017, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by billlythekid

Amazon have Culloden + The War Game (Dual Format Edition) [DVD]
£7.68+ £1.26 UK delivery New@musicMagpie

Picked it up along with Birth Of A Nation.

Thanks might check on music magpie's ebay page too

CrockettandTubbs · 06-22-2017, 08:58 AM

There's a few titles in HMVs 5 for £30, but only some are in stock. Really want:

and others, but it's OOS at the moment.

Germany, Pale Mother; Vivre sa Vie; The Innocents; Night and the City; Bande a Part are in stock.

I should really look in-store, but this weather...

lazy springs to mind

CavebobSpongeman · 06-22-2017, 11:14 AM

Got a list of the titles in the offer...so far (not many are in stock):
Love is the devil
Play on
The party's over
On the black hill
The glass shield
Contact
Women in love
Carmen jones
Cry of the city
Underground
Canterbury tales
The decameron
Nosferatu
The firm
Birth of a nation
Faces
Killing of a Chinese bookie
the battles of coronel and Falkland Islands
The innocents
Edge of the world
Captured
Late autumn
Back to 1942
Vivre sa vie
Germany pale mother
Bande a part
The leopard
Man with a movie camera
Saturday night, Sunday morning
Loneliness of the long distance runner
The day the earth caught fire
Night and the city
Rashomon
Seven samurai

Is there any point in getting Seven Samurai or Rashomon for someone has the criterions? different extras etc.

Pikylechu · 06-22-2017, 11:37 AM

One or two I might pick up if they're still available come pay day. I was hoping we would see some more of the Ozu collection. I watched Equinox Flower and really enjoyed it.

I'll definitely pick up Late Autumn if Fopp are selling them for £6 each when I'm in Glasgow this weekend though.

CrockettandTubbs · 06-22-2017, 12:50 PM

I wonder if HMV will add Around the World with Orson Welles?

It was in the offer last year.

Unsure about Underground. Review here:

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Under...143588/#Review

rapta · 06-22-2017, 02:34 PM

I went for Cry of the City, Underground, The Glass Shield, Faces, and The Birth of a Nation yesterday afternoon. Only The Glass Shield has dispatched though cause they all suddenly went OOS when I placed my order. Hope they all still have booklets, and The Birth of a Nation still has the slipcover (need to get the MoC edition too, even though the BFI transfer is arguably better).

Was after plenty of others, shame they weren't added to the offer; namely Privilege, Opening Night, Farewell My Concubine, Culloden/The War Game, Psychomania, Odds Against Tomorrow, Paris Blues, El Sur. The Crying Game is probably too soon to be in the offer...maybe next time! Good offer though, was almost gonna get a few Arrow titles but would rather grab a few BFI ones that I had almost bought anyway in recent months. Been after Faces for a long time in particular, and was waiting for Cry of the City to fall in price. Surprised to see The Glass Shield in there so soon, but glad to get it earlier than expected!

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Originally Posted by CrockettandTubbs

Unsure about Underground. Review here:

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Under...143588/#Review

Why unsure? Best it's ever looked, and includes the extended TV version on the second and third discs (DVD though). Never seen it but heard a lot of positive things about it, and Kusturica in general.

In fact, I wonder if MoC will pick up Time of the Gypsies in their Sony deal?

Gerby · 06-22-2017, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by CrockettandTubbs

I wonder if HMV will add Around the World with Orson Welles?

It was in the offer last year.

Unsure about Underground. Review here:

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Under...143588/#Review

Underground is an amazing movie! (one of my favourites of the 90's & imo Kusturica's best movie).

CrockettandTubbs · 06-22-2017, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by rapta

Why unsure? Best it's ever looked, and includes the extended TV version on the second and third discs (DVD though). Never seen it but heard a lot of positive things about it, and Kusturica in general.

In fact, I wonder if MoC will pick up Time of the Gypsies in their Sony deal?

Just never heard of it - but can't really complain if I don't like it: for £6.

06-22-2017, 12:50 PM	#4157
CrockettandTubbs Blu-ray Knight Member since:Oct 2010 Location:Er...Miami? 4K collection:82 Blu-ray collection:2455	I wonder if HMV will add Around the World with Orson Welles? It was in the offer last year. Unsure about Underground. Review here: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Under...143588/#Review Last edited by CrockettandTubbs; 06-22-2017 at 12:58 PM.

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06-21-2017, 01:19 PM	#4141
rapta Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Mar 2013 Location:Hants, UK 4K collection:70 Blu-ray collection:5438 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:7	Yes, on board for Cry of the City definitely, and possibly Carmen Jones or The Birth of a Nation. Hope they're added to the offer soon as I might be able to snag an Arrow title or two as well...they're still actively in the offer right now.

06-21-2017, 01:21 PM	#4142
Si Parallel Universe Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Apr 2015 Location:A Parallel Universe Somewhere 4K collection:136 Blu-ray collection:3086 DVD collection:395 Blu-ray reviews: 9 Trading Score:1	Culloden + The War Game , I missed. Tokyo Story and The Leopard. If they are in the offer.

06-21-2017, 01:32 PM	#4143
tenia Banned Top contributor Member since:Sep 2010 Location:France 4K collection:251 Blu-ray collection:4012 Blu-ray reviews: 103	For anybody who hasn't got it already, I can't recommend The War Game enough. It was an absolutely intense watch, something that just deeply shaked me up, and went straight into my Top 100.

06-21-2017, 02:09 PM	#4144
BarnDoor Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Jan 2010 4K collection:338 Blu-ray collection:6006 Trading Score:3	Hopefully a few more might be added, like Odds Against Tomorrow. The £8.99 selection looks quite small at the moment.

06-21-2017, 10:09 PM	#4152
billlythekid Active Member Member since:Sep 2012	Amazon have Culloden + The War Game (Dual Format Edition) [DVD] £7.68+ £1.26 UK delivery New@musicMagpie Picked it up along with Birth Of A Nation.

06-22-2017, 08:58 AM	#4154
CrockettandTubbs Blu-ray Knight Member since:Oct 2010 Location:Er...Miami? 4K collection:82 Blu-ray collection:2455	There's a few titles in HMVs 5 for £30, but only some are in stock. Really want: and others, but it's OOS at the moment. Germany, Pale Mother; Vivre sa Vie; The Innocents; Night and the City; Bande a Part are in stock. I should really look in-store, but this weather... lazy springs to mind

06-22-2017, 11:14 AM	#4155
CavebobSpongeman Blu-ray Guru Member since:Apr 2015	Got a list of the titles in the offer...so far (not many are in stock): Love is the devil Play on The party's over On the black hill The glass shield Contact Women in love Carmen jones Cry of the city Underground Canterbury tales The decameron Nosferatu The firm Birth of a nation Faces Killing of a Chinese bookie the battles of coronel and Falkland Islands The innocents Edge of the world Captured Late autumn Back to 1942 Vivre sa vie Germany pale mother Bande a part The leopard Man with a movie camera Saturday night, Sunday morning Loneliness of the long distance runner The day the earth caught fire Night and the city Rashomon Seven samurai Is there any point in getting Seven Samurai or Rashomon for someone has the criterions? different extras etc.

06-22-2017, 11:37 AM	#4156
Pikylechu Senior Member Top contributor Member since:May 2017 Location:Aberdeen, Scotland 4K collection:23 Blu-ray collection:1512 DVD collection:6	One or two I might pick up if they're still available come pay day. I was hoping we would see some more of the Ozu collection. I watched Equinox Flower and really enjoyed it. I'll definitely pick up Late Autumn if Fopp are selling them for £6 each when I'm in Glasgow this weekend though.

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