British Film Institute (BFI) Discussion Thread

[MovieBuff647]

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

The BFI should be encoded by FiM, so it should beat the Criterion.

Ordered one very recently and just got it in - not FiM, but Digital Cinema United. Still, BFI is almost always superior to Criterion and I only recently found out this went OOP, so I'm very glad I got one before prices hike up.

[MovieBuff647]

Originally Posted by FantasticMrFox

I didn't saw this in detail before here, so sorry if it was already posted:

Man am I glad I held off on the Criterion set. Heard it's an encoding disaster.

[ko8ebryant24]

Life is Sweet

BFI BD vs Criterion BD

https://slow.pics/c/q69WPPxQ

The doctor was right.

[MovieBuff647]

Originally Posted by ko8ebryant24

Life is Sweet

BFI BD vs Criterion BD

https://slow.pics/c/q69WPPxQ

The doctor was right.

Both have artifacts but the BFI looks slightly better overall from what I can tell. I think the fact that the Criterion looks darker makes the artifacts more noticeable in this case.

Either way, the BFI has some exclusive extras, so I'm glad I picked it up.

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by Aunt Peg

Anybody know what the chances are of the BFI releasing Silver Haze on Blu Ray? It has been a number of months since it's cinema release.

I have no hope at this point, same with Ama Gloria and Sky Peals not every theatrical release gets a disc.

Originally Posted by fatboyslim142

Will any of the short films she made be included?

Are any of Akerman’s films absent from the set?

[GaryCouzens]

The 12-minute short J'ai faim, j'ai froid, which was part of the 1984 anthology film Paris vu par...vingt ans après and which isn't mentioned as being included in the Blu-ray sets, is free to watch at Le Cinéma Club for a week from today.

[fatboyslim142]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

Are any of Akerman’s films absent from the set?

Try going by the lists on here someone posted & her filmography on wikipedia then make a list here of any that aren't included.

[Aunt Peg]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

I have no hope at this point, same with Ama Gloria and Sky Peals not every theatrical release gets a disc.



Are any of Akerman’s films absent from the set?

I've completely lost track of what gets released in the UK since the pandemic begun as I stopped purchasing Sight & Sound.

Ama Gloria is being released in Australia - but DVD only.

I suppose I will have to purchase the Kino DVD edition of Silver Haze.

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by fatboyslim142

Try going by the lists on here someone posted & her filmography on wikipedia then make a list here of any that aren't included.

1967-78

No films from this period are missing, but there are a few films between volumes as the second volume picks up in 1982: Dis-moi and Hôtel des Acacias

1982-2015

The Man with the Suitcase, One Day Pina Asked, J’ai faim j’ai froid, Lettre de cinéaste, Family Business, Le Marteau, Letters Home, Rue Mallet-Stevens, Portrait d’une paresseuse, Trois strophes sur le nom de Sacher, Les trois dernières sonates de Franz Schubert, Pour Febe Elisabeth Velasquez El Salvador, Nuit et jour, Contre l’oubli segment, Le Déménagement, Portrait d’une jeune fille de la fin des années 60 à Bruxelles, A Couch in New York, Le Jour où, Chantal Akerman par Chantal Akerman, Avec Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Autour d’hier aujourd’hui et demain (on déménage), Demain on déménage, Là-bas, Tombée de nuit sur Shanghai, Femmes d’Anvers en Novembre, A l’est avec Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Maniac Summer, My Mother Laughs Prelude

[CelestialAgent]

Been working my way through Greenaway’s films recently, I’m hoping The Falls is a possible future upgrade from DVD considering the US Zeitgeist Blu-ray. It looks like it’s expired from BFI Player, although apparently MUBI were streaming it in January (presumably the HD master from the US release?)

[TheDot]

Sale starting at HMV it seems, and Amazon doing the usual sporadic price matches currently.

£7.99 for some of the newer (not very latest) releases.

[Nitroes]

Originally Posted by TheDot

Sale starting at HMV it seems, and Amazon doing the usual sporadic price matches currently.

£7.99 for some of the newer (not very latest) releases.

It's a bit of a moving feast so haste ye not. I was posting in the Bargains thread and stuff was getting added as I typed.

I got (and more):

[wabrit]

Originally Posted by Nitroes

It's a bit of a moving feast so haste ye not. I was posting in the Bargains thread and stuff was getting added as I typed.

I got (and more):

Thanks for that screenshotted heads up on Hidden City!

[CrockettandTubbs]

Scala! no longer has the booklet?

I'll look in HMV on Friday, I think, and see if I'm lucky...

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by CrockettandTubbs

Scala! no longer has the booklet?

I'll look in HMV on Friday, I think, and see if I'm lucky...

HMV Norwich still has one.

Regle and Pickpocket don’t have booklets.

[Seasnake30]

Does anyone know if Chocolat from HMV still has a booklet?

[jmbe]

Originally Posted by Seasnake30

Does anyone know if Chocolat from HMV still has a booklet?

All the copies in my HMV still have them. Ordering online is going to be a slight roll of the dice but I'd say it's a reasonably safe bet.

[trobrianders]

Originally Posted by Seasnake30

Does anyone know if Chocolat from HMV still has a booklet?

Bought mine 2 months ago HMV online. Came with a booklet. I'd say it was stil a safe bet. But I've got dumb luck. Even my copy of Bait came with a booklet earlier this year. That's like Willy Wonka's Golden Ticket.

[Modman]

Originally Posted by trobrianders

Bought mine 2 months ago HMV online. Came with a booklet. I'd say it was stil a safe bet. But I've got dumb luck. Even my copy of Bait came with a booklet earlier this year. That's like Willy Wonka's Golden Ticket.

I got Bait 10 days after release no booklet!

[hanz0]

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