British Film Institute (BFI) Discussion Thread - Page 104 - Blu-ray Forum

BAKA · 07-23-2014, 03:35 PM

My local arthouse has been showing Spring In A Small Town this week, and I really enjoyed it. I don't think I've ever seen a Chinese film quite like it. I hope the BFI consider comitting it to BD. I'm not entirely sure I can fully appreciate the ending just yet, and a few more viewings would aid in that. I'm also very curious to hear more about the ban.

Reading the feature in Sight & Sound last month by Noah Cowan, it would be fantastic if the BFI were able to get more of Fei Mu's films. This quote has me hugely interested in Blood On Wolf Mountain:

Quote:

How shocking then is Blood on Wolf Mountain (Lang shan die xue ji, 1936), Fei Mu's follow-up feature. A highly sophisticated atmospheric thriller with (impossible) shades of Alfred Hitchock's The Birds (1963), it is a blunt allegory, recounting the story of Japan's gradual hegemony over China by other means. Released just months before the full-scale invasion of the Japanese, it features a town suddenly entrapped by a band of once-docile wolves.

It's sad to hear of the film's circulation issues.

pro-bassoonist · 07-24-2014, 09:21 PM

The Day the Earth Caught Fire Blu-ray

Pro-B

the blob · 07-25-2014, 12:01 AM

Bit of a lacklustre sleeve. Reminds me of the cover to MGM's On The Beach DVD.

NoirFan · 07-25-2014, 12:52 AM

Cover art has never been BFI's strong suit.

tenia · 07-25-2014, 06:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoirFan

Cover art has never been BFI's strong suit.

That's the least you can say.

(when I started buying the Flipside, my brother asked if I was just aiming at "buying all the colors". Indeed these are quite funky covers

)

fdm · 07-31-2014, 03:09 AM

I was so excited when I saw that 1984 was coming out, and thought it had to be the movie version with Edmond O'Brien...

Simon Lewis · 08-07-2014, 12:33 PM

The Day The Earth Caught Fire is now £12.56 on Amazon, bit better than the £19.99 price of a few days ago.

Preordered my copy.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00M2WZXG0/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2JNK HSNOVEJF7&coliid=I2YHE0P3GPINOK

tenia · 08-07-2014, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Simon Lewis

The Day The Earth Caught Fire is now £12.56 on Amazon, bit better than the £19.99 price of a few days ago.

Much better.
Now, if Farewell to Arms could drop to about £12-13 too, that'd be nice.

(EDIT : yeah, it's actually already down to £14 !)

OceanBlue · 08-08-2014, 12:23 AM

Even though I don't think it was a science-fiction TV serial, with the BFI's upcoming DVD release of The Boy from Space, I hope that there's a good chance of a DVD release from the BFI of another serial shown on BBC series Look and Read, called Dark Towers.

Yami · 08-14-2014, 10:51 PM

The BFI will be releasing The Klushantzev Collection on December 8th.

HuggyBear73 · 08-15-2014, 08:24 PM

Has anyone ordered directly from the BFI? I live in the US and I want to order a blu-ray from them. Do they ship in bubble envelopes or cardboard mailers?

Funktion · 08-15-2014, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HuggyBear73

Has anyone ordered directly from the BFI? I live in the US and I want to order a blu-ray from them. Do they ship in bubble envelopes or cardboard mailers?

I answered your question on the Eureka thread...

To quote myself:
I only ordered a single item from them, a DVD, and it was a while ago, but they shipped it in a bubble envelope, with a small bit of additional bubble wrap around it.

Funktion · 08-17-2014, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yami

The BFI will be releasing The Klushantzev Collection on December 8th.

Has anyone heard any details about this release? I'm curious to see what will be included.

Michaeldub · 08-18-2014, 09:00 AM

Thus is good news indeed. As a big fan of Eastern Bloc sci-fi I'm looking forward to that. I bet Planet of the Storms will be included as this is his most famous and influential film (re-edited by Roger Corman for US as Planet of the Prehistoric Women)

Michaeldub · 08-18-2014, 09:18 AM

Does anyone know anything about plans to release more Greenaway films on blu-ray? The BFI released Belly of an Architect and A Zed & Two Noughts, and they will also release his latest film Goltzius and the Pelican Company. BFI seems to own the rights for A Draughtsman's Contract and his early films (all on DVD) so hopefully some day ...
But his other films are all over the place: Nightwatching got a Danish blu-ray, Baby of Macon a Swedish one, other films are not available even on DVD at all (to my knowledge), e.g. the second and third part of Tulse Luper's Suitcases. The DVD editions are all from different labels.
I think that a filmmaker like Greenaway who's films have such an emphasis on visuals would deserve an edition a la Herzog, Robbe-Grillet etc. Imagine Porspero's Books, The Cook, the Thief ... or The Pillow Book on blu ...
Wouldn't BFI be the right institution to take it on?

Erasmus Craven · 08-18-2014, 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michaeldub

The Pillow Book on blu ...
Wouldn't BFI be the right institution to take it on?

The Pillow Book had a Blu release by Park Circus:https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-P...Blu-ray/21181/

Seems like it's OOP, though.

Discussed here:https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=166816

CouncilSpectre · 08-19-2014, 12:21 PM

On a BFI-related note (SCI-FI: DAYS OF FEAR AND WONDER), anyone close enough to Jodrell Bank on the 3rd/4th October can enjoy 2001 and Alien projected onto the Lovell telescope. Discussions and talks prior to each movie screening as well.

Luckily, only about 10 minutes down the road for us!

Watch the Skies!

Myshkin · 08-22-2014, 11:33 AM

The Herzog set:

[Show spoiler]

Funktion · 08-22-2014, 11:42 AM

I really dislike these digipacks, with stacking discs. Not only do the "pages" get progressively damaged from opening and closing the set, it's a bit of a pain to have to remove the upper discs to get to the lower discs.
I wish they would have gone with those thin, slim cases, some hold two discs (one on each side), and it would take around the same storage space.

But anyway, it's the content that matters, and I can't wait to get my hands on those discs...

Myshkin · 08-22-2014, 11:55 AM

Yeah amarays are far more durable and the artwork is always protected underneath the plastic. Once they came out with 2 discs in 1 slim case I don't see why that isn't more universal. Does it take more plastic? I don't know.

I'm more annoyed by the fact that this set misses out on upgrades of 2 films from from the Anchor Bay DVD sets. So close.

08-08-2014, 12:23 AM	#2069
OceanBlue Blu-ray Baron Member since:Sep 2013 Location:Midlands, UK	Even though I don't think it was a science-fiction TV serial, with the BFI's upcoming DVD release of The Boy from Space, I hope that there's a good chance of a DVD release from the BFI of another serial shown on BBC series Look and Read, called Dark Towers. Last edited by OceanBlue; 08-08-2014 at 12:31 AM.

08-18-2014, 09:00 AM	#2074
Michaeldub Member Member since:Sep 2012 Location:California Blu-ray collection:224 DVD collection:6	Klushantsev Thus is good news indeed. As a big fan of Eastern Bloc sci-fi I'm looking forward to that. I bet Planet of the Storms will be included as this is his most famous and influential film (re-edited by Roger Corman for US as Planet of the Prehistoric Women)

08-18-2014, 09:18 AM	#2075
Michaeldub Member Member since:Sep 2012 Location:California Blu-ray collection:224 DVD collection:6	Peter Greenaway Does anyone know anything about plans to release more Greenaway films on blu-ray? The BFI released Belly of an Architect and A Zed & Two Noughts, and they will also release his latest film Goltzius and the Pelican Company. BFI seems to own the rights for A Draughtsman's Contract and his early films (all on DVD) so hopefully some day ... But his other films are all over the place: Nightwatching got a Danish blu-ray, Baby of Macon a Swedish one, other films are not available even on DVD at all (to my knowledge), e.g. the second and third part of Tulse Luper's Suitcases. The DVD editions are all from different labels. I think that a filmmaker like Greenaway who's films have such an emphasis on visuals would deserve an edition a la Herzog, Robbe-Grillet etc. Imagine Porspero's Books, The Cook, the Thief ... or The Pillow Book on blu ... Wouldn't BFI be the right institution to take it on?

08-22-2014, 11:55 AM	#2080
Myshkin Active Member Member since:Apr 2013 Location:UK	Yeah amarays are far more durable and the artwork is always protected underneath the plastic. Once they came out with 2 discs in 1 slim case I don't see why that isn't more universal. Does it take more plastic? I don't know. I'm more annoyed by the fact that this set misses out on upgrades of 2 films from from the Anchor Bay DVD sets. So close. Last edited by Myshkin; 08-22-2014 at 11:57 AM.

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07-24-2014, 09:21 PM	#2062
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07-25-2014, 12:01 AM	#2063
the blob Power Member Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Trading Score:1	Bit of a lacklustre sleeve. Reminds me of the cover to MGM's On The Beach DVD.

07-25-2014, 12:52 AM	#2064
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07-31-2014, 03:09 AM	#2066
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08-07-2014, 12:33 PM	#2067
Simon Lewis Senior Member Member since:Oct 2009 Location:Liskeard, Cornwall,UK	The Day The Earth Caught Fire is now £12.56 on Amazon, bit better than the £19.99 price of a few days ago. Preordered my copy. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00M2WZXG0/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2JNK HSNOVEJF7&coliid=I2YHE0P3GPINOK

08-14-2014, 10:51 PM	#2070
Yami Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Aug 2008 4K collection:158 Blu-ray collection:1830 DVD collection:32	The BFI will be releasing The Klushantzev Collection on December 8th.

08-15-2014, 08:24 PM	#2071
HuggyBear73 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:May 2011 Trading Score:128	Has anyone ordered directly from the BFI? I live in the US and I want to order a blu-ray from them. Do they ship in bubble envelopes or cardboard mailers?

08-19-2014, 12:21 PM	#2077
CouncilSpectre Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Apr 2013 Location:United Kingdom 4K collection:905 Blu-ray collection:7107 DVD collection:881 iTunes collection:13 Prime collection:107 Blu-ray reviews: 11 Trading Score:24	On a BFI-related note (SCI-FI: DAYS OF FEAR AND WONDER), anyone close enough to Jodrell Bank on the 3rd/4th October can enjoy 2001 and Alien projected onto the Lovell telescope. Discussions and talks prior to each movie screening as well. Luckily, only about 10 minutes down the road for us! Watch the Skies!

08-22-2014, 11:33 AM	#2078
Myshkin Active Member Member since:Apr 2013 Location:UK	The Herzog set: [Show spoiler]

08-22-2014, 11:42 AM	#2079
Funktion Power Member Member since:Feb 2009 Trading Score:1	I really dislike these digipacks, with stacking discs. Not only do the "pages" get progressively damaged from opening and closing the set, it's a bit of a pain to have to remove the upper discs to get to the lower discs. I wish they would have gone with those thin, slim cases, some hold two discs (one on each side), and it would take around the same storage space. But anyway, it's the content that matters, and I can't wait to get my hands on those discs...

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