British Film Institute (BFI) Discussion Thread

[CouncilSpectre]

I totally missed that the BFI are releasing THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT!



Ordered

[grahams76]

Originally Posted by BigNickUK

Just watching Comes A Horseman which arrived today, great film , really decent cast. However the print is in terrible condition considering its age with damage throughout, desperately needs a restoration

Been waiting years for to see this but think I’ll now wait and pick it up in a sale. Sounds like the print is the same as/similar to the Twilight Time release.

[Yami]

Originally Posted by leoganzi

Someone posted some new captures of salo in the UK Salo thread long ago and judging from these screenshots, if I'm right, it seems to be newly scanned by L'Immagine Ritrovata (surely nothing like CC's).

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=54697&page=9


So I wonder if BFI used that master for the new release of Salo with some colour/gamma correction.

They haven't, "it wasn't available to [them] or to the film's underlying rights holder." They're using the Criterion

[dkelly26666]

Originally Posted by Aclea

So, basically just an interview with Robin Askwith.

And, on top of that, the Askwith interview was already on the BFI release of Abel Ferrara's "Pasolini".

So, if one has the older "Trilogy" set, and the "Pasolini" release, then you have all of the features here, already.

[johnlennon696]

I saw The Innocents got a new dvd release in April which i was thinking about getting as the older Blu Ray is difficult to get at a decent price now. Will it be issued again on blu ray anyone know?

[cinescot]

Originally Posted by johnlennon696

I saw The Innocents got a new dvd release in April which i was thinking about getting as the older Blu Ray is difficult to get at a decent price now. Will it be issued again on blu ray anyone know?

It's currently in the BOGOF offer in HMV. I've seen several copies in the stores I've been in recently.

[johnlennon696]

Originally Posted by cinescot

It's currently in the BOGOF offer in HMV. I've seen several copies in the stores I've been in recently.

Ah cool, ill have a look.

[mattyl149]

Apologies if this has already been answered. I picked up the recent Trilogy Of Life Blu-ray, but wasn't sure what the differences are between previous releases. I've left it sealed because if it's just a standard reissue I'll take it back to HMV. If there are new transfers/extras, then I'll keep it

[sjt]

Originally Posted by mattyl149

Apologies if this has already been answered. I picked up the recent Trilogy Of Life Blu-ray, but wasn't sure what the differences are between previous releases. I've left it sealed because if it's just a standard reissue I'll take it back to HMV. If there are new transfers/extras, then I'll keep it

No new extras at all (even Robin Askwith's "How-Pasolini-so-admired-my-cock" routine, not on the original BFI trilogy, is ported across from the BFI release of Ferrara's biographical film about the Italian director). The transfers aren't actually new either - they're the same ones Criterion used seven years ago in the US - but are new to the UK, and are a notable advance on the BFI's original releases here.

[johnpaul2]

IIRC, the BFI specifically stated these transfers are "new to the UK", not just "new". That's also the case for Salo.

I don't think there was any other reason for this set to happen than just upgrading the transfers and putting the movies back in print in the UK in HD.

[cinescot]

Originally Posted by johnlennon696

Ah cool, ill have a look.

Judging by the online availability, it does actually look like the BFI BD for The Innocents is now Out of Print. I'm just wondering if BFI are going to license the UK Blu-ray rights for a Criterion release, perhaps retaining the DVD rights (as you say the DVD release is still quite recent).

If you definitely want that BFI release though, getting it in the current BOGOF will probably be the last chance to get it at a decent price.

[DefLeppard]

THE INNOCENTS is still available on BFI online store.. May be stocks were pulled from other retailers to accommodate BOGOF sales demand?

[johnlennon696]

Yeah, I picked a copy of The Innocents up in HMV today Along with Wages Of Fear.

Thanks guys.

[CelestialAgent]

Norwich has 2 copies for anyone looking for it.

[hamsterburger]

The 5-Disc Blu-ray Set 5 Pioneers of African-Amercian Cinema is currently £16.09 at base.com meaning you save £53.90 from the retail price.

The dual format French Cancan is £4.99 and there's also quite a few titles for £7.59 at the moment.

[StarDestroyer52]

Grabbed the following two Fox noirs. I've been trying to grab as many of the Fox titles because of the uncertainty with the Disney acquisition:

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

Grabbed the following two Fox noirs. I've been trying to grab as many of the Fox titles because of the uncertainty with the Disney acquisition:

Cry of the City is a great release, the Adrian Martin commentary is a good listen.

[fatboyslim142]

Originally Posted by johnpaul2

IIRC, the BFI specifically stated these transfers are "new to the UK", not just "new". That's also the case for Salo.

I don't think there was any other reason for this set to happen than just upgrading the transfers and putting the movies back in print in the UK in HD.

Does the Salo re-release STILL include the 17 sec scene that the 2008 release had?

[sjt]

Originally Posted by fatboyslim142

Does the Salo re-release STILL include the 17 sec scene that the 2008 release had?

If you mean the recitation of the Gottfried Benn poem at the wedding, then yes, it does, though it's a little longer than 17'', more like 25''.

Criterion would have liked to have included it, but it wasn't available to them via any of their potential licensors, whereas it's always been part of the BFI's preservation copy (and I might add was certainly shown at the University of Warwick's Italian Dept. in 1976 when the police turned up mob-handed to confiscate it and proceeded to chase poor Don Ranvaud, who'd arranged the screening, half-way around the Midlands with cans of film rattling around in the boot of his car and a handsome young art history student acting as his lookout......)

[ravenus]

It's not traditional horror, but Jean Cocteau's Orphee / Orpheus is a strange and surreal film that's not out of place for a Halloween theme viewing.

Loosely adapted from the Greek legend, here Orpheus (Jean Marais) is a disgruntled poet (of the New Wave, perhaps) whisked away from the scene of a mishap by a decidedly strange woman (who might be Death herself) and the people that obey her orders. Abandoned in an equally mysterious fashion, Orpheus is chauffeured home where wife Eurydice has been crying hell over his disappearance. Shortly after Eurydice is taken away and Orpheus learns that he must go after into an other-world dimension through a mirror portal to get her back.

Cocteau's film embraces surrealism for both its content and style, creating a dream-like ambience for large stretches. The effects used are simple but ingenious, and the off-kilter tone of the film makes it easier to be immersed in its contrivances. Nicholas Hayer's cinematography has a luminous quality and Georges Auric's music enhances the fantasy element of the film.

The BFI blu-ray carries a handsome transfer of the film with a clear LPCM 2.0 French soundtrack (and English subtitles). There are also several extras and a booklet included.