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BFI programme highlights announced for 2020
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At the very bottom of that article it lists upcoming releases inc DVD/Blu-ray: BEST OF PLAY FOR TODAY VOL.1
Has this been mentioned before? Sounds very promising cause there's some real riches there. Also it would be great if the Japan season results in them finally upgrading more Kurosawa and, especially some Naruse finally making it to blu. |
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If they're not going to do a separate set of his works (they really should), I hope some Peter McDougall stuff finds its way on there, particularly Just Another Saturday and Just a Boys' Game, both fantastic. Last edited by BarnDoor; 12-12-2019 at 09:27 AM. |
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Would love to go see a bit of Kitano and Kurosawa at the cinema.
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Alternatively, I could see us getting an Oshima set from one of these labels (MoC, Arrow Academy, Criterion) since there are several of his films not available on UK home video and others have gone OOP (e.g. Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, Empire of Passion, In the Realm of the Senses). |
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It also wouldn't surprise me to see the BFI release something like Hakujaden - the first colour anime film, which had a 4K restoration and Blu-Ray release in Japan last year. |
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I've always had a soft spot for Psychomania. It was a staple of late night telly when I was growing up. There wasn't any mention of it in the news reports. |
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HMV’s website appears to be selling Derek Jarman Vol 1 set.
https://store.hmv.com/store/film-tv/...-one-1976-1986 “Back in stock soon” Hopefully they’re able to fulfil as they’ve taken money up-front. |
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Otto Preminger seems to be a bit of a forgotten director these days and while his career is inconsistent and filled with frequent highs and lows, any director of films such as Anatomy of a Murder, Laura, Advise and Consent, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Angel Face, Daisy Kenyon and the movie I want to talk about, Whirlpool, deserves more recognition.
Whirlpool is a gloriously silly and hokey story played straight and made with an effortlessly high degree of skill while also imbuing its characterisations with a reasonably acute psychological awareness. The plot is basically a riff on The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari (minus the twist) and The Testament Of Dr Mabuse but Preminger does not go for german expressionist flourishes and instead opts for a similar style to his own Laura. Gene Tierney is once again hypnotising in her beauty but also does a quite a credible job of portraying a woman that is mentally affected by being boxed in by a patriarchal society that has no interest in her needs or wants. Richard Conte is miscast as an upper society psychiatrist that is married to Tierney’s character (Conte basically comes across as he does in many other films of his where he plays working class tough guys) but his character has an unusually nuanced arc which he is able to still get across. Jose Ferrer gets the showiest role as the antagonist of the films and runs with it, pronouncing every consonant and vowel with mischievous glee and going along for the ride with the more ridiculous turns for his character’s role in the story. This is included in the BFI’s Otto Preminger Collection. The blu is sourced from an older Fox master that has a surprising amount of damage present and also has noticeable warping and frame instability issues. Otherwise the source is pretty sharp and detailed and with a good greyscale. The encoding is subpar but adequate. If you can afford it, I would recommend TT’s release of the film which is from the same Fox master but is much better encoded and also seems to have reduced the warping and instability (it is still there but not as noticeable as on the BFI’s disc). Last edited by nitin; 12-22-2019 at 03:32 AM. |
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Going into it, Whirlpool was far and away the title I most enjoyed, with Fallen Angel being the biggest disappointment, and ...Sidewalk being a nonplus shoulder shrug. While I still enjoyed Whirlpool, my reaction to both of the others this time was radically different. Absolutely loved Angel and ...Sidewalk had me riveted too. I'd rate it even higher, if not for the unlikely, but the code necessary, end turn. All in all, a great set. Hopefully Warner Archive will see fit to kick out Angel Face this year. |
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