British Film Institute (BFI) Discussion Thread

[ricky_dicky]

Originally Posted by the13thman

I still have the Criterion DVD of Wages of Fear, I would upgrade it if the new version was dual format but it being a 4K-only release puts me off, it can wait until a sale.

It is £18.27 on Rarewaves, every month or so they do a 10% site wide discount, I will order it when they next do the discount.

[grahams76]

Originally Posted by ricky_dicky

It is £18.27 on Rarewaves, every month or so they do a 10% site wide discount, I will order it when they next do the discount.

I've used that tactic before on Rarewaves pre-orders only to find the items were 'sold out' by the time the discount code rolled around.

[ricky_dicky]

Originally Posted by grahams76

I've used that tactic before on Rarewaves pre-orders only to find the items were 'sold out' by the time the discount code rolled around.

Just put a back up order in at amazon to cover you

[grahams76]

I've already preordered it from Rarewaves as it's currently in stock. I just wouldn't wait around to get another 10% off as there's a good chance it'll become unavailable and will then be re-listed at a higher price.

[everygrainofsand]

Originally Posted by CavebobSpongeman

Got Beautiful Thing on DVD not long ago so I'm am so down to upgrade, top film.

Beautiful Thing is a really special film. It makes the heart swell, seeing first love between the two lads. It's wonderfully written, and has a killer soundtrack. I can't recommend the film enough; it's an absolute winner, and deeply emotionally affecting

[Olmo]

Email from Amazon, Bluebeard’s Castle delayed a fortnight.

[Dogwood]

If you're in the south-west, Bristol Watershed have a Technicolor season coming up in partnership with BFI: some really good films, including a handful of Powell & Pressburger classics.

[rapta]

Originally Posted by Dogwood

If you're in the south-west, Bristol Watershed have a Technicolor season coming up in partnership with BFI: some really good films, including a handful of Powell & Pressburger classics.

Great season and possibly my favourite cinema (shame I don't live nearby). I'd love to see Vertigo, All That Heaven Allows and Charade on the big screen; and P&P-wise, of course, A Matter of Life and Death and Black Narcissus in particular. Run, don't walk!

[koberulz]

Emailed BFI back on the 1st, followed up three days ago, still no reply.

[Harffyn Teuport]

Originally Posted by Dogwood

If you're in the south-west, Bristol Watershed have a Technicolor season coming up in partnership with BFI: some really good films, including a handful of Powell & Pressburger classics.

Ooh. Thanks for the heads up. Booked tickets for The Red Shoes, Suspiria and The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg (if you hear someone crying like a big jessie through the latter then that'll be me).

[JoePo]

Originally Posted by Dogwood

If you're in the south-west, Bristol Watershed have a Technicolor season coming up in partnership with BFI: some really good films, including a handful of Powell & Pressburger classics.

Right up my alley. Literally

[FantasticMrFox]

Originally Posted by Dogwood

If you're in the south-west, Bristol Watershed have a Technicolor season coming up in partnership with BFI: some really good films, including a handful of Powell & Pressburger classics.

This new book by the BFI seems to fit in with the upcoming season:

The Cinema of Powell and Pressburger: Romantic Imaginations
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cinema-Powe...s%2C156&sr=8-2

[Sifox211]

Ooh... me wanty

[kmhofmann]

Originally Posted by FantasticMrFox

This new book by the BFI seems to fit in with the upcoming season:

The Cinema of Powell and Pressburger: Romantic Imaginations
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cinema-Powe...s%2C156&sr=8-2

Thanks, just ordered

[trobrianders]

Originally Posted by FantasticMrFox

This new book by the BFI seems to fit in with the upcoming season:

The Cinema of Powell and Pressburger: Romantic Imaginations
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cinema-Powe...s%2C156&sr=8-2

For once the reviews don't seem like simple hyperbole

[Show spoiler]This book is a pleasure to read, full of generous appreciations of Powell and Pressburger’s work from a multitude of personal angles. -- Philip Kemp ― Sight & Sound

A lavish volume. -- Robin Ashenden ― The Spectator

The Cinema of Powell and Pressburger raids the BFI’s archive to provide definitive visual gloss on the partnership’s career. Gorgeous paintings from the production-design teams. Reproductions of pages from Powell’s diary revealing his immaculately vertical penmanship. Lavish promotional stills that work subtle variations on the moving images. No coffee table is complete without it. -- Donald Clake ― The Irish Times

A superb acknowledgement of the powerfully collaborative nature of filmmaking … [And] a record of remarkable artistic freedom made possible for a prolifically imaginative director and writer to cast their spells, enthusiasm and love. ― London Grip

[TheDot]

HMV sale incoming? I notice Amazon have a reduced a handful, and they're usually responding to HMV.

Spotted a few newer titles like Pretty Red Dress down to £7.99 at HMV.

[JanPospisil]

Is BFI really backed up on orders?
I bought a bunch of sales films in August and it got delayed due to restock issues. (or that was the stated reason when I emailed them in September)
Since then - still nothing. I emailed back last week and got no reply so far.

[justwannaboogie]

Originally Posted by TheDot

HMV sale incoming? I notice Amazon have a reduced a handful, and they're usually responding to HMV.

Spotted a few newer titles like Pretty Red Dress down to £7.99 at HMV.

Thanks, with a 20% code that's £6.39 a title. Went for

Western Approaches, La Regle Du Jeu, Kamikaze Hearts and The Driver's Seat.

[rapta]

Originally Posted by justwannaboogie

Thanks, with a 20% code that's £6.39 a title. Went for

Western Approaches, La Regle Du Jeu, Kamikaze Hearts and The Driver's Seat.

Classic BFI, doing a massive HMV sale after their own and several Rarewaves price-drops. I already bought a bunch of these recently, should've known I could've waited and saved a few quid!

Ah well, still got these: The Juniper Tree, The Driver's Seat, Western Approaches, Kuhle Wampe, The Phantom of the Opera.

[Magna]

Originally Posted by JanPospisil

Is BFI really backed up on orders?
I bought a bunch of sales films in August and it got delayed due to restock issues. (or that was the stated reason when I emailed them in September)
Since then - still nothing. I emailed back last week and got no reply so far.

I am as well still waiting for my order of

L'argent
Mary Queen of Scots
A Woman Under the Influence
Scandal
Polytechnique
Shooting Stars

I wonder if any of those blu-rays are the ones that have been affected more by the stock problems.