British Film Institute (BFI) Discussion Thread

[Guernica78]

Originally Posted by tofurice

Ordered from HMV before the “back in stock soon” but still no dispatch. Holding out hope.

I got mine yesterday!

[MifuneFan]

Not sure it's been mentioned yet, but pre-orders of La Haine 4K from BFI gets you this spiffy tote bag

https://shop.bfi.org.uk/la-haine-4k-ultra-hd.html

Pre-order and receive a free, limited edition La Haine tote bag!

[RossyG]

I’d have gone with “Jusqu’ici tout va bien.”

[GlacierTuba]

Brilliant film. I can't quite come to terms with the fact La Haine is 30 years old. I remember when the film came out, I think it was shown on BBC 2 or something, or maybe Mark Kermode did a piece on it, I forget.

I just recall in 1995 I was rushing to buy this on VHS in a fancy shoebox-style limited edition. I later bought the soundtrack on CD though both the CD and VHS I've lost to the sands of time. I'll have to get the 4K. Does it come with Métisse like the VHS (and the soundtrack CD for that matter) did?

30 years...bloody hell.

[MifuneFan]

Finalized extras are up for Eclipse (Flipside #51)

https://shop.bfi.org.uk/eclipse-flip...1-blu-ray.html

Extras

• Newly remastered in 2K and presented in High Definition
• Newly recorded audio commentary by Vic Pratt, co-founder of the BFI Flipside
• Sun & Moon – Tom Conti discusses Eclipse (2025, 10 mins): the actor on his experience of making the film
• Relative Strangers: The Chalk Mark (1988, 24 mins) and Marooned (1994, 21 mins): two stylish short films that enigmatically echo the disjointed relationships central to Eclipse
• Not Waving, Drowning: Joe and Petunia: Coastguard (1968, 2 mins); Charley Says: Falling in the Water (1973, 1 min); Lonely Water (1973, 1 min): three haunting water-safety Public Information Films eerily adjacent to the psychogeographic headspace of the main feature
• 2025 trailer
• Image gallery
• **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet with new writing on the film by Vic Pratt, an archival interview with director Simon Perry, an original review, and writing on The Chalk Mark and Marooned by the BFI’s William Fowler

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Not sure it's been mentioned yet, but pre-orders of La Haine 4K from BFI gets you this spiffy tote bag

[Show spoiler]

I'm not sure if carrying that around in public does not constitute some form of provocation to hatred / violence, at least to folks ignorant of the film. But even that apart, it's a surprisingly insensitive bit of consumerism culture from the BFI.

[JoePo]

Originally Posted by ravenus

I'm not sure if carrying that around in public does not constitute some form of provocation to hatred / violence, at least to folks ignorant of the film. But even that apart, it's a surprisingly insensitive bit of consumerism culture from the BFI.

Huh? Guns don't kill people tote bags do? While we're at it we should also ban the bible for it's similar proclamation that the meek shall inherit the Earth, I guess.

[Rutger Lundgren]

I've never watched the film, and I fail to see what's provocative about that. Sounds like a typically vapid lifestyle statement.

[RossyG]

I’ve seen the film four times. I can’t remember where that line is used and I can’t see anything provocative about it either.

[JoePo]

Originally Posted by RossyG

I’ve seen the film four times. I can’t remember where that line is used and I can’t see anything provocative about it either.

I can't remember in the context of La Haine but I imagine it's from the characters' fascination with gangster culture and specifically Scarface, where it appears on a blimp. In that context I think it is intended to show the underclass characters buying into the American/capitalist dream of consumerism via criminal activity rather than more socially acceptable means.

Either way I can't see a riot breaking out on the Southbank because someone's come out of the BFI wearing a tote with that on.

[FantasticMrFox]

I've watched La haine countless times. It's a movie that was very important to us growing up (born 1985).

The BFI bag is regarded to this scene:



Le monde est a vous = the world is yours
Le monde est a nous = the world is ours

[CrockettandTubbs]

"The World Is Yours" - 83's Scarface, wasn't it?

Goodyear?

No, the worst! (The Naked Gun)

[TheRingshifter]

Originally Posted by CrockettandTubbs

"The World Is Yours" - 83's Scarface, wasn't it?

Goodyear?

No, the worst! (The Naked Gun)

It's also in 1932's Scarface (on a Billboard).

[GlacierTuba]

Originally Posted by CrockettandTubbs

Goodyear?

No, the worst! (The Naked Gun)

"Eine Blitzen : a pen. Eine Flachmetuchen: a table."

The pen is on the table.

"Wir haben Pflichtmitten in der Heineplatz. : There is sauerkraut in my Lederhosen."

"Naechtlich mit der Stall, in der Buergerplatz. : I want a schnauser with my Wienerschnitzel."

All courtesy of Neek Rivers.

[MifuneFan]

The text on the tote should have been French if anything, and crossing out the V for the N too. That's maximum hipster. BFI are only going half-hipster here.

[MifuneFan]

Et voila, I fixed your tote BFI.

[JoePo]

Originally Posted by TheRingshifter

It's also in 1932's Scarface (on a Billboard).

Also the Pete Rock produced late 90s Nas banger.

[GlacierTuba]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

The text on the tote should have been French if anything, and crossing out the V for the N too. That's maximum hipster. BFI are only going half-hipster here.

Full hipster would have been having the tote bag modelled by a gangly knobhead on a Penny Farthing, wearing a plaid shirt and bollock-strangling denim, sporting a beard the size of a Rhododendron bush and armed with a Crossley portable turntable under one arm and a selection of Maria McKee records discreetly tucked under the other.

Massive fail by BFI there.

[Querelle]

Originally Posted by JoePo

Also the Pete Rock produced late 90s Nas banger.

early 90s ('94) but yeah

Whose tote is this?
The tote is yours, the tote is yours
It's mine, it's mine, it's mine
Whose tote is this?

[GlacierTuba]

Alfie Jukes - Tote Bag [Lyric Video] - YouTube