British Film Institute (BFI) Discussion Thread - Page 559 - Blu-ray Forum

rapta · 04-11-2025, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

Picked up the Ozu double feature in store for £8

Insanely good prize on that! Think I got it in BFI Shop's 3 for £25 offer, so a similar price.

Posted in another thread that I got Ghost Stories for Christmas Vol. 2 for £9.99 the other day, and got the Michael Powell: Early Works set online for £14.99 (same price in-store). Strange that some titles are cheaper in-store and others aren't...

fatboyslim142 · 04-12-2025, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by rapta

Insanely good prize on that! Think I got it in BFI Shop's 3 for £25 offer, so a similar price.

Posted in another thread that I got Ghost Stories for Christmas Vol. 2 for £9.99 the other day, and got the Michael Powell: Early Works set online for £14.99 (same price in-store). Strange that some titles are cheaper in-store and others aren't...

Where did you get Ghost Stories for Christmas Vol. 2 from?

grahams76 · 04-12-2025, 01:34 AM

It's been a week since the BFI sent that email saying their shop has been hacked and the site is still offline. I want to login to change my password.

rapta · 04-12-2025, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by fatboyslim142

Where did you get Ghost Stories for Christmas Vol. 2 from?

My local HMV.

T4ffer · 04-14-2025, 02:52 PM

The BFI shop better not come back online without a huge Flipside sale.

MifuneFan · 04-14-2025, 03:01 PM

Ben Stoddard said this in the BFI Group with relation to the Romulus titles they hold:

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All the Romulus titles we've done will be deleted and various already have been. Next up to join the deleted list will be Good Die Young, The Guinea Pig and Beat The Devil.

T4ffer · 04-14-2025, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Ben Stoddard said this in the BFI Group with relation to the Romulus titles they hold:

...

Next up to join the deleted list will be Good Die Young, The Guinea Pig and Beat The Devil.

Two of those I have, does anyone recommend The Guinea Pig?

rapta · 04-14-2025, 07:37 PM

No doubt StudioCanal will bring them back into print though, as they now control the Romulus library, and with some improvements to a couple of them IIRC (need to find out which though so I can consider double-dipping).

fdm · 04-14-2025, 08:05 PM

Which are/were the Romulus titles?

yukito · 04-14-2025, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by fdm

Which are/were the Romulus titles?

Cosh boy from the flipside series.

JackyJacquard · 04-16-2025, 02:12 PM

Do BFI’s blu-rays normally come in the plastic like everything else - you know where it has corners almost, where its been folded - or more like clingfilm that’s somehow been sealed?

I suspect my entire HMV order might be reseals, they came like the latter

CouncilSpectre · 04-16-2025, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by JackyJacquard

Do BFI’s blu-rays normally come in the plastic like everything else - you know where it has corners almost, where its been folded - or more like clingfilm that’s somehow been sealed?

I suspect my entire HMV order might be reseals, they came like the latter

Pretty sure they use both.

Quickly looking through my BFIs which are still sealed, and from numerous retailers, there's far more with your first example, but more than enough with the latter sealing to suggest (to me) that they're not all re-seals.

JackyJacquard · 04-16-2025, 04:22 PM

Well, assuming they’re not reseals Jules et Jim, Madam De…, Mädchen in Uniform, Piccadilly, and The Last Metro all came with booklets!

shimmy · 04-17-2025, 10:10 AM

I emailed BFI if the recent hack will affect any preorders made on the site and it will not, they will be fullfilled normally.

gekats · 04-20-2025, 01:35 AM

Wondering why Chantal Akerman blu ray sets are only available though 3rd party sellers in amazon. Could anyone please clarify whether this is just some temporary shortage or the BFI is sold out or something? With the BFI shop not working can't really tell.

Would much prefer the BFI to the Criterion and wanted to buy earlier, but if that's sold out I might go for the Criterion after all. Probably should've got it earlier, as News from home is such a favourite (and a very haunting film)...

RossyG · 04-20-2025, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by gekats

Wondering why Chantal Akerman blu ray sets are only available though 3rd party sellers in amazon.

They’re not as far as I can see.

Modman · 04-20-2025, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by gekats

Wondering why Chantal Akerman blu ray sets are only available though 3rd party sellers in amazon. Could anyone please clarify whether this is just some temporary shortage or the BFI is sold out or something? With the BFI shop not working can't really tell.

Would much prefer the BFI to the Criterion and wanted to buy earlier, but if that's sold out I might go for the Criterion after all. Probably should've got it earlier, as News from home is such a favourite (and a very haunting film)...

If you're in the UK I would buy from Browns Books, that's where I got mine, a lot cheaper then Amazon even if you don't qualify for free shipping.

wabrit · 04-20-2025, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Modman

If you're in the UK I would buy from Browns Books, that's where I got mine, a lot cheaper then Amazon even if you don't qualify for free shipping.

Unless I've got the wrong website, isn't this the one that says "Special order line: only available to educational & business accounts" on a lot of products?

RossyG · 04-20-2025, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by wabrit

Unless I've got the wrong website, isn't this the one that says "Special order line: only available to educational & business accounts" on a lot of products?

That's the one.

Modman · 04-20-2025, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by wabrit

Unless I've got the wrong website, isn't this the one that says "Special order line: only available to educational & business accounts" on a lot of products?

That's only when it goes out of stock, the item in question has 17 in stock.

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04-12-2025, 01:34 AM	#11163
grahams76 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jun 2013 Location:Perth, Australia 4K collection:410 Blu-ray collection:2096 DVD collection:256 Digital collection:1 Trading Score:18	It's been a week since the BFI sent that email saying their shop has been hacked and the site is still offline. I want to login to change my password.

04-14-2025, 02:52 PM	#11165
T4ffer Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Aug 2016 Location:Estonia 4K collection:244 Blu-ray collection:3596 DVD collection:9	The BFI shop better not come back online without a huge Flipside sale.

04-14-2025, 07:37 PM	#11168
rapta Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Mar 2013 Location:Hants, UK 4K collection:70 Blu-ray collection:5441 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:7	No doubt StudioCanal will bring them back into print though, as they now control the Romulus library, and with some improvements to a couple of them IIRC (need to find out which though so I can consider double-dipping).

04-14-2025, 08:05 PM	#11169
fdm Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Way Out West 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:- iTunes collection:- Prime collection:- Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:3	Which are/were the Romulus titles?

04-16-2025, 02:12 PM	#11171
JackyJacquard Special Member Top contributor Member since:Aug 2024 4K collection:513 Blu-ray collection:1472 DVD collection:72 Trading Score:1	Do BFI’s blu-rays normally come in the plastic like everything else - you know where it has corners almost, where its been folded - or more like clingfilm that’s somehow been sealed? I suspect my entire HMV order might be reseals, they came like the latter

04-16-2025, 04:22 PM	#11173
JackyJacquard Special Member Top contributor Member since:Aug 2024 4K collection:513 Blu-ray collection:1472 DVD collection:72 Trading Score:1	Well, assuming they’re not reseals Jules et Jim, Madam De…, Mädchen in Uniform, Piccadilly, and The Last Metro all came with booklets!

04-17-2025, 10:10 AM	#11174
shimmy Senior Member Member since:Mar 2019 Blu-ray collection:89	I emailed BFI if the recent hack will affect any preorders made on the site and it will not, they will be fullfilled normally.

04-20-2025, 01:35 AM	#11175
gekats Special Member Member since:Mar 2022	Wondering why Chantal Akerman blu ray sets are only available though 3rd party sellers in amazon. Could anyone please clarify whether this is just some temporary shortage or the BFI is sold out or something? With the BFI shop not working can't really tell. Would much prefer the BFI to the Criterion and wanted to buy earlier, but if that's sold out I might go for the Criterion after all. Probably should've got it earlier, as News from home is such a favourite (and a very haunting film)...

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