British Film Institute (BFI) Discussion Thread

[CrockettandTubbs]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

I imagine Short Sharp Shocks Vol 4 will be among them, given we know it's coming.

I'd love a surprise like Screamtime, or something horror from the BBC archives (like West Country Tales), but I'm not holding my breath.

Who's likely to get Hammer House of Horror, now that Network are no more

[Mattmck99]

Amazon have them up:

Eyes Without a Face 4K

Short Sharp Shocks Vol. 4

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

Akira Kurosawa Samurai Collection

Hilary and Jackie

Priest

The House of Mirth

[dallywhitty]

It's easy to deceive
It's easy to tease
But hard to get release.

[ukpaul]

Originally Posted by Mattmck99

Amazon have them up:

Eyes Without a Face 4K

Short Sharp Shocks Vol. 4

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

Akira Kurosawa Samurai Collection

Hilary and Jackie

Priest

The House of Mirth

That’s a cracking line-up, I already have the Akerman box and will stick with 4K for upgrading the Kurosawa but nothing that I will miss out on. It’s always good to see the Blu-less British cinema of the eighties to noughties get picked up and these three are no exception.

[Cremildo]

[Show spoiler]The House of Mirth

should be a revelation in high definition. The Film4 DVD just isn't good. It looked blurry even on my older, smaller TV.

[Gacivory]

So excited for The House of Mirth! been waiting on that one for awhile!

[T4ffer]

Wow. I will get the Terence Davies film House of Mirth and of course the Short Sharp Shocks as I’m collecting all Flipside releases.

Will probably skip the Eyes Without a Face upgrade as it seems to drop a short and add a commentary.

But I might also eventually decide to go for the Kurosawa and get all his movies on Blu-Ray then instead of 4K, if the price is right.

[MaciejCichosz]

I literally just bought the "Eyes Without a Face" Blu-Ray...

"Jeanne Dielman" in that 2-disc format will be perhaps my triple-dip just like "Fanny and Alexander" (got the Criterion and BFI Akerman/Bergman boxset).

[huntauk]

Only Eyes Without a Face upgrade for me. Hopefully Priest means they might give us Bird's Face at some point but don't know it possible as it's with the BBC I assume.

[kokone]

is the Akira Kurosawa Samurai Collection just a repackaging of the older collection, or are their new extras etc?

[rapta]

Originally Posted by kokone

is the Akira Kurosawa Samurai Collection just a repackaging of the older collection, or are their new extras etc?

Looks like it's just a box set of the new remastered editions without a booklet.

[RossyG]

I might get Eyes although I have the Umbrella 4K. I already have Jeanne Dielman from the box set and the Kurosawa films as 4Ks. Not interested in the rest but I’m glad to see others are enthusiastic.

My only disappointment is that no new Children’s Film Foundation discs are in the (leaked) announcement. It’s been a long time since the last Bumper Box.

[RossyG]

Looks like no booklets for standalone releases of films previously part of BFI box sets is becoming a thing. Pity…

[CrockettandTubbs]

Just SSS vol. 4 down the line somewhere for me.

[yukito]

Only SSS Vol.4 for me too.

[IanSchultz23]

Originally Posted by T4ffer

Wow. I will get the Terence Davies film House of Mirth and of course the Short Sharp Shocks as I’m collecting all Flipside releases.

Will probably skip the Eyes Without a Face upgrade as it seems to drop a short and add a commentary.

But I might also eventually decide to go for the Kurosawa and get all his movies on Blu-Ray then instead of 4K, if the price is right.

Doesn’t drop anything

[BarnDoor]

Regarding SSS Vol 4, does anyone know what Scarecrow and Sanctum are about? Scant information online about either.

[RossyG]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

Regarding SSS Vol 4, does anyone know what Scarecrow and Sanctum are about? Scant information online about either.

Scarecrow: “Set in Southern Ireland in 1931 at the height of a drought, it tells of the desperate efforts of a poor farmer to save his crops from the ravagings of a plague of rooks. Overpowered by the heat and driven to a hallucinatory state of madness, his efforts end in tragedy.”

Sanctum: “Study of the fantasies of a disturbed young man who appears to be sexually stimulated by the rituals and symbols of Catholicism.”

[BarnDoor]

Originally Posted by RossyG

Scarecrow: “Set in Southern Ireland in 1931 at the height of a drought, it tells of the desperate efforts of a poor farmer to save his crops from the ravagings of a plague of rooks. Overpowered by the heat and driven to a hallucinatory state of madness, his efforts end in tragedy.”

Sanctum: “Study of the fantasies of a disturbed young man who appears to be sexually stimulated by the rituals and symbols of Catholicism.”

Fun viewing for the whole family then?

[MifuneFan]

It looks like this same actor keeps appearing in all of these supposed Samoorai movies