British Film Institute (BFI) Discussion Thread

[koberulz]

Originally Posted by T4ffer

Yeah just like a human. A very eager human.

Humans understand the questions you ask them.

[T4ffer]

Originally Posted by koberulz

Humans understand the questions you ask them.

Hardly. Well, to your point that it can't function as a search - yes, it can't search anything current, but the new ChatGPT 5 introduced some weeks ago is pretty good at summarising things from the past.

[T4ffer]

And notice I'm not making any statements about it's infallibility. Well I haven't run into issues after weeks of occasional usage, but google's default AI results provider (Gemini?) has lied to me about how to write SI units for example. It claimed that submultipliers are written in lower case and multipliers in uppercase. That's a complete bullshit answer.

[GaryCouzens]

Originally Posted by ryanhoward79

I think this is going to end up being the first volume in a Wiseman series given just how early in his career all of these films are. Of course I could be wrong, but this is my wishful thinking

I guess it'll depend on how well this set sells.

[koberulz]

It didn't lie. Saying it did is assigning it a whole lot of consciousness and intent it does not have.

It does not know that you're asking it a question. It doesn't even know what a question is.

[T4ffer]

Originally Posted by koberulz

It didn't lie. Saying it did is assigning it a whole lot of consciousness and intent it does not have.

It does not know that you're asking it a question. It doesn't even know what a question is.

Good luck!

[fatboyslim142]

Been going through the London Film Festival programme online & it looks like these 2 will be release by the BFI at some point. Looking forward to Lucile Hadžihalilović's film.

[wabrit]

Originally Posted by fatboyslim142

Been going through the London Film Festival programme online & it looks like these 2 will be release by the BFI at some point. Looking forward to Lucile Hadžihalilović's film.

Yep hoping to score some tickets for The Ice Tower at the LFF, and the new Claire Denis (The Fence).

[fatboyslim142]

Originally Posted by wabrit

Yep hoping to score some tickets for The Ice Tower at the LFF, and the new Claire Denis (The Fence).

I'm looking forward to & hoping to get tickets for the following in addition to Hadžihalilović's film:

Alpha (Julia Ducournau) - Enjoyed her Palme d'Or winning film at the LFF.
Reflection in a Dead Diamond (Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani) - Eurospy homage. This will be a straight to streaming release from Shudder at some point later this year.
Decorado (Alberto Vázquez) - Enjoyed his previous film Unicorn Wars at the LFF
Magellan (Lav Diaz) - The king of the long film. During post-production the footage was divided in two feature films, with this being the first (160 mins), while an untitled second film will have a 9-hour cut featuring Beatriz's side of the story.

[wabrit]

Originally Posted by fatboyslim142

I'm looking forward to & hoping to get tickets for the following in addition to Hadžihalilović's film:

Alpha (Julia Ducournau) - Enjoyed her Palme d'Or winning film at the LFF.
Reflection in a Dead Diamond (Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani) - Eurospy homage. This will be a straight to streaming release from Shudder at some point later this year.
Decorado (Alberto Vázquez) - Enjoyed his previous film Unicorn Wars at the LFF
Magellan (Lav Diaz) - The king of the long film. During post-production the footage was divided in two feature films, with this being the first (160 mins), while an untitled second film will have a 9-hour cut featuring Beatriz's side of the story.

Alpha looks very intriguing! I thought about Magellan but I think I'll pass on that one - already eyeing too many long movies (Sound of Falling, Secret Agent, No Other Choice), and maybe some enterprising label will release the whole thing one day.

[GaryCouzens]

Originally Posted by wabrit

Alpha looks very intriguing! I thought about Magellan but I think I'll pass on that one - already eyeing too many long movies (Sound of Falling, Secret Agent, No Other Choice), and maybe some enterprising label will release the whole thing one day.

Diaz is a case where the sheer length of many of his films are a disincentive for UK distribution - not just in arranging cinema showing times but the additional cost of BBFC certification likely makes releases unviable given the likely small audience. It's a circular argument - his films don't get shown in the UK so people here don't know about him other than a small number of cineastes so they're not commercial propositions even in arthouse terms so they don't get distributed here... I saw some of his films when Mubi streamed them a few years ago, including the ten-and-a-half-hour Evolution of a Filipino Family. (I watched it in instalments.)

As far as I know the only one of his that's had a commercial release was Norte, The End of History, which Diaz aficionados tend to think as one of his more commercial films - it's in colour and only four and a quarter hours long. It was only submitted to the BBFC for homeviewing - its limited cinema release was in places like the ICA in London which can and does show uncertificated films with local authority (Westminster) permission.

[ophone]

Originally Posted by fatboyslim142

Reflection in a Dead Diamond (Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani) - Eurospy homage. This will be a straight to streaming release from Shudder at some point later this year.

A can vouch for this film, not only because Sophie Mousel utters a few sentences in Luxembourgish in it.

[wabrit]

Originally Posted by GaryCouzens

Diaz is a case where the sheer length of many of his films are a disincentive for UK distribution - not just in arranging cinema showing times but the additional cost of BBFC certification likely makes releases unviable given the likely small audience. It's a circular argument - his films don't get shown in the UK so people here don't know about him other than a small number of cineastes so they're not commercial propositions even in arthouse terms so they don't get distributed here... I saw some of his films when Mubi streamed them a few years ago, including the ten-and-a-half-hour Evolution of a Filipino Family. (I watched it in instalments.)

As far as I know the only one of his that's had a commercial release was Norte, The End of History, which Diaz aficionados tend to think as one of his more commercial films - it's in colour and only four and a quarter hours long. It was only submitted to the BBFC for homeviewing - its limited cinema release was in places like the ICA in London which can and does show uncertificated films with local authority (Westminster) permission.

Looks like there's a French 3 disc edition of ‎A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (now out of print).

[fatboyslim142]

Originally Posted by wabrit

Looks like there's a French 3 disc edition of ‎A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (now out of print).

Is that English friendly in any way?

[fatboyslim142]

Originally Posted by ophone

A can vouch for this film, not only because Sophie Mousel utters a few sentences in Luxembourgish in it.

I'm going as I thoroughly enjoyed the directors previous WTF film at the LFF. Looking forward to both this & their upcoming animated film Darling. Still need to see their 2nd feature film, The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears, as well as their short films.

[wabrit]

Originally Posted by fatboyslim142

Is that English friendly in any way?

According to the description in the Amazon listing, it has English subs https://amzn.eu/d/aavU3oB

[wabrit]

Originally Posted by fatboyslim142

Is that English friendly in any way?

Here's the label page https://www.clavisfilms.com/lav-diaz...de-mystere.php

[fatboyslim142]

Originally Posted by wabrit

Here's the label page https://www.clavisfilms.com/lav-diaz...de-mystere.php

Thanks. This is the DVD set. There are plenty on Lav Diaz films that are shorter that are 4hrs or less that could be released in the UK. I reckon they'd most likely be released by Radiance films, ideally as a boxset or two, if at all.

Anyway whoever releases Magellan in the UK will need to release it with the untitled 9hr 2nd film.

[wabrit]

Originally Posted by fatboyslim142

Thanks. This is the DVD set. There are plenty on Lav Diaz films that are shorter that are 4hrs or less that could be released in the UK. I reckon they'd most likely be released by Radiance films, ideally as a boxset or two, if at all.

Anyway whoever releases Magellan in the UK will need to release it with the untitled 9hr 2nd film.

There's also a blu ray variant on that page

[fatboyslim142]

Originally Posted by wabrit

There's also a blu ray variant on that page

My mistake I didn't look ptoperly. Do you know if this set has any extras?