British Film Institute (BFI) Discussion Thread

[rapta]

Originally Posted by Ed1978

Hi guys,

Does anyone know if the upcoming BFI release of Get Carter will be released in a standalone Blu Ray version?

There’s a UHD limited edition as well as a separate Blu-Ray limited edition. What do you mean exactly?

[RossyG]

Originally Posted by Ed1978

Hi guys,

Does anyone know if the upcoming BFI release of Get Carter will be released in a standalone Blu Ray version?

Yes.

[rapta]

Originally Posted by rossyg

yes.

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by darrellmaclaine

Has the BFI release of Judgment At Nuremberg been deleted? Only came out early 2020 but fills the telltale 'unavailable from label, out of stock on Amazon, high prices on eBay but a few still left in HMV' bingo card of a disc on the chopping block.

It was a limited edition, I assume the standard edition will drop the DVD bonus disc.

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Looking forward to ‘All My Friends Hate Me’, looks right up my street.

It’s in the cinema this week but it doesn’t feel essential when I know I can get an extras filled disc in a few months, same with Get Carter. Maybe if ODEON or Vue were showing it I would reconsider, but my Picturehouse doesn’t have the biggest screens.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

It was a limited edition, I assume the standard edition will drop the DVD bonus disc.



It’s in the cinema this week but it doesn’t feel essential when I know I can get an extras filled disc in a few months, same with Get Carter. Maybe if ODEON or Vue were showing it I would reconsider, but my Picturehouse doesn’t have the biggest screens.

Yeah, that’s my thinking too.

[Ed1978]

Originally Posted by rapta

There’s a UHD limited edition as well as a separate Blu-Ray limited edition. What do you mean exactly?

I mean a standard edition that doesn't contain all the extra stuff like the booklet, poster and postcards

[fatboyslim142]

Ben Stoddart, in the Facebook group has confirmed that Peter Watkins Privilege is being re-issued. He mentioned this in reply to my reply to someone's comment in a thread on BFI Flipside titles:

Privilege will be reissued but sadly without the extras which we can’t renew. It will basically be the film and the film only. It also won’t be dual format as that doesn’t really make sense these days. Nobody wants it on DVD.

[rapta]

Originally Posted by Ed1978

I mean a standard edition that doesn't contain all the extra stuff like the booklet, poster and postcards

Not confirmed yet but they are deciding between 1-disc and 2-disc (i.e. with or without the bonus disc), depends how well the Limited Edition sells I suppose. Might be waiting a while!

[Danse Macabre]

Originally Posted by fatboyslim142

Ben Stoddart, in the Facebook group has confirmed that Peter Watkins Privilege is being re-issued. He mentioned this in reply to my reply to someone's comment in a thread on BFI Flipside titles:

Hope this means there might be a chance for Joanna and The Party's Over to be re-issued as well.

[fatboyslim142]

Originally Posted by Danse Macabre

Hope this means there might be a chance for Joanna and The Party's Over to be re-issued as well.

I'm not sure. Maybe ask in the Facebook group.

[Nedoflanders]

Originally Posted by Danse Macabre

Hope this means there might be a chance for Joanna and The Party's Over to be re-issued as well.

Joanna was licensed from Fox, so no, unfortunately.

The Party's Over might have a chance, but it wasn't a big seller when it was available and took some two years to sell its last copies from the point they announced it would be going OOP.

[trobrianders]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

It was a limited edition, I assume the standard edition will drop the DVD bonus disc.

Isn't it a bit strange their referring to it as a Limited Edition when it fits the 'First Pressing Only' bill of extras like a booklet or bonus disc or both? Anyhow HMV still seems like the last place to get Judgment at Nuremberg.

[darrellmaclaine]

Originally Posted by trobrianders

Isn't it a bit strange their referring to it as a Limited Edition when it fits the 'First Pressing Only' bill of extras like a booklet or bonus disc or both? Anyhow HMV still seems like the last place to get Judgment at Nuremberg.

It's already been repressed without its booklet since initial release - the edition HMV are currently in sole possession of is just the two discs without the Shatner essay. So maybe this really is the end of the road for it. I certainly wouldn't hang about if it's on your hitlist.

[CrockettandTubbs]

[Show spoiler]"Hoots, mon! Where's me head?!"

• Audio commentary by film historian and critic Sergio Mims (2020)
• Isolated John Barry score with commentary from film historians Nick Redman and Jon Burlingame
• Original overture and musical intermission
• Riding High (2022, 6 mins): actor Frances White recalls a few of her most memorable experiences on location
• The Guardian Lecture: Glenda Jackson (1982, 77 mins, audio only): the actor interviewed at the National Film Theatre
• Now and Then: Vanessa Redgrave (1968, 30 mins): the actor is interviewed by Bernard Braden for his never broadcast series
• Promotional trailer (1971, 4 mins)
• Image gallery
• Newly created audio description track
• Newly commissioned reversible sleeve art by artist David Downton
• First pressing only: Illustrated booklet with a new essay by Ellen Cheshire, biographies of Vanessa Redgrave and Glenda Jackson by John Oliver, credits and notes on the special features

Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature

[thuata]

Is there any chance Kino's Cinema's First Nasty Women will get a BFI sibling, like the Pioneers of African-American Cinema and Early Women Filmmakers boxes did ?
It's one of my most anticipated releases

[trobrianders]

Originally Posted by darrellmaclaine

It's already been repressed without its booklet since initial release - the edition HMV are currently in sole possession of is just the two discs without the Shatner essay. So maybe this really is the end of the road for it. I certainly wouldn't hang about if it's on your hitlist.

That's Strange. I bought a copy that has the booklet Aug 2020 but the cover is clean. No insert bubble announcing the Shatner essay. The one still on sale at HMV, that you say is without the essay, has that insert on its reference pic.

[trobrianders]

Anyone know if BFI will be releasing any of these up and coming Truffaut soon to be released by Kino Lorber?

Coming Soon on Blu-ray:
The Bride Wore Black (1968)
The Man Who Loved Women (1977)
Mississippi Mermaid (1969)
Small Change (1976)
The Story of Adele H (1975)
The Wild Child (1970)

[Yami]

Originally Posted by trobrianders

Anyone know if BFI will be releasing any of these up and coming Truffaut soon to be released by Kino

They won't be

[trobrianders]

Originally Posted by Yami

They won't be

Could you elaborate? You're sure because you know? Or you're a pessimist? BFI put 4 of these CNC resorations out already: The 400 Blows, Jules et Jim, La Peau douce and The Last Metro. Why stop there? And why not a boxset? These are the standard questions you'd expect to hear asked.

[Yami]

Originally Posted by trobrianders

Could you elaborate? You're sure because you know? Or you're a pessimist? BFI put 4 of these CNC resorations out already: The 400 Blows, Jules et Jim, La Peau douce and The Last Metro. Why stop there? And why not a boxset? These are the standard questions you'd expect to hear asked.

They said when the Truffaut films were first announced that they don't have the rights to the MGM films. As for 'why stop there?' - they have the rights to the films that were previously released by Artificial Eye. They're going on a case by case basis as to whether they think it's worth re-releasing a title. Most of Truffaut's films have not had new restorations done.