British Film Institute (BFI) Discussion Thread

[trobrianders]

Originally Posted by Guernica78

My sales order has just been delivered

Maborosi
Robinson in Ruins
The Magic Flute
Radio On
Culloden The War Game
Blue Black Peppermint
Spetters
Piccadilly
Bait

Let us know which had booklets.

[fatboyslim142]

Originally Posted by trobrianders

Let us know which had booklets.

Excluding Bait, I reckon most if not all the rest have booklets.

[doxa]

Originally Posted by fatboyslim142

Excluding Bait, I reckon most if not all the rest have booklets.

Reckon Spetters also doesn't have the booklet.

[CrockettandTubbs]

My copy of Piccadily had a booklet.

[fdm]

Originally Posted by fdm

I did wait until the last day (or close to it), haven't heard/seen anything since, aside from what's shown up here.

Looks like bfi has finally sent me my last day sale order, comprised of 6 titles, by way of switzerland using asendia (I kind of surmised early early this morning before waking up to the bfi shipping notice several hours later that it was the only thing that unexpected tracking number could be tied to).

Reminds me of when base.com would sometimes have a bfi title despatched from there, back when they would still deliver to the US. Sadly that (often/always ?) meant it would arrive in a bubble mailer…

[CelestialAgent]

The BFI will release 70s set folk horror Starve Acre, from the director of Apostasy and starring Matt Smith.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...le-1235632350/

[T4ffer]

How often does BFI do new announcements? I guess it's not as regular as most UK labels, given the last Blu-Ray ones were from August and the last ones of those are about to be released in 20 days or so.

[GaryCouzens]

Originally Posted by T4ffer

How often does BFI do new announcements? I guess it's not as regular as most UK labels, given the last Blu-Ray ones were from August and the last ones of those are about to be released in 20 days or so.

They usually do announcements quarterly. The last one they did was in August for October-December titles. So there may be one for the first quarter of 2024 this month.

[Guernica78]

Originally Posted by doxa

Reckon Spetters also doesn't have the booklet.

My copy of Spetters doesn’t have a booklet by my Piccadilly does

[ricky_dicky]

Originally Posted by T4ffer

How often does BFI do new announcements? I guess it's not as regular as most UK labels, given the last Blu-Ray ones were from August and the last ones of those are about to be released in 20 days or so.

I think next week will be about 3 months since last announcements, so hopefully then.

[BobsonDugnutt]

Originally Posted by BobsonDugnutt

Anyone else still waiting on dispatch of their 3for£20 order? I see a lot of you got them last week, mine is still at “processing”. Titles ordered were:

Orphee
The River
Bande a Part
Medea
I start counting
Magic Flute
Valentino
El Sur
Institute Benjemata

This arrived on Saturday. I Start Counting is the only one that doesn’t have a booklet.

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by T4ffer

How often does BFI do new announcements? I guess it's not as regular as most UK labels, given the last Blu-Ray ones were from August and the last ones of those are about to be released in 20 days or so.

The next titles that should be coming from them next year are Pressure, The Eternal Daughter, Getting it Back.

I don’t know what their sales figures are like, but they do have a lot of focus on theatrical and BFI Player at the moment, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they have to be more focused when so many other labels have acquired interesting titles. But with 10 titles this autumn, including boxsets, rarer titles and UHDs and new masters and extras, you really can’t complain.

[Mattmck99]

The Wages of Fear is getting a 4K release: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CM9HVC...d%2C67&sr=1-27

[rapta]

Bold move, but I respect it. Other labels upgrading previous titles and this is a cool one to follow up for BFI. Good luck to them with it!

I see the Cymande doc is up on Amazon too, so I imagine an announcement is immanent (probably tomorrow or Friday).

[CelestialAgent]

Radical Dreamer as well.

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=33493

[MifuneFan]

Titles are now up at BFI!

The Wages of Fear 4K (1953)

Extras

• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Audio commentary by film critic Adrian Martin (2017)
• Interview with assistant director Michel Romanoff (2005, 23 mins)
• Interview with Clouzot biographer Marc Godin (2005, 10 mins)
• Interview with Professor Lucy Mazdon (2017, 35 mins): an in-depth interview about Henri-Georges Clouzot and The Wages of Fear
• The Guardian Lecture: Yves Montand in conversation with Don Allen (1989, 99 mins, audio only): the star discusses his distinguished career
• Original theatrical trailer
• Other extras TBC
• **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring writing on the film, original reviews and an appreciation of Clouzot by Paul Ryan

The Eternal Daughter (2022)

Extras

• Presented in High Definition
• Audio commentary by Joanna Hogg and production designer Stéphane Collonge
• Présages (2023, 11 mins): a short film by Joanna Hogg produced in 2023 for the Centre Pompidou's 'Where do you stand today?' collection
• UK theatrical trailer
• Audio description for the blind and visually impaired
• Other extras TBC
• **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet with new writing on the film by Catherine Bray and an essay on Joanna Hogg and her films by Hannah Strong

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer (2022)

Extras

• Presented in High Definition
• Trailer
• **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet with new writing on the film and full credits

Getting it Back: The Story of Cymande (2022)

Extras

• Presented in High Definition
• Trailer
• **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring new writing on the film and full credits

Beautiful Thing (1996)

Extras

• Presented in High Definition
• Q&A with the cast and crew (2023): a post-screening Q&A with the film's writer Jonathan Harvey, director Hettie Macdonald and cast members including Glen Berry
• **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring new writing on the film
• Other extras TBC

Scala!!! (2023)

Extras

• Presented in High Definition
• Audio feature commentary by directors Jane Giles and Ali Catterall (2023)
• Best of the Rest (Jane Giles and Ali Catterall, 2023): essential outtakes from SCALA!!!
• Scala (Michael Clifford, 1990, 30 mins) an intimate portrait of the cinema in its later years, originally made for Cable London
• Scala (Ali Peck and Victor de Jesus, 1992, 3 mins): the Scala’s projectionist at work
• The Incredibly Strange Film Show Sampler (tbc mins): essential Psychotronic interviews with some Scala-favourite filmmakers
• Osbert Parker’s Animations (2023): animations from the film
• Davey Jones’ animations (2023): the Viz cartoonist creates a piece of artwork for the film
• Festival Introduction (2023, 13 mins) Jane Giles and Ali Catterall’s London film Festival introduction
• Scala Programmes (2023) Jane Giles selects favourite Scala programmes
• Cabinet of Curiosities (2023): images, ephemera and true stories from the cinema’s history
• Theatrical trailer
• Audio description for the blind and visually impaired
• **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring a statement from the directors, new writing on the film and archive writing about the Scala

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by Mattmck99

The Wages of Fear is getting a 4K release: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CM9HVC...d%2C67&sr=1-27

Looks like I'll be double-dipping down the line.

[justwannaboogie]

In for the Clouzot 4K and I'll probably like the new Joanna Hogg film but the other announcements are are a bit meh. The Herzog doc interests me but sounds pretty streamable.

[javy]

The Eternal Daughter. 🖤

[CrockettandTubbs]

Just The Scala!!! for me. Bought Wages many times. Happy with the BFI regular release.