British Film Institute (BFI) Discussion Thread

[rapta]

Originally Posted by Fnord Prefect

I don't remember Privilege getting a DVD only rerelease, but I'm happy to be proven wrong.

The ones I remember getting concurrent non-Flipside DVD only editions are:

London In the Raw
Primitive London (OOP already?)
That Sinking Feeling
Deep End
The Pleasure Girls
The Party's Over
Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush
Bronco Bullfrog

I simply thought the BFI were quietly and cheaply testing the waters for future non-Flipside branded previously Flipside releases. Rapta's confirmation of repackaged reissues coupled with the new style artwork used on numbers 30 thru 33 seems to mostly confirm my presumtions.

I see no reason to presume future new editions won't be dual format or "limited availability" blu-rays.

I'd be very surprised if Deep End or That Sinking Feeling didn't get Dual Format or Blu-ray reissues once those go OOP, since they're obviously directed by well-known filmmakers. The others maybe not, but if that BFI contact is correct, we should see a Dual Format reissue of Primitive London alongside the Privilege one. Maybe they'll do them all in one go like they did with those DVD titles you mentioned?

Originally Posted by ParisTexan

I also got Aguirre, Wrath of God Steelbook in the 5 for £30 last night in HMV, along with a couple of these. Bargain if you ask me.

Yeah, definitely a good price! I would have got that one since it's one of my all-time favourite films but I already have the box set. Could be tempted to get it anyway since - IMO - it's a masterpiece, but there are other BFI titles I don't have that I'll concentrate on first.

Will probably have to wait a while for HMV to add these to the offer, but I might wait a little bit because I've had bad luck ordering a selection only to find they add something better to the offer the week after (e.g. I literally ordered 3 in the offer last week, but would have waited and ordered 5 had I known BFI titles were being added).

[Arch Stanton]

Can anyone tell me if BFI's release of Gaslight is any good? No reviews or screencaps anywhere.

[rapta]

Originally Posted by Arch Stanton

Can anyone tell me if BFI's release of Gaslight is any good? No reviews or screencaps anywhere.

It is good, and seems to be a rare case of Warner Bros licensing to BFI too.

Screencaps here: https://caps-a-holic.com/index.php?s...light&search=1

[Erasmus Craven]

Originally Posted by Arch Stanton

Can anyone tell me if BFI's release of Gaslight is any good? No reviews or screencaps anywhere.

sure there are:

http://www.dvd-basen.dk/uk/home.php3...is=ok&region=2

[Arch Stanton]

Originally Posted by rapta

It is good, and seems to be a rare case of Warner Bros licensing to BFI too.

Screencaps here: https://caps-a-holic.com/index.php?s...light&search=1

Thanks. Oops, went straight to dvdbeaver and there were no results. Not sure why I forgot about capsaholic.

[ParisTexan]

I've just been in the HMV in Manchester Arndale and they had a wide selection of BFI titles in the 5 for £30, and they even had a display!

Things I picked up in the deal (It was like Christmas came early):

A couple of the John Cassavetes discs
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
The Leopard
The Innocents
The Edge of the World
Night and the City
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Late Autumn & A Mother Should be Loved (a steal for Ozu at £6 a pop!!)

There was plenty more to pick from. Like I mentioned in an earlier post, I saw the Aguirre steelbook again in the deal, along with Vivre Sa Vie and Bande a Part.

[oddbox83]

Also The Battle of Coronel and Falkland Islands. Anyone spotted other silents in the offer?

[Knaldskalle]

Originally Posted by ParisTexan

I've just been in the HMV in Manchester Arndale and they had a wide selection of BFI titles in the 5 for £30, and they even had a display!

Things I picked up in the deal (It was like Christmas came early):

A couple of the John Cassavetes discs
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
The Leopard
The Innocents
The Edge of the World
Night and the City
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Late Autumn & A Mother Should be Loved (a steal for Ozu at £6 a pop!!)

There was plenty more to pick from. Like I mentioned in an earlier post, I saw the Aguirre steelbook again in the deal, along with Vivre Sa Vie and Bande a Part.

I've been wanting to ask this for a while, and this post finally pushed me over the edge (so jellis!).

Is there any online place in the UK that has sales on these BFI releases which also sells to leftpondians? I have a long list of BFI releases I'd like to buy, but they never seem to go on sale (at a place that will sell to the US) and price drops seem to be rare. The usual suspects are Amazon UK, zavvi and base.com.

Am I missing something/someone?

[Fnord Prefect]

Originally Posted by Fnord Prefect

The ones I remember getting concurrent non-Flipside DVD only editions are:

London In the Raw
Primitive London (OOP already?)
That Sinking Feeling
Deep End
The Pleasure Girls
The Party's Over
Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush
Bronco Bullfrog

Got the Classic Films Direct catalogue that I've somehow found myself on the mailing list for in the post yesterday and it features non-Flipside DVDs of The Black Panther and Sleepwalker that come in somewhat Arrow/Odeon esque artwork rather than the original cinematic poster covers the above titles were released in.

[castor]

Originally Posted by Knaldskalle

I've been wanting to ask this for a while, and this post finally pushed me over the edge (so jellis!).

Is there any online place in the UK that has sales on these BFI releases which also sells to leftpondians? I have a long list of BFI releases I'd like to buy, but they never seem to go on sale (at a place that will sell to the US) and price drops seem to be rare. The usual suspects are Amazon UK, zavvi and base.com.

Am I missing something/someone?

I just bought The Leopard BFI BD a few days ago from Moviemars for $9.81. And I see they have the Late Autumn/A Mother Should be Loved BD for $12.97. They ship free in the US.

[manicsounds]

Confirmed that "Privilege" is not gone because of a rights issue, but old stock being depleted. There will be a new pressing with a new inlay to match the more current Flipside releases.

[Se.Vero]

Originally Posted by Knaldskalle

I've been wanting to ask this for a while, and this post finally pushed me over the edge (so jellis!).

Is there any online place in the UK that has sales on these BFI releases which also sells to leftpondians? I have a long list of BFI releases I'd like to buy, but they never seem to go on sale (at a place that will sell to the US) and price drops seem to be rare. The usual suspects are Amazon UK, zavvi and base.com.

Am I missing something/someone?

zavvi has a 3 for 30 offer right now that contains many BFI releases. they have been even cheaper the weeks before that though (without the multi-buy offer).

i just recently started adding lots of BFI titles to my collection, ordered many from zavvi and didn't pay more than 11€ (9 GBP) per title (and only 8€ for some), also ordered a couple from amazon uk 3rd party sellers which have great prices too at the moment on some titles.

so to answer your question, yes they can be had for cheap, i don't know where you've been looking, because the places you mentioned are the ones that have great prices for BFI titles. i also don't know what kind of price tag your were looking for, but 10€ for these extensive dual format releases with heavy booklets is a great price imo.

[Knaldskalle]

Originally Posted by castor

I just bought The Leopard BFI BD a few days ago from Moviemars for $9.81. And I see they have the Late Autumn/A Mother Should be Loved BD for $12.97. They ship free in the US.

Originally Posted by Se.Vero

zavvi has a 3 for 30 offer right now that contains many BFI releases. they have been even cheaper the weeks before that though (without the multi-buy offer).

i just recently started adding lots of BFI titles to my collection, ordered many from zavvi and didn't pay more than 11€ (9 GBP) per title (and only 8€ for some), also ordered a couple from amazon uk 3rd party sellers which have great prices too at the moment on some titles.

so to answer your question, yes they can be had for cheap, i don't know where you've been looking, because the places you mentioned are the ones that have great prices for BFI titles. i also don't know what kind of price tag your were looking for, but 10€ for these extensive dual format releases with heavy booklets is a great price imo.

Thanks for the Moviemars pointer, I found a couple of titles from my list (not as many as I'd hoped, but still!).

I'm mostly looking for silent BFI releases, which may make it a little bit more difficult than for most of their other releases. Birth of a Nation, for instance, seems to be rock steady at 17.99 GBP (Amazon UK). With both Eureka and Arrow releases I'm used to seeing a price drop as time goes by, but most of the BFI releases I'm price tracking just don't seem to budge. I may have gotten spoiled by Eureka and Arrow.

Most of the titles I'm looking for seem to be around 10-12 GBP, which is not a bad price point, but I was hoping to find the occasional sale (like that 6 GBP sale at Fopp) where I could really make a dent in my wishlist.

I'll keep a sharper eye on zavvi in the future....

[oddbox83]

Originally Posted by Knaldskalle

I'm mostly looking for silent BFI releases, which may make it a little bit more difficult than for most of their other releases.

I was hoping Great White Silence and Epic of Everest would be in the HMV offer, but it appears not. At least I managed to add The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands to my collection.

[Cinematt]

Originally Posted by ParisTexan

I've just been in the HMV in Manchester Arndale and they had a wide selection of BFI titles in the 5 for £30, and they even had a display!

Things I picked up in the deal (It was like Christmas came early):

A couple of the John Cassavetes discs
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
The Leopard
The Innocents
The Edge of the World
Night and the City
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Late Autumn & A Mother Should be Loved (a steal for Ozu at £6 a pop!!)

There was plenty more to pick from. Like I mentioned in an earlier post, I saw the Aguirre steelbook again in the deal, along with Vivre Sa Vie and Bande a Part.

Lots of these are in the online 5 for £30 but most are out of stock at the moment.

[rapta]

Originally Posted by oddbox83

I was hoping Great White Silence and Epic of Everest would be in the HMV offer, but it appears not. At least I managed to add The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands to my collection.

I've seen the double pack of those two for £12.99 from Zavvi a few times, so keep an eye out. Effectively £6.49 each...

[Fnord Prefect]

Originally Posted by oddbox83

I was hoping Great White Silence and Epic of Everest would be in the HMV offer, but it appears not. At least I managed to add The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands to my collection.

As much as I'm loath to recommend them Music Magpie are selling brand new copies of the double pack Rapta mentions for £13:78 (£6:89 each)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3016844848...786&rmvSB=true

It is just the standard editions of both shoved in an easily discarded card slipcover.

[oddbox83]

Some poor sod probably got £2 for it.

[Fnord Prefect]

Originally Posted by oddbox83

Some poor sod probably got £2 for it.

Actually they now also sell brand new items, the link I provide is to brand new stock.

[gouryella]

Originally Posted by Fnord Prefect

As much as I'm loath to recommend them Music Magpie are selling brand new copies of the double pack Rapta mentions for £13:78 (£6:89 each)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3016844848...786&rmvSB=true

It is just the standard editions of both shoved in an easily discarded card slipcover.

If you buy direct from them and use codes WELCOME10 amd MAGVC20 you should get it for £9.76. Also note codes seem to be working on everything and there's some good deals. Man With A Movie Camera worked out around £5.80.