British Film Institute (BFI) Discussion Thread

[M A]

Originally Posted by trobrianders

Thanks. The change in colour was unrxpected but now I'm keen to see it.

https://testsbluray.com/2021/06/21/t...dernier-metro/

This site has comparisons of the criterion and French blu which is also from the new master if you scroll down

[Sifox211]

Originally Posted by ricky_dicky

With Watership Down cancelled and only 3 releases announced this quarter (one of which is also included in a set), the BFI release schedule is starting to look rather bare for the foreseeable future.

On the bright side, Rarewaves shipped The Draughtsman's Contract yesterday. It's been a long wait!

[trobrianders]

Originally Posted by M A

https://testsbluray.com/2021/06/21/t...dernier-metro/

This site has comparisons of the criterion and French blu which is also from the new master if you scroll down

Thanks. That site has an efficient way of comparing screengrabs and has the clearest review concerning visual presentation. This BFI blu of The Last Metro is one I'm definitely going to get thanks to some of the advice I've gotten in this thread concerning the release.

[koberulz]

Originally Posted by Sifox211

On the bright side, Rarewaves shipped The Draughtsman's Contract yesterday. It's been a long wait!

But BFI aren't shipping it yet? Deeply unfair.

[Marcus Aurelius]

[gouryella]

Originally Posted by Sifox211

On the bright side, Rarewaves shipped The Draughtsman's Contract yesterday. It's been a long wait!

It could be even longer going by my recent orders that have supposedly shipped!

[Sifox211]

Originally Posted by gouryella

It could be even longer going by my recent orders that have supposedly shipped!

Yes, two weeks is the norm, I find; although when I bought a classical CD from them recently it arrived in three days

[fdm]

My last one took over a month to the US.

[Jorvic]

My copy of The Draughtsman's Contract is arriving tomorrow I think.

[koberulz]

Mine still hasn't shipped from BFI direct, as far as I can tell. Or do they not send out shipping emails?

[minister_x]

They do send out dispatch emails. Pre-Covid they used to send items out the week before release, but since then it's frequently been in release week. However, it looked like that had changed to early dispatch a couple of months back - will be a shame if they've reverted to release week once more.

[koberulz]

I'm particularly bothered as a) it's going to take a while for it all to get to Australia and b) it's a bulk order I've been waiting almost all year to place because I knew Draughtsman's Contract was coming, so it's not just a case of wanting the one movie.

[wabrit]

I'm only guessing but I presume the fact that all 4 of the BFI Truffaut BDs are already going for knock down prices on amazon and HMV does not augur well for more BFI releases of his films.

[trobrianders]

Originally Posted by wabrit

I'm only guessing but I presume the fact that all 4 of the BFI Truffaut BDs are already going for knock down prices on amazon and HMV does not augur well for more BFI releases of his films.

I'm awaiting the imminent Kino Lorber individual releases of The Bride Wore Black, Mississippi Mermaid and The Story of Adele H though I have the Twilight Time releases and also the 4 film box of the unreleased The Wild Child, Small Change, The Man Who Loved Women and The Green Room because I'm not anticipating BFI releases of any of them.

[scarletlion]

I managed to nab these from ebay. Very much looking forward to getting them watched as I've seen neither

[justwannaboogie]

Originally Posted by wabrit

I'm only guessing but I presume the fact that all 4 of the BFI Truffaut BDs are already going for knock down prices on amazon and HMV does not augur well for more BFI releases of his films.

Most Truffaut fans will have already picked up the AE sets years ago so the only incentive to get these is for new extras/different transfers, which even at these prices I haven't been tempted by.

[trobrianders]

Originally Posted by justwannaboogie

Most Truffaut fans will have already picked up the AE sets years ago so the only incentive to get these is for new extras/different transfers, which even at these prices I haven't been tempted by.

The criterion release of The Last Metro is excessively warm and honeyed and the AE is excessively bright on top. The BFI release looks just right. It's really well worth comparing the caps as posted here earlier. This is the one BFI Truffaut release I'm investing in.

https://testsbluray.com/2021/06/21/t...dernier-metro/

[wabrit]

Originally Posted by justwannaboogie

Most Truffaut fans will have already picked up the AE sets years ago so the only incentive to get these is for new extras/different transfers, which even at these prices I haven't been tempted by.

That's what I feared would come to pass - all of the BFI's first wave were coverd either by the AE discs and/or Criterion's Region A releases; I just wish they had chosen at least a couple of films that hadn't already been covered elsewhere.

[grahams76]

Originally Posted by wabrit

I'm only guessing but I presume the fact that all 4 of the BFI Truffaut BDs are already going for knock down prices on amazon and HMV does not augur well for more BFI releases of his films.

Most likely not. But they were released a decade ago by Artificial Eye and if I've got it right, the only one with a substantial uptick in quality is The Last Metro.

They would have likely shifted more copies if they'd released the Truffauts missing in the UK since DVD - Small Change, The Man Who Loved Women etc

[trobrianders]

Originally Posted by grahams76

Most likely not. But they were released a decade ago by Artificial Eye and if I've got it right, the only one with a substantial uptick in quality is The Last Metro.

They would have likely shifted more copies if they'd released the Truffauts missing in the UK since DVD - Small Change, The Man Who Loved Women etc

The last I heard from Kino was that MGM had three and were waiting on the fourth, The Green Room, from the French distributor. That may be what's holding up Kino's release of all 7 titles which are scheduled for a 2022 release.