British Film Institute (BFI) Discussion Thread

[RossyG]

Originally Posted by RossyG

When I hit play I want the film to start. I'll accept period-relevant BBFC cards...

Originally Posted by exidor

Pretty sure they had BBFC certification cards in the 60s/70s cinemas.

[RossyG]

Originally Posted by Videojon

Personally, I love those cards. It reminds me that it’s NOT the 60s/70s and *some* people give a shit about other people’s feelings.

Now it's my turn to laugh.

[dallywhitty]

We're not gonna make it, are we?

[everygrainofsand]

So y'all. Who's excited about the Throne of Blood 4K, which my inbox tells me has just been dispatched by HMV?! It's a blind buy for me, and I'm bloody well looking forward to it!

[RossyG]

I'm excited about any Kurosawa in 4K. Keep 'em coming.

[justwannaboogie]

Got Throne of Blood in the mail today. Imagine my shock at getting something from Rarewaves on time!

Now we just need The Hidden Fortress so I can retire the old BFI Samurai collection.

[NuXiaolin]

Originally Posted by trobrianders

Astonishing that you're even made to spell any of this out. I'm glad you spelled it out so clearly though.

You're both ridiculous. Get a room.

[BikerMarty]

Originally Posted by everygrainofsand

So y'all. Who's excited about the Throne of Blood 4K, which my inbox tells me has just been dispatched by HMV?! It's a blind buy for me, and I'm bloody well looking forward to it!

Mines been dispatched, as well.

Only seen this via my old Criterion DVD, So looking forward to watching in it’s 4k glory.



Please keep the 4k Kurosawa’s coming. Hopefully ‘Hidden Fortress’ not too far away.

[GreatUncleBaal]

Originally Posted by fatboyslim142

From Ben Stoddart in the Facebook Group:

I would again like to apologise for this delay,
but given the response to recent disclaimers, we felt it important to add a notification message, warning people about the upcoming disclaimer.

[CavebobSpongeman]

Updated extras for their bluray of twentyfourseven.

Newly recorded audio commentary by Andrew GravesThe Guardian Interview: Shane Meadows and Bob Hoskins*(1997/2025, 79 mins)Ritchie, The World’s Light-Weight Boxing Champion*(1914, 1 min): newsreel capturing Willie Ritchie’s victory over the incumbent light-weight champion Freddie WelshTwelve Hours Punching*(1924, 2 mins): amateur fighters trade blows at a variety of weights during a boxing tournament at London’s Alexandra PalaceTrailers (1997, 4 mins)**FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring new essays by Andrew Graves, Caj Sohal and Tim Coleman

I'll be buying it regardless but I can't help being kind of disappointed tbh, would've loved a new Meadows commentary or at least something a bit more substantial.

[Ben_C]

I would have thought the fact that Brother is rated as 18 would be enough of a content warning, and whilst they feel the need to add the warning before the film, there’s no mention of any racist/homophobic language on the certificate info on the back of the case, just “strong bloody violence”.

When all’s said and done, I’m sure Kitano would laugh his ass off about the whole thing.

[ophone]

Although annoying, I rather have this than the film cut.
The first copy of it I owned was heavily cut, it was a French DVD release if I remember correctly.

[Yurakucho]

I'm sorry, but where is the threat that the film could be cut without the 'disclaimer' (which I doubt was intended to be an actual disclaimer in any legal sense of the word)?

[TheEndisNigh]

It's just going around in circles at this point, can you all give it a rest and move on?

[Hadi2001]

saw that BFI put out a booklet on when a woman ascends the stairs last month. i hope it's a sign that they're gonna do more Naruse

[trobrianders]

Originally Posted by Videojon

*some* people give a shit about other people’s feelings.

Disclaimers are insincere. A signal of detachment not virtue. We've seen so many sickening examples of detachment dressed up as virtue by now that no one buys it anymore.

[havalina]

Originally Posted by Hadi2001

saw that BFI put out a booklet on when a woman ascends the stairs last month. i hope it's a sign that they're gonna do more Naruse

Yeah hope they go back to Naruse after they finish Kurosawa focus. Hope for the other two from their old DVD set at least

[wabrit]

Originally Posted by Hadi2001

saw that BFI put out a booklet on when a woman ascends the stairs last month. i hope it's a sign that they're gonna do more Naruse

It would be great, although what comes out in the BFI classics line doesn't often correlate with which films get released by BFI; I think they're fairly independent operations.

[Ben_R]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

We're not gonna make it, are we?

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[pferreira]

They should just put trigger warnings on everything and call it a day.

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I personally don't have a problem with the disclaimers. The most unexpected place I found one was when watching the original Ducktales on Disney Plus. Not to sy it wasn't unwarranted as there's a bunch of insensitive/stereotyped stuff in there..

Okay this must be a legit joke. DuckTales??? WTF Disney?!