BFI (British Film Institute)

[L.A.]

Max von Sydow: 10 essential films

[L.A.]

Al Pacino at 80: 10 essential films

[tenia]

July 20th

The Good Die Young (DVD + Blu-ray)
Directed by Lewis Gilbert

The film opens with four men sitting in a car as they prepare to commit a serious crime. Each man's reason for being involved is then explored...

Mike (Stanley Baker), an injured and ageing boxer unable to find work, Joe (Richard Basehart) is an out-of-work clerk who needs to get to the United States with his young wife (Joan Collins) to escape her unstable mother (Freda Jackson), Eddie (John Ireland) is an AWOL American airman with an unfaithful wife (Gloria Grahame), and Miles 'Rave' Ravenscroft (Laurence Harvey), a 'gentleman' scoundrel with gambling debts and the man who lures the other three. From director Lewis Gilbert (The Spy Who Loved Me, Alfie) comes this 1954 crime thriller that promises 'Deadly weapons, burning lips, and hot lead!'

Special features
Newly remastered in 2K by the BFI and presented in High Definition and Standard Definition
Includes the original theatrical version and the never-before-released export cut
***FIRST PRESSING ONLY*** Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the film and full film credits
Other extras TBC

[zedz]

I see the BFI is releasing Peter Wollen's Friendship's Death next month. Finally! It's hard to believe it took a label this long to dig up Tilda Swinton's first star turn, as a Bowiesque 'woman' who fell to Earth. It's an elegant, witty science fiction chamber piece with Bill Paterson (who's also, predictably, great) as her sparring partner.

[domino harvey]

Discussion of the new Sight & Sound magazine line moved here

[FrauBlucher]

Bluray.com have changed the name of the BFI

The British Film Intuitive will release on Blu-ray Mathieu Kassovitz's film La Haine (1995), starring Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui, Abdel Ahmed Ghili, and Benoît Magimel. The two-disc set will be available for purchase on November 16.

[L.A.]

Where to begin with Atom Egoyan. The director also turned 60 yesterday.

[dustybooks]

BFI is issuing John Parker's fantastic Dementia this autumn, as shown here. I have the old Kino DVD and strongly recommend the film which is a real joy.

[Cash Flagg]

Wow, I’ve been pining for a BD upgrade for years! Presumably they’ll include both versions, though a featurette on the elusive John Parker would be most welcome as well.

[tenia]

Oct 12th :
Le 12 octobre :


Oct 19th :

[Cash Flagg]

I had to stare at that Tales from the Hood cover for several seconds to confirm that I wasn't somehow misreading it.

[lzx]

Holy hell, I was just Googling Dementia the other day wondering when it's going to come out on Blu-ray! This is tremendously exciting.

[L.A.]

Richard Attenborough: 10 essential performances

[domino harvey]

Discussion of Sean Connery split off here

[What A Disgrace]

BFI are releasing Villeneuve's Polytechnique in December, and in November, a Flipside collection dedicated to short horror films, entitled Short Sharp Shocks.

[beamish14]

BFI are releasing Villeneuve's Polytechnique in December, and in November, a Flipside collection dedicated to short horror films, entitled Short Sharp Shocks.

Nice. I hope Villeneuve's August 32nd on Earth finally gets a release.

[willoneill]

BFI are releasing Villeneuve's Polytechnique in December

Very interested in what special features may be included (and if they'll include both versions of the film). I consider this one of the best Canadian films ever made, and it's definitely something I'd double-dip on if there was good bonus material.

[domino harvey]

The Canadian blu-Ray already has both versions if they don’t, though I can’t imagine they would leave one off

[willoneill]

Yeah I have the Canadian blu-ray ... it's more an aspect of, "Can I sell it?" if this disc is better.

[Calvin]

Great news! I procrastinated too long on getting the Canadian Blu-Ray and I don't think there's any other English-friendly release in print. This is obviously to coincide with the release of Dune, so I hope that someone somewhere does the same with August 32nd on Earth and Maelstrom.

[willoneill]

BFI posted the basic specs, though special features are TBC. For languages, it just says French, but it's possible the English version will be included as a supplement.

On a related note, I noticed that the DVDBeaver review of he Canadian disc lists the English version as a Dub, despite all evidence that it's not; it's a separate video file on the disc, whereas a dub would just be a separate audio track. And of course, if you pay any attention at all (which's Gary's review indicates he didn't), you can clearly see the actors are speaking their English dialogue.

[What A Disgrace]

Short Sharp Shocks contains the following films...

• Lock Your Door (Anthony Gilkison, 1949)
  The Reformation of St Jules (Anthony Gilkison, 1949)
  The Tell-Tale Heart (J B Williams, 1953)
  Death Was a Passenger (Theodore Zichy, 1958)
  Portrait of a Matador (Theodore Zichy, 1958)
  Twenty Nine (Brian Cummins, 1969)
  The Sex Victims (Derek Robbins, 1973)
  The Lake (Lindsey C Vickers, 1978)
  The Errand (Nigel Finch, 1980)

And these extras, so far.

• Interview with Peter Shillingford (2020): newly recorded interview with the producer of Twenty Nine
  Interview with David McGillivray (2020): newly recorded interview the writer of The Errand
  Interview with Kate Lees (2020): the chair of Adelphi Films discusses the 2017 discovery of the long thought lost 1953 short The Tell-Tale Heart starring Stanley Baker
  Interview with Renee Glynn (2020): newly recorded interview with the script-supervisor on Twenty Nine
  Image galleries for The Tell-Tale Heart, The Lake and The Errand
  Script galleries for The Lake and The Errand
  The original short story of The Errand, presented as a viewable gallery
  Other extras TBC
  ***FIRST PRESSING ONLY*** Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the films by Vic Pratt, Dr Josephine Botting, William Fowler, Jonathan Rigby, Peter Shillingford, Lindsey C Vickers and David McGillivray

[kekid]

I don't know what is the right place to post this. Please move it if this is not the right place.
This is the year of the Decennial Sight and Sound poll of best films, directors, etc.
If it was going to happen, it should have happened by now.
Are they going to skip it?

[The Fanciful Norwegian]

The polls are held decennially, but the first was held in 1952 and the last in 2012. The next one isn't due for another two years.

[L.A.]

Mademoiselle (Dual Format Edition) coming September 21st.