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#1351 Post by L.A. » Tue Mar 10, 2020 1:26 pm


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#1353 Post by tenia » Tue Apr 28, 2020 12:47 pm

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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

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#1354 Post by zedz » Tue May 05, 2020 4:05 pm

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.

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#1355 Post by domino harvey » Thu Jul 16, 2020 10:10 am

Discussion of the new Sight & Sound magazine line moved here

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#1356 Post by FrauBlucher » Thu Jul 16, 2020 5:26 pm

Bluray.com have changed the name of the BFI :lol:
bluray.com wrote: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.

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#1357 Post by L.A. » Mon Jul 20, 2020 1:31 pm

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

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#1358 Post by dustybooks » Fri Jul 24, 2020 9:38 am

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.

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#1359 Post by Cash Flagg » Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:11 am

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.

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#1360 Post by tenia » Fri Jul 24, 2020 1:16 pm

Oct 12th :
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#1361 Post by Cash Flagg » Fri Jul 24, 2020 1:22 pm

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

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#1362 Post by lzx » Fri Jul 24, 2020 2:33 pm

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.

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#1364 Post by domino harvey » Tue Sep 01, 2020 2:23 pm

Discussion of Sean Connery split off here

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#1365 Post by What A Disgrace » Thu Sep 03, 2020 12:06 pm

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

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#1366 Post by beamish14 » Thu Sep 03, 2020 12:38 pm

What A Disgrace wrote:
Thu Sep 03, 2020 12:06 pm
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.

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#1367 Post by willoneill » Thu Sep 03, 2020 12:44 pm

What A Disgrace wrote:
Thu Sep 03, 2020 12:06 pm
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.

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#1368 Post by domino harvey » Thu Sep 03, 2020 1:30 pm

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

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#1369 Post by willoneill » Thu Sep 03, 2020 1:56 pm

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

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#1370 Post by Calvin » Thu Sep 03, 2020 2:07 pm

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.

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#1371 Post by willoneill » Fri Sep 04, 2020 7:16 pm

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.

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#1372 Post by What A Disgrace » Sat Sep 05, 2020 12:46 am

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

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#1373 Post by kekid » Fri Sep 11, 2020 4:35 pm

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?

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Re: BFI (British Film Institute)

#1374 Post by The Fanciful Norwegian » Fri Sep 11, 2020 5:12 pm

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.

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Re: BFI (British Film Institute)

#1375 Post by L.A. » Mon Sep 14, 2020 10:34 am

Mademoiselle (Dual Format Edition) coming September 21st.

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