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What A Disgrace wrote:is BFI going to do a Blu-ray of Seven Samurai?

MichaelB wrote:

Duncan Hopper wrote:They've also shown non British stuff at Flipside like Miss Leslie's Dolls. For obvious reasons this would never be released as a flipside title.

Then again, one definite future Flipside title is a US-West German co-production directed by a Pole. But I think most people would agree that Deep End counts as culturally 'British'.

Duncan Hopper wrote:
I see Flipside in April is William Castle's 'Shanks', staring Marcel Marceau.
I've not seen it, but it sounds fantastic.

The Glue Man wrote:

Duncan Hopper wrote:
I see Flipside in April is William Castle's 'Shanks', staring Marcel Marceau.
I've not seen it, but it sounds fantastic.

Do you mean as in they are screening it, or that they are releasing it?

Either way, good news! I've seen it - a very odd piece...

perkizitore wrote:Is is true that BFI have deleted many Flipside titles, in order to re-release them in DVD/Blu-ray combo releases?

Cold Bishop wrote:TCM is showing it in a week or so, as well.

jamie_atp wrote:Pretty sure the vast majority of Ken stuff is available on DVD already though spread around about 5-10 different dvd labels.

BFI to launch DVD and Blu-ray ‘Dual Format Editions’

The BFI announces today the introduction of ‘Dual Format Editions’, in which both the DVD and Blu-ray versions of selected releases – main features and extras alike – will sit side-by-side in a competitively-priced single package.

Dual Format Editions launch on 26 April, at RRP £19.99, with two classics from the master of Japanese cinema, Yasujiro Ozu: Tokyo Story (1953) and Early Summer (1951). Over the next 12 months a total of 25 releases will be packaged in this way.

Sam Dunn, Head of BFI Video Publishing, comments:

"The idea behind Dual Format Editions is to provide film lovers with the ultimate win-win solution in a time of financial uncertainty and technological confusion. Not only does the price mean that the BFI's quality Blu-rays are instantly more affordable, but the inclusion of both DVD and Blu-ray in a single package means that the DVD buyer is safeguarded against upgrades they may make in the future at no extra cost."

Existing Blu-ray customers will benefit both from the lower price and from the inclusion of a DVD, which offers greater flexibility for viewing away from the home cinema environment.

Other titles lined up for the BFI Dual Format treatment this year are the Quay Brothers' exquisite Institute Benjamenta (1995); Tony Garnett's controversial Prostitute (1980); celebrated James Bond director Guy Hamilton's long-lost The Party's Over (1965) starring Oliver Reed; Gerry O'Hara's swinging The Pleasure Girls (1965) starring Ian McShane and Klaus Kinski; a collection of acclaimed Hollywood director Tony Scott's early films, including Loving Memory (1970); and Mike Sarne's colourful Swinging Sixties masterpiece Joanna (1968).

Over the past 18 months the BFI has embraced the Blu-ray format and built a unique and exciting catalogue of High Definition releases. Providing a platform for both critically acclaimed and little-known films, the BFI Blu-ray range not only includes classics such as Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Red Desert and Salò, but also showcases lesser-known, but equally arresting, works by unduly neglected filmmakers like Jeff Keen, Bill Douglas and Jane Arden.

Looking ahead, the BFI will continue to present a rich and diverse selection of works on Blu-ray in order to provide viewers with the opportunity to experience and engage with film like never before.