Weitere BDInfo-Scans:

“Danach / The Bed Sitting Room” [GB 1969, Richard Lester]
Großbritannien | BFI: BDInfo | Video Bitrate | Video Frame Size

“Fargo” [USA 1996, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen]
Großbritannien | MGM: BDInfo | Video Bitrate | Video Frame Size

“Kenneth Anger – The Magick Lantern Cycle”
Großbritannien | BFI: BDInfo

“Poltergeist” [USA 1982, Tobe Hooper]
Deutschland | Warner Bros.: BDInfo | Video Bitrate | Video Frame Size

“Der rosarote Panther / The Pink Panther” [GB / USA 1963, Blake Edwards]
Deutschland | MGM / 20th Century Fox: BDInfo | Video Bitrate | Video Frame Size

“Shine a Light” [USA 2008, Martin Scorsese]
Deutschland | Kinowelt: BDInfo | Video Bitrate | Video Frame Size

“Die Stadt der Blinden / Blindness” [CDN / BR / J 2008, Fernando Meirelles]
Deutschland | Kinowelt: BDInfo | Video Bitrate | Video Frame Size

“Terminator 2 – Tag der Abrechnung / Terminator 2: Judgment Day” [USA 1991, James Cameron]
Großbritannien | Optimum: BDInfo | Video Bitrate | Video Frame Size

“Vicky Cristina Barcelona” [E / USA 2008, Woody Allen]
Deutschland | Concorde: BDInfo | Video Bitrate | Video Frame Size

Das British Film Institute (BFI) veröffentlicht am 13. Juli 2009 drei Filme von Jack Bond und Jane Arden auf DVD und Blu-ray. Bisher sind folgende Details bekannt:

• “Separation” [GB 1968, Jack Bond]
  Separation concerns the inner life of a woman during a period of breakdown – marital, and possibly mental. Her past and (possible?) future are revealed through a fragmented but brilliantly achieved and often humorous narrative, in which dreams and desires are as real as the ‘swinging’ London (complete with Procul Harum music and Mark Boyle light show) of the film’s setting.
  • Audiokommentar von Jack Bond
  • London Sensual Laboratory Kurzfilm “Beyond Image” [1968]

• “The Other Side of the Underneath” [GB 1972, Jane Arden]
  Arden’s violent and powerful adaptation of her work with The Holocaust women’s theatre troupe looks into the mind of a woman labelled schizophrenic – and finds not madness, but tortured sexual guilt created by the taboos of society.
  • Kinofassung
  • Längerer Workprint-Fassung
  • Interviews mit Sheila Allen und Natasha Morgan

• “Anti-Clock” [GB 1980, Jane Arden, Jack Bond]
  A complex and fascinating avantgarde examination of time and personality. A film of authentic, startling originality, brilliantly mixing cinema and video techniques, Arden and Bond have created a movie that captures the anxiety and sense of danger that has infiltrated the consciousness of so many people in western society.
  • Super-8-Film “Vibration” [1974 | 40 Min.]

Auf die im Mai kommenden Veröffentlichungen der Filme “Glut der heißen Körper / Primitive London” [GB 1965, Arnold L. Miller], “London in the Raw” [GB 1964, Norman Cohen, Arnold L. Miller] und “Danach / The Bed Sitting Room” [GB 1969, Richard Lester] hatte ich bereits Mitte März 2009 aufmerksam gemacht. Mittlerweile hat das British Film Institute (BFI) die Details dazu bekannt gegeben. So werden die DVDs und Blu-ray Discs innerhalb einer neuen Reihe mit dem Namen “Flipside” erscheinen. Diese Reihe soll alle drei Monate mit drei weiteren Titeln erweitert werden. Zwei davon sind bereits bekannt:

• “Privileg / Privilege” [GB 1967, Peter Watkins]
• “Adam und Eva / That Kind of Girl” [GB 1963, Gerry O'Hara]

 
Die Presse-Mitteilung:

On 25 May the BFI launches Flipside, a new strand presenting weird and wonderful British films in new high-quality editions on DVD and Blu-ray. The first three releases are Richard Lester’s darkly comic The Bed Sitting Room (1969) and Arnold Louis Miller’s pioneering Mondo-influenced ‘shockumentaries’ London in the Raw (1964) and Primitive London (1965).

Developed from its popular monthly screening slot at BFI Southbank, the BFI’s Flipside series on DVD and Blu-ray is designed to revisit and reappraise British films that have slipped through the cracks of cinema history – films that were overlooked, marginalised, or undervalued at the original time of release, or sit outside the established canon of recognised classics. Subject matter will vary widely (and will encompass everything from nuclear war to Soho striptease, from forbidden love to international intrigue) and is likely to appeal to a diverse range of film fans, many of whom may be unfamiliar with the BFI’s more traditional DVD and Blu-ray output.

All Flipside releases, newly-mastered in HD from original film elements, are presented with a wide array of special features and extensive illustrated booklets containing informative notes and thought-provoking essays. Initial contributors include respected writers Stewart Home and Iain Sinclair. They are priced at £17.99 on DVD and £22.99 on Blu-ray.

(Hier geht’s weiter …)

Bei einigen Onlinehändlern sind drei Titel des British Film Institutes (BFI) gelistet, die am 25. Mai 2009 auf DVD und Blu-ray erscheinen sollen. Weitere Details liegen bisher nicht vor.

Blu-ray + DVD: “Glut der heißen Körper / Primitive London” [GB 1965, Arnold L. Miller]
Blu-ray + DVD: “London in the Raw” [GB 1964, Norman Cohen, Arnold L. Miller]
Blu-ray + DVD: “Danach / The Bed Sitting Room” [GB 1969, Richard Lester]

Kommende DVDs und Blu-ray Discs der nächsten Monate vom British Film Institute (BFI):

23. März 2009
DVD + Blu-ray “Samstagnacht bis Sonntagmorgen / Saturday Night and Sunday Morning” [GB 1960, Karel Reisz]

In the industrial streets and factories of Nottingham, Arthur Seaton (Albert Finney) spends his days at the factory bench, his evenings in the local pubs and his nights in the arms of Brenda (Rachel Roberts), the wife of a fellow factory worker. Irresistibly handsome and brimming with animal vitality, Arthur is anti-authority and unashamedly amoral.

Based on Alan Sillitoes largely autobiographical novel, and with powerful central performances, crackling dialogue and a superb jazz score by Johnny Dankworth, the film stands as a vibrant modern classic. This Seminal film of the British New Wave was a great box-office success – audiences were thrilled by its anti-establishment energy, gritty realism, and above all its fresh, outspoken working-class hero.

• Commentary by film historian Robert Murphy, with writer Alan Sillitoe and cinematographer Freddie Francis.
• New interview with Shirley Anne Field.
• Interview with Albert Finney.
• Illustrated booklet containing essays and biographies.
• We Are the Lambeth Boys (1959), Karel Reiszs classic Free Cinema documentary.
• Feature presented with dual mono PCM audio (48k/16-bit), extras Dolby Digital mono audio (320kbps)

(Hier geht’s weiter …)

In einer Werbebroschüre des British Film Institutes (BFI) ist über kommende Blu-ray Discs folgendes zu lesen:

After the success of Salo and Red Desert, BFI is proud to present yet more essential Blu-ray titles for 2009. The British New Wave classics Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and Saturday Night, Sunday Morning get their High Definition premieres in March, along with the extraordinary Bodysong, which features music from Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood. April sees the releases of Pasolini’s Trilogy of Life, a 3-disc collection of the controversial auteur’s bawdy adaptations (The Decameron, The Canterbury Tales and Arabian Nights). These landmark films are presented in brand new High Definition restorations from the original negatives.

Für “Die Einsamkeit des Langstreckenläufers / Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner” [GB 1962, Tony Richardson] und “Samstagnacht bis Sonntagmorgen / Saturday Night and Sunday Morning” [GB 1960, Karel Reisz] liegen bereits Termine vor: Beide Discs erscheinen am 23. März 2009.

Das British Film Institute (BFI) veröffentlicht am 20. Oktober 2008 die von mir bereits genannten Titel und einen Film von Jean Cocteau.

20. Oktober 2008

“Die rote Wüste / Il deserto rosso / Red Desert” [I / F 1964, Michelangelo Antonioni] Blu-ray

- 1080p 1.85:1 Widescreen
- Italian PCM Mono (48k/16bit)
- Brand new restoration with new improved English subtitle translation
- New full-feature commentary by Italian film scholar David Forgacs (with subtitles for the hearing impaired)
- Original trailer
- Illustrated colour booklet containing newly commissioned essays, notes, and Antonioni’s recollections of making Red Desert

(Hier geht’s weiter …)

Das British Film Institute (BFI) wird am 20. Oktober 2008 diese DVDs veröffentlichen:

- “Die rote Wüste / Il deserto rosso / The Red Desert” [I / F 1964, Michelangelo Antonioni]
- “Killer of Sheep” [USA 1977, Charles Burnett]
- “My Brothers Wedding” [USA 1983, Charles Burnett]

Bisher ist nur bekannt, daß der Antonioni-Film als 2-DVD-Set und als Blu-ray erscheinen wird. Weitere Infos zu den Titeln liegen noch nicht vor.