I'll be getting Cry of the City, The Crying Game, The Quay Brothers collection and Psychomania for sure. :nod:

Definitely in for The Crying Game.

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Cracking British film.
Never seen a bad Jordan film yet.

Bought THE FIRM and PENDA'S FEN tonight-both superb packages!

Still need to get the Firm. Read a review of the Director's Cut a couple of weeks ago. Bloody hell, no wonder it was cut by the BBC.

Just about to go and put it on mate....I'll let you know!;)

I watched the BFI release of The Firm the other night, it's very powerful and its completely understandable why the BBC couldn't risk airing Clarke's cut. It would of taken them six months to deal with the complaints. Really nasty in places.

Yeah compared to the TV edit,it IS really nasty.

Didn't realise that Oldman and Manville were married at the time.....

Just as well probably for the scene in the dir cut where Trigger burst into the living room!:lol:

Colour me intrigued!

Ive seen THE FIRM fifteen or twenty times - absolutely love it. I'm waiting on the box set.

You'll love the Dir cut then.

So excited to see it!

On my Father's Day want list.;)

Really considering getting Penda's Fen on the way home from work as a treat in advance of my taking an exam a week today. I wont be watching it as I have revision to do but in our HMV they tend to only get these things on initial release and then you have to special order them.

I think you'd like it, Justin. :nod:

Can anyone tell me how much longer The Firm directors cut is to the original version please?

Also as i'm still dvd only is it actually worth paying a tenner for when i could pick up the tv version for a quid.

Finally, @Stephen, if you could link that review you mentioned it would be brilliant.

Thanks for any help guys. It's a film i've never seen and all your chat has made me want to watch it.

It's 1 minute longer :lol:

The back lists 67 min and 68 min, but it might be a case of alternative footage.

From what Reaper was saying it's a strong minute of footage then. It's probably extra seconds of stabbings or punching.

The broadcast version is 66:59, the director's cut is 68:06 - so technically just over a minute.

But that doesn't tell the whole story, because the broadcast version also contains unique material - the entire opening sequence with Bex doing his estate-agent day job (concluding with the monkey impression, which also isn't in the director's cut), the initial scene with his dad (after his car is vandalised), a near-final scene where the police visit Sue, etc.

Also, running-time comparisons are blurred by the fact that there've been a few shot substitutions - the scene in which Sue is trying to seduce Bex in the kitchen is conducted in long shot in the director's cut but medium shot in the broadcast version, to eliminate some fairly blatant crotch-rubbing - and some dialogue has also been modified. So it's a bit like The Devils, where the running-time gap between the US and UK versions makes the differences seem a lot less pronounced than they actually are.

Thanks, Michael.

It sounds like the directors cut is the one to go for then.

It's swings and roundabouts. It's certainly Clarke's preferred version, but it's been unavoidably compromised by the fact that it only survives as an ungraded workprint in fairly rough condition - presumably because the original negative was censored and the offcuts discarded. The BFI conscientiously replaced all the common-to-both-cuts footage with far superior material sourced from the original neg, and they've done their best to colour-match everything, but the picture quality dips fairly dramatically whenever it cuts to material unique to the director's cut - sometimes within the same shot.

By contrast, the more familiar broadcast version is the same superb quality throughout.

Thanks for the detailed info Michael. You've been a big help. :thankingyou:

Liking the cover art for Psychomania

http://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org....?itok=BBxH9L6k

The Alan Clarke box set has been delayed.

Superb!

FFS!

Paid for it up front in HMV for fathers day.:rolleyes:

As far as i'm aware HMV don't take payment until dispatch.

Unless you use Paypal.

Oh, right, thanks. Didn't know that. I've never had a Paypal account.

Paid for it over the counter instore.

How does that work? Do they give you a credit voucher or just ship it out to you when it arrives in store?

They phone you when it's in and you pick it up.

They usually ask for a deposit,but I paid it there and then.:rolleyes:

At least you know you've nothing to pay when it does arrive.

An interesting article on Folk Horror on the BFI site.

Did you notice the photos? The modern houses in Witchfinder General and the lines of whatever that run round the circle for the cameras to move on in The Wicker Man?

Great article!

And for the most up to date folk horror,don't miss THE WITCH.

Hopefully I'll be able to see it before the year is out.

It's easily my most anticipated film of the year.

I have it preordered at HMV.

Slightly off topic, but it IS connected to the BFI

Rocky Horror and sequel to be celebrated with live performances at BFI Southbank screening

More information and tickets are available from here:


Science Fiction Double Feature Picture Show - Rocky Horror Picture Show + Shock Treatment

Another fine Noir on its way:

http://dv1.us/p1/239/261239-d0.jpg

Have you seen it?

I haven't but it sounds really good. One to pick up methinks.