tho' i pretty much agree w/ Nilmar, have to say that Kermode's Exorcist bk is p gd as a production history of the film, and obv benefits from the access he enjoyed to friedkin, blatty etc
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:07 (eleven years ago) link
Absolutely love the Durgnat book.
To be read alongside this piece on Jancso's Red Psalm.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 2 November 2012 22:52 (eleven years ago) link
Only just now found out they're releasing a whole bunch of horror-related monographs later this fall (strangely one week too late for Halloween): http://us.macmillan.com/series/BFIFilmClassics
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 14:35 (ten years ago) link
No one mentioned Night of the Hunter?
― I Am the Cosimo Code (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 14:50 (ten years ago) link
They're tying these horror-related titles into a larger BFI 'Gothic' season which incorporates UK-wide screenings, dvds, talks etc etc. Newman's Cat People has been issued before, and I think the Caligari one as well. Def want to read Frayling's The Innocents - his commentary track on the BFI Region 2 DVD of the movie might be the best I've ever heard.
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 18:29 (ten years ago) link
Its the kind of tip I live for so I'll give it: Londoners should know that quite a few of these are going at 3 quid a pop at the BFI shop.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 16 April 2014 21:18 (ten years ago) link
London Live (Freeview channel 8)Saturday 18th July 2015
19:00 - 19:15BFI London: Festival in LondonRecord of the 1951 South Bank Exhibition and the Battersea Pleasure Gardens.
19:15 - 19:30BFI London: The Fairy of the PhoneMusical comedy based on instructions given in the London telephone directory.
19:30 - 19:45BFI London: Nice TimeImpressions of Piccadilly Circus on a Saturday night in 1957.
19:45 - 20:00BFI London: London Can Take It!London Can Take It! is the most renowned cinematic representation of the resilient heroism of ordinary Londoners during the early days of the Blitz.
― koogs, Friday, 17 July 2015 20:36 (eight years ago) link
(same channel has been showing ealing b-movies as matinees. http://www.londonlive.co.uk/schedule/category/films )
― koogs, Friday, 17 July 2015 20:45 (eight years ago) link