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  1. You’Re Human Like the Rest of Them: The Collected Films of B.S. Johnson (2013)

    Director
    B.S. Johnson; Mike Newell
    Subject
    Drama; Film studies; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £19.99

    Best known for groundbreaking novels such as "The Unfortunates" and "Christy Malry’s Own Double-Entry", B.S. Johnson was also the director of a number of films that have been out of circulation for...

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  2. Tess (2013)

    Director
    Roman Polanski
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 164 minutes), £19.99

    Restoration of Roman Polanski’s acclaimed 1979 adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s novel Tess of the d’Urbervilles. This is the first time that TESS has been available in High Definition. Nastassja Kinski...

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  3. Roundabout - 1963: A Year in Colour (2013)

    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 110 minutes), £19.99

    In the 1960s the UK Government, through the Central Office of Information (COI), produced a number of films for overseas distribution. Essentially designed to promote British industry and values abroad,...

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  4. Coi Collection Vol. 8: Your Children and You (2013)

    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 185 minutes), £19.99

    The BFI continues its series of releases from the COI archive with this double-disc collection of films made by the UK government about childhood and children. From post-war films made to promote healthy...

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  5. Captured (2013)

    Director
    John Krish
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 62 minutes), £19.99

    Never commercially released before and previously only shown to a highly restricted audience of top military brass from the Ministry of Defence, CAPTURED (1959) is a stunning POW drama and a lost gem of...

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  6. Underground (2013)

    Director
    Anthony Asquith
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 94 minutes), £19.99

    Dual format DVD BluRay release of the British Film Institute’s restoration of Anthony Asquith’s 1928 film. Extras include the transport film SCENES AT PICCADILLY CIRCUS AND HYDE PARK CORNER (1930 - 1932)...

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  7. Complete Humphrey Jennings, The: Volume Three: A Diary for Timothy (2013)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 218 minutes), £19.99

    This is the third and final volume of the British Film Institute’s Dual Format (DVD and Blu-ray) releases that collect the complete directorial output of Humphrey Jennings. It includes the films he made...

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  8. London Trilogy, A: The Films of St Etienne (2013)

    Director
    Kieran Evans; Paul Kelly
    Subject
    Art; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £19.99

    Three films documenting London’s environment and landscapes set to music by the band St Etienne. FINISTERRE (2003, Paul Kelly and Kieran Evans) is an evocative homage to London, featuring a host of London...

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  9. Riddles of the Sphinx (2013)

    Director
    Laura Mulvey; Peter Wollen
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 minutes), £19.99

    Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen’s 1977 film is a landmark moment in British avant-garde filmmaking which fuses feminist theory with formal experimentation to create an elliptical narrative exploring issues...

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  10. Schalcken the Painter (2013)

    Director
    Leslie Megahey
    Subject
    Art; Literature; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 68 minutes), £19.99

    Based on the short story ‘Strange Event in the Life of Schalcken the Painter’ by Sheridan Le Fanu, this programme was originally shown in the Omnibus strand on BBC 2 during Christmas 1979. The story...

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