BFI
149 Films
BFI
149 Included Films
The British Film Institute, also a UK label
Aliases: bfi
Type: Label/Studio/Platform
Twilight Time > BFI >> Kino Lorber/MoC
Twilight Time > BFI >> Kino Lorber/MoC
Director: F. W. Murnau
MoC > Kino Lorber, BFI different resto that some may prefer
2006 Restoration: Eureka Blu-ray > Kino Lorber Blu-ray (Kino Lorber has messed up framerate)
1995 photochemical restoration: BFI Blu-ray that some may prefer
Director: F. W. Murnau
MoC > Kino Lorber, BFI different resto that some may prefer
2006 Restoration: Eureka Blu-ray > Kino Lorber Blu-ray (Kino Lorber has messed up framerate)
1995 photochemical restoration: BFI Blu-ray that some may prefer
The 2025 BFI Blu-ray isn't a new remaster, and itonly has a Pet Shop Boys score. it's somehow more cropped than the 2012 BFI Blu-ray.
See caps https://slow.pics/c/MaYpZjsV 2012 BFI Blu-ray > 2025 BFI Blu-ray (cropping) > 2010 Kino Lorber Blu-ray (worse PQ)
For the length it's also different and not just intros:
BFI 2025: 1:15:06
BFI 2012: 1:08:49
Kino Lorber: 1:12:12 the Russian intertitles playlist is 1:11:48
The 2025 BFI Blu-ray isn't a new remaster, and itonly has a Pet Shop Boys score. it's somehow more cropped than the 2012 BFI Blu-ray.
See caps https://slow.pics/c/MaYpZjsV 2012 BFI Blu-ray > 2025 BFI Blu-ray (cropping) > 2010 Kino Lorber Blu-ray (worse PQ)
For the length it's also different and not just intros:
BFI 2025: 1:15:06
BFI 2012: 1:08:49
Kino Lorber: 1:12:12 the Russian intertitles playlist is 1:11:48
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
BFI Blu-ray or OOP fixed Image Entertainment Blu-ray
1925 silent version: BFI Blu-ray for HD reconstruction (complete 1925 print is lost)1929 silent version: OOP fixed Image Entertainment Blu-ray
1930 sound version: 2003 Image Entertainment DVD (excellent transfer, but severely compromised by indiscriminate over-use of the restoration process)
BFI Blu-ray or OOP fixed Image Entertainment Blu-ray
1925 silent version: BFI Blu-ray for HD reconstruction (complete 1925 print is lost)1929 silent version: OOP fixed Image Entertainment Blu-ray
1930 sound version: 2003 Image Entertainment DVD (excellent transfer, but severely compromised by indiscriminate over-use of the restoration process)
No comparison between Milestone (Kino Lorber) and BFI but Milestone has a lot of shorts
No comparison between Milestone (Kino Lorber) and BFI but Milestone has a lot of shorts
No comparison between Milestone (Kino Lorber) and BFI but Milestone has a lot of shorts
No comparison between Milestone (Kino Lorber) and BFI but Milestone has a lot of shorts
Directors: Anthony Asquith & A.V. Bramble
Directors: Anthony Asquith & A.V. Bramble
BFI PAL DVD is likely the original source, especially considering Kino Lorber DVD is PAL converted to NTSC. See https://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=36341
BFI PAL DVD is likely the original source, especially considering Kino Lorber DVD is PAL converted to NTSC. See https://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=36341
Director: Luis Buñuel
Director: Luis Buñuel
Eureka Blu-ray has better encode than Flicker Alley Blu-ray. Kino Lorber/BFI are older restoration and are worse.
Eureka Blu-ray has better encode than Flicker Alley Blu-ray. Kino Lorber/BFI are older restoration and are worse.
Director: Luis Buñuel
4k transfer, no disc https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2019/films/lage-dor/
Director: Luis Buñuel
4k transfer, no disc https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2019/films/lage-dor/
Directors: Robert Siodmak & Edgar G. Ulmer
Directors: Robert Siodmak & Edgar G. Ulmer
Director: Clarence G. Badger
According to the George Eastman Museum 2015 Book "The Dawn of Technicolor, 1915-1935", the BFI National Archive holds a 35mm incomplete nitrate print 160 ft.
Director: Clarence G. Badger
According to the George Eastman Museum 2015 Book "The Dawn of Technicolor, 1915-1935", the BFI National Archive holds a 35mm incomplete nitrate print 160 ft.
Directors: Leontine Sagan & Carl Froelich
BFI or Kino Lorber?
Seems like BFI similar A/V to Kino Lorber, but more extras https://www.dvdcompare.net/review.php?rid=6545
Directors: Leontine Sagan & Carl Froelich
BFI or Kino Lorber?
Seems like BFI similar A/V to Kino Lorber, but more extras https://www.dvdcompare.net/review.php?rid=6545
Director: Frank Borzage
BFI Blu-ray with minimal encoding improvement compared with Kino Lorber Blu-ray see DVDBeaver caps
BFI has alternative ending as extras that's not present on Kino Lorber
Director: Frank Borzage
BFI Blu-ray with minimal encoding improvement compared with Kino Lorber Blu-ray see DVDBeaver caps
BFI has alternative ending as extras that's not present on Kino Lorber
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
No home release, BFI has 35mm print
Director: René Clair
No home release, BFI has 35mm print
Kino Lorber, BFI, Elephant Films (no EN subs) are likely all from the same 1080p transfer
Kino Lorber, BFI, Elephant Films (no EN subs) are likely all from the same 1080p transfer
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