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BFI Launches Dual Blu-ray/DVD Editions, Starting with Ozu
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Posted March 11, 2010 02:34 PM by Juan Calonge
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  The BFI announced today the introduction of 'Dual Format Editions', in which both the DVD and Blu-ray versions of selected releases – main features and extras alike – will sit side-by-side in a "competitively-priced" single package. Dual Format Editions launch on April 26, at RRP £19.99, with two classics from the master of Japanese cinema, Yasujiro Ozu: Tokyo Story (1953) and Early Summer (1951). Late Spring (1949) will follow in June. Over the next 12 months a total of 25 releases will be packaged in this way.
Sam Dunn, Head of BFI Video Publishing, comments: "The idea behind Dual Format Editions is to provide film lovers with the ultimate win-win solution in a time of financial uncertainty and technological confusion. Not only does the price mean that the BFI's quality Blu-rays are instantly more affordable, but the inclusion of both DVD and Blu-ray in a single package means that the DVD buyer is safeguarded against upgrades they may make in the future at no extra cost."
Existing Blu-ray customers will benefit both from the lower price and from the inclusion of a DVD, which offers greater flexibility for viewing away from the home cinema environment.
Other titles lined up for the BFI Dual Format treatment this year are the Quay Brothers' exquisite Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (1995); Tony Garnett's controversial Prostitute (1980); celebrated James Bond director Guy Hamilton's long-lost Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (1965) starring Oliver Reed; Gerry O'Hara's swinging The Pleasure Girls (1965) starring Ian McShane and Klaus Kinski; a collection of acclaimed Hollywood director Tony Scott's early films; and Mike Sarne's colourful Swinging Sixties masterpiece Joanna (1968).
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Source: Blu-ray.com |
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Minimejer05
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Mar 11, 2010
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So sitting side by side means separate discs right? |
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GGX
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Mar 11, 2010
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I hope to god that's what it means. |
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Schonfelder
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Mar 11, 2010
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Ozu in blu-ray, finally !! Hope these releases will be region-free. |
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LynchFan
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Mar 11, 2010
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Can't wait for more info on the early Tony Scott films. I hope this includes The Hunger w/ David Bowie. I LOVE that movie... |
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Joe Molotov
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Mar 11, 2010
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Are these going to be in Blu-Ray sized cases? |
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Lao Che
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Mar 12, 2010
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Those flipper discs are awful. Universal is starting to put them out. Awful. Will stick with my old DVDs thank your very much. Just hope when "Jaws" comes out it will not be subject to their flipper disc routine. Ugh! I thought we got rid of those a few years ago. Bad ideas continue to linger... |
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Taat
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Mar 12, 2010
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I dont understand this because why cant they just release all these in just blu ray alone , without the DVD in the same box. I truly hope these are getting released in a blu ray sized box because I dont like the DVD ones as much. |
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