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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2016 8:30:08 GMT -5
Writing in London's ' Evening Standard', Tom Hiddleston argues that British film is respected across the world, we need the BFI to build a proper home for it, as the BFI progresses plans for new world-class centre for Film, TV and the Moving Image. Of course, £130 million is a lot of money! The new centre will be the final piece in the development of London’s South Bank Cultural Quarter reflecting the UK’s worldwide reputation for creativity and achievement in film, TV and moving image. Radio may feel a little underrepresented, not least ' The Third'. It will fuel the imagination of both the public and industry; giving visitors - from school children to award-winning creatives — new experiences in film whilst providing a hub for filmmakers, artists and industry professionals to meet, exchange ideas, showcase their work and develop skills. Highlights include: Due to unprecedented demand from around the world, everyone reading ' The Third' is cordially invited to Love And Friendship promptly at 20:30 (BST) tonight! Taking up residence with her in-law’s following an intrigue, Lady Susan is delightful, irresistible and entirely without need of scruples as she sets about making a match for her daughter Frederica – never forgetting about her own requirements, of course. I quite like the current venue, (NFT1) BFI Southbank, and although a new international centre will not be open until 2022, it could be even better! Join us!
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2016 20:19:39 GMT -5
They are almost all strikingly skinny in the photo-graph are they not kc? To stand around and look at big pictures is somewhat pre-school though. I have read with interest through that list of eight highlights of the proposed centre. The fourth point, with its "free access", is something particularly desirable, but I do not think "knowledge" and "education" are in any way connected with "access". (That recalls the lamentable failures of "Wireless Three" does it not.) Can one imagine it ever really coming to be? We would have to find some way to shake ourselves free of the Trans-Atlantics again.
Neither governments nor men of "business" should be allowed to interfere in any way, and women should play no part (except perhaps in arranging the flowers, doing a little dusting, cooking and serving in an adjoining cafe, and driving out tramps). No films that portray any kind of violence will be retained. In our enlightened century the right place for such perverted productions can only be a skip outside the back of the building. A great proportion of existing films will thus happily be able at last to be ignored and definitively dispensed with. Straightforward ethical principles will have to be set down, and a number of reliable men taken on as censors to ensure that they are adhered to.
An "Universal Film Library" is preferable to a "British Film Institute". Nothing nationalistic about it and accessible to all men.
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Post by ahinton on May 27, 2016 0:42:22 GMT -5
They are almost all strikingly skinny in the photo-graph They don't look particularly so to me (except, perhaps, for the one on the left). I wish that your supererogatory hyphen was much skinnier - so much so that it were altogether invisible, in fact... We would have to find some way to shake ourselves free of the Trans-Atlantics again. Meaning what? Neither governments nor men of "business" should be allowed to interfere in any way, and women should play no part (except perhaps in arranging the flowers, doing a little dusting, cooking and serving in an adjoining cafe, and driving out tramps) But what if there are no tramps? Your comments about women here are disgusting, though sadly typical of you. Never mind "political correctnedss" or otherwise - it's your utter contempt for the female gender that is unexplained, illogical and does you every disfavour in the book. In our enlightened century the right place for such perverted productions can only be a skip outside the back of the building. Mightn't those tramps be found nearby? a number of reliable men taken on as censors to ensure that they are adhered to Again, why only men? And who shall appoint them anyway? Government? Women serve in government, as well you know. So are you even against women watching movies?
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2016 5:58:47 GMT -5
Thank you all very much indeed! BFI - Behind the scenes of Love & Friendship If I may address your question directly, Sydney: They are almost all strikingly skinny in the photo-graph are they not kc? Yes, you would not think that there was an obesity epidemic, Sydney! This is an artists'/architects' impression of what the new centre could look like, and I am not sure that they have a clue what to put in it! To be honest, I prefer the current BFI Southbank building, so I remain to be convinced! Open the BFI Southbank tour in Google Maps
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2016 0:33:38 GMT -5
There is something very fishy about the "British Film Institute". An odd whiff what. When we go to their Inter-net site (www.bfi.org.uk) the first sight we see is the demand "MAKE A DONATION". No "please" no "thank you", just a grasping grab in capital letters.
Next we are taken to a long page with a lot of little flashing boxes, with messages - or rather demands - such as "Start your free 30-day trial", £29.99 Pre-order", "Enjoy a world of benefits with BFI Membership. Choose the package that suits you. Join now", "Support us and join", "Make a donation to the BFI".
Well the "Chairman of the Board of Governors" is "Josh" some one, "Josh" being short for "Joshua" no doubt. Perhaps he is ashamed of his name. And the directress is "Amanda" some one. What a combination.
Anyway, let us give them a try. There is a 1988 film for which I have been looking for at least ten years, entitled "Le Crépuscule des Loups". Have they got it we wonder?
Le Crepuscule des loups Le Crépuscule des loups Crépuscule des loups
Well! All I can say - with apologies to its enthusiasts - is that we do not receive a favourable impression of the usefulness or usability of the British Film Archive. What it should be is a collection of every film ever made all over the world, available to any one to download and/or watch, without pecuniary charge.
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Post by ahinton on May 30, 2016 1:56:14 GMT -5
There is something very fishy about the "British Film Institute". An odd whiff what. When we go to their Inter-net site (www.bfi.org.uk) the first sight we see is the demand "MAKE A DONATION". No "please" no "thank you", just a grasping grab in capital letters. Next we are taken to a long page with a lot of little flashing boxes, with messages - or rather demands - such as "Start your free 30-day trial", £29.99 Pre-order", "Enjoy a world of benefits with BFI Membership. Choose the package that suits you. Join now", "Support us and join", "Make a donation to the BFI".Well! All I can say - with apologies to its enthusiasts - is that we do not receive a favourable impression of the usefulness or usability of the British Film Archive. What it should be is a collection of every film ever made all over the world, available to any one to download and/or watch, without pecuniary charge. Whilst I understand and empathise with your frustration, many websites call for donations and I daresay that BFI needs them in order to survive. Who else, for example, would make films available to customers free of charge and how could they afford to do so unless adequately subsidised?
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Post by Uncle Henry on May 30, 2016 6:42:44 GMT -5
Thank you for the valuable suggestion ahinton. A new longer-lasting rôle for our forum!
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Post by ahinton on May 30, 2016 9:26:22 GMT -5
Thank you for the valuable suggestion ahinton. A new longer-lasting rôle for our forum! It was clearly not a suggestion but a question; if you are implying that this forum might consider doing this, (a) how will it obtain the material? (b) at what cost to whom? and (c) would BFI provide formal written consent to this forum to make it available in any case?
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2016 19:38:38 GMT -5
It was clearly not a suggestion but a question; if you are implying that this forum might consider doing this, (a) how will it obtain the material? (b) at what cost to whom? and (c) would BFI provide formal written consent to this forum to make it available in any case? a) From its public exhibition. b) At no "cost" to anybody - our disingenuous member certainly knew that answer before asking. c) The proposal has nothing to do with Josh and Amanda; they have failed and are being bypassed that is the point. Why cannot a question be a suggestion? Let us forget our differences and unite behind Uncle H!
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Post by ahinton on May 30, 2016 23:51:53 GMT -5
It was clearly not a suggestion but a question; if you are implying that this forum might consider doing this, (a) how will it obtain the material? (b) at what cost to whom? and (c) would BFI provide formal written consent to this forum to make it available in any case? a) From its public exhibition. b) At no "cost" to anybody - our disingenuous member certainly knew that answer before asking. c) The proposal has nothing to do with Josh and Amanda; they have failed and are being bypassed that is the point. Why cannot a question be a suggestion? Let us forget our differences and unite behind Uncle H! A question cannot be a suggestion per se although it could imply one; mkine didn't, however - or at least wasn't intended to do so. Neither BFI nor anyone else can make such material available without the involvement of cost and, if one wants BFI and the like to survive, money is required. I imagine that there would likewise be copyright issues involved. All that said, all that it would take to elicit an authentic and definitive answer is for someone here to make a formal written approach to BFI and wait to see with what they might respond.
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Post by Uncle Henry on May 31, 2016 2:19:10 GMT -5
We are at a loss to comprehend why the member keeps harping on on the "British Film Institute". For the fourth time, forget them, they are being bypassed by the member's proposal. Neither BFI nor anyone else can make such material available without the involvement of cost and, if one wants BFI and the like to survive, money is required. I imagine that there would likewise be copyright issues involved. All that said, all that it would take to elicit an authentic and definitive answer is for someone here to make a formal written approach to BFI and wait to see with what they might respond. Forget the BFI, that is the whole point!!!! One does not want the like of the BFI with "Josh" and "Amanda" to survive, forget that unsatisfactory crowd, that is the whole point!!!! Why on earth would any one here do that when the whole idea is to forget them!!!! "Dear Josh, here is our approach: we propose to forget you and not DONATE anything. What is your reponse? Please note that whatever you say we will not read it. Yours sincerely, Uncle Henry" Now for something positive: what would our membership like to watch first? Nothing violent or distasteful of course, that sort of thing may henceforth be found in the skip.
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Post by ahinton on May 31, 2016 5:38:59 GMT -5
We are at a loss to comprehend why the member keeps harping on on the "British Film Institute". For the fourth time, forget them, they are being bypassed by the member's proposal. I do not play the harp. I mentioned BFI because it had already been mentioned. However, if this forum were to set up some kind of procurement arrangement with some other organisation, which would it be and how might you propose that it could be funded? I'd not expect any such distribution service to operate free of charge. I did, after all, refer to BFI or ony other organisation that might be in a position to provide the kind of serice that you're writing about.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2016 8:36:02 GMT -5
I understand your frustration with the British Film Institute (BFI), Sydney, and should perhaps clarify a few points! I am a member, although not a member of the board, principally in order to get cheap cinema tickets for my family and friends. The BFI are a charity and do ask for a donation, but I just take any discounts on offer. We go to the BFI for roughly half what it costs elsewhere in London, although London cinemas can be twice the price of provincial cinemas, so it works out at roughly a fiver a ticket rather than a tenner! Of course, this is still exceptionally cheap for a night out. The BFI also has a lot of old and foreign-language films, which I like, and some interesting previews, like Love and Friendship. I understand Sydney's objection to the promotion of British film, film should be promoted irrespective of nationality, but at the same time, it is a big industry, and it employs a lot of people! Most countries have something similar, for example, the Australian Film Institute. Upon reflection, I don't think that film, music etc. should be distributed for free. People should be paid for their work, Sydney! Of course, if I wish to make a gift of my work, that should be respected. As for the Third, we can of course post for free, although we may have to watch adverts, as almost everything has a cost. Of course, Josh and Amanda are paid to raise money for British film! Our money may be better spent elsewhere, Sydney.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2016 2:16:25 GMT -5
I was about to write a message saying that there are no cinemas in my small town of eight thousand persons, half of them tattooed, but to-day I saw a placard advertising the "North-West Film Society". They show films at a cinema in Devonport, the nearest, about fifteen miles away. Their current programme (all recent films) is: 1) Women He's Undressed 2) Tanna 3) Rams Web-site www.nwfs.org.auAnd there is one even closer: the "Central Coast Film Society", which uses the local council hall. They are offering: 1) What we did on our Holiday (A Scotch/tish production we understand) 2) Intouchables [sic] 3) Win Win No web-site, but an email address. So the BFI already has rivals all round the world; but we are doubtful whether they will have many of these six films. I looked them up at imdb.com and none of them attracts my very particular interest. It looks as though almost everywhere has something (in the way of a film society). What each of the hundreds of rivals to the BFI does is a) hire a cinema or similar, and b) hire a film. It may well be that they are just as expensive as Josh and Amanda.
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Post by ahinton on Jun 1, 2016 3:23:47 GMT -5
They show films at a cinema in Devonport, the nearest, about fifteen miles away. Their current programme (all recent films) is: 1) Women He's Undressed 2) Tanna 3) Rams Web-site www.nwfs.org.auAnd there is one even closer: the "Central Coast Film Society", which uses the local council hall. They are offering: 1) What we did on our Holiday (A Scotch/tish production we understand) 2) Intouchables [sic] 3) Win Win No web-site, but an email address. So the BFI already has rivals all round the world; but we are doubtful whether they will have many of these six films. I looked them up at imdb.com and none of them attracts my very particular interest. I've not looked them up there myself but have to admit that at least some of the titles that you mention do indeed sound rather less than inspiring...
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