This extraordinary man was the finest documentary maker Britain has ever produced (and, since the documentary is probably the area of film-making at which Britain is world-leading, that makes him one of the world's best). He died in 1950, still just in his early 40s, a huge loss to cinema. The vast majority of his films have not been available until now. I can't tell you how much I am looking forward to this DVD/Blu-ray release.
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Thank you so much for the reference to the docos, dear erudite LeDuc.
Believe it or not, they are available in The Colonies and I have obtained same. :-)
My pleasure.
There's actually another glorious-looking BFI Blu-ray coming out shortly which is the first ever high-definition print of what is, unquestionably, the most famous British documentary ever: Night Mail.
What's really interesting is that it appears in a package that includes an even earlier Soviet film about the railways, and then a host of British films which were apparently inspired by it. Sounds intriguing!
Am hugely looking forward to this and will doubtless give it masses of space on here when I see it!
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