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Great Scott! BFI Expands Online Film Archive

The British Film Institute has placed short films by Stephen Frears (THE QUEEN), Ridley Scott, Tony Scott and the late John Schleschinger online and available for download--for a fee. Six feature films will be online, including PRESSURE (1974), which is regarded as one of Britain's first black feature films.

The BFI archive houses 230,000 movies and 675,000 television programmes. Curators are putting films online so that these titles-many of which are rarely screened outside of arthouses, film festivals, and academia--can reach a broad audience.

Many clips are are free -- like this guide to British Film, hosted by Malcolm McDowell.

For more information, visit the British Film Insititute's website or the BFI's magazine, Screen Online.

Posted by Justine_FilmFatale on October 1, 2006 09:26 PM |

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