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• Short Sharp Shocks Vol.3 (Flipside #47) (2 x Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (09/10/2023) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The third in the critically acclaimed BFI Flipside series continuing its ongoing mission to curate an alternative Brit-screen history of overlooked rarities in deluxe home-entertainment editions is a further compelling compendium of strange, striking, thrilling, horrific, eerie and eccentric short subjects from the heyday of the British cinematic supporting programme. Settle down for another strange cinematic journey through uncanny stories, twists in the tale, low-budget weirdness, stylish spectacle, avant-garde art, peculiar public information, monstrous music and provocative experiment many ultra-rare and all with oodles of atmosphere and in High Definition. The Films: Return to Glennascaul (Hilton Edwards, 1951, 22 mins) Strange Stories (John Guillermin and Don Chaffey, 1953, 45 mins) Strange Experiences (1955, 10 mins) Maze (Bob Bentley, 1970, 15 mins) Skinflicker (Tony Bicât, 1973, 41 mins) Beach Litter: Broken Bottle (1 min) Firework: Chick (1 min) Wings of Death (Nichola Bruce and Michael Coulson, 1985, 20 mins) The Terminal Game (Geoff Lowe, 1982, 40 mins) Product Features Interview with filmmaker and artist Bob Bentley, director of Maze (2023) Interview with Tony Bicât, director of Skinflicker (2023) Interview with Nichola Bruce and Michael Coulson, directors of Wings of Death (2023) Interview with Colin Towns, composer of the music for The Terminal Game (2022) The Strange Stories Scrapbook (2023): video essay on 1950s British film producer Roger Proudlock by Vic Pratt Interview with Geoff Lowe, director of The Terminal Game (TBC) Rare scripts, stills, images and behind-the-scenes footage (TBC) **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet including new writing by directors Bob Bentley, Nichola Bruce and Tony Bicât

• You're Human Like the Rest of Them (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (15/04/2013) from £12.00   |  Saving you £7.99 (66.58%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Although best known as the ground-breaking author of Albert Angelo, The Unfortunates and Christy Malry's Own Double-Entry, B S Johnson was also the director of a number of extraordinary and daring films. This extensive collection brings his experimental shorts, humorous animation, provocative agitprop and uniquely personal documentary films together for the very first time. Episode Comprise: You're Human Like the Rest of Them (1967) Paradigm (1968) The Unfortunates (1969, DVD only) The Evacuees (1969, DVD only) Up Yours Too Guillaume Apollinaire! (1969) Unfair! (1970, black and white) March! (1970, colour) Poem (1971) B. S. Johnson on Dr. Samuel Johnson (1972) Not Counting the Savages (Mike Newell, 1972, DVD only) Fat Man on a Beach (Michael Bakewell, 1974) Special Features: The Johnson Papers (2013): a look at the B S Johnson Archive of the British Library; Extensive booklet with new contributions from Jonathan Coe, David Quantick, Bruce Beresford, Michael Bakewell, Dr Julia Jordan and Dan Fox (Frieze)