The British Film Institute (BFI) has announced that, on August 23, it will release the work of four great British directors in high definition:
The Edge of the World (Michael Powell, 1937),
The Innocents (Jack Clayton, 1961),
Loving Memory (Tony Scott, 1970), and
A Zed And Two Noughts (Peter Greenaway, 1985). Previously unavailable on home video,
Loving Memory is the directorial debut from one of Hollywood's most bankable UK ex-pats, Tony Scott, made when he was just 26.
Loving Memory is the dark tale of a mysterious brother and sister who live in isolation with their memories and a grisly secret. Beautifully photographed by celebrated cinematographer Chris Menges, the film features a stunning, sinister performance from Rosamund Greenwood as a haunted innocent. It was chosen to inaugurate the second NFT auditorium in September 1970 and selected for the Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival a few months later. It had a successful run in film festivals and received considerable critical praise.
Special features include:
- One of the Missing (Tony Scott, 1968, 27 mins): a taut psychological short about the lonely fate of a confederate soldier in the American Civil War.
- Boy and Bicycle (Ridley Scott, 1965, 28 mins): the adventures of a truant schoolboy – played by the young Tony Scott – as he cycles around Hartlepool.
- Illustrated booklet with newly commissioned essays "The Films of Tony and Ridley Scott" by Kim Newman, and "The Scott Brothers and the BFI" by Christophe Dupin; film notes, original stills and full cast and crew credits
Special features for the other three titles have not been announced.