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1972-8 (BR: 27/7/09)

B&W

Subtitles: Optional English hard-of-hearing

Published/distributed by BFI

ISBN/EAN: 5035673010136

Ratio 1.33:1 (Pillarboxed 16x9)

Price: £24.46
(Including VAT at 15%)

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Bill Douglas Trilogy: Blu Ray

Douglas, Bill

My Childhood (1972, 48 mins) My Ain Folk (1973, 55 mins) My Way Home (1978, 72 mins)

Douglas's magnificent, award-winning Trilogy is the product of an assured, formidable artistic vision. These are some of the most compelling films about childhood ever made.

Presented here in a High-Definition restoration, the Trilogy follows Jamie (played with heart-breaking conviction by Stephen Archibald) as he grows up in a poverty-stricken mining village in post-war Scotland. This is a cinematic poetry: Douglas contracted his subject matter to the barest essentials - dialogue is kept to a minimum, and field, slag heaps and cobbled streets are shot in bleak monochrome, yet with its unexpected humour and warmth, the Trilogy brims with clear-eyed humanity, and affection for an ultimately triumphant young boy.

Extras
* Bill Douglas: Intent of Getting the Image (2006, 63 minutes), a new documentary about Bill Douglas' work.
* Come Dancing (1970, 15 minutes), Bill Douglas' remarkable student short.
* Archive interview with Bill Douglas.
* Illustrated booklet containing newly commissioned essays, notes and credits.
* PCM mono audio (48k/24-bit) (Special features Dolby Digital 320kbps)

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