I wonder if they finally got rid of the inserted fake intermissions that plague both Warner's VHS and DVD releases of this movie?
How do you know that Ken Russell didn't intend for there to be an intermission in the film?
=shrugs= I saw The Boy Friend in the theater a few times in 1987 when this restoration premiered. It played straight through with no intermission breaks. The 1990 VHS has two intermission sections, lasting a few minutes each, inserted into the body of the film. The Warner Archives DVD from a few years ago did the same. I would like to have a copy of this movie as I saw it in the theater. (Or at least a copy in which the "intermissions" are their own separate chapters and can be skipped over.)
I wonder if they finally got rid of the inserted fake intermissions that plague both Warner's VHS and DVD releases of this movie?
How do you know that Ken Russell didn't intend for there to be an intermission in the film?
=shrugs= I saw The Boy Friend in the theater a few times in 1987 when this restoration premiered. It played straight through with no intermission breaks. The 1990 VHS has two intermission sections, lasting a few minutes each, inserted into the body of the film. The Warner Archives DVD from a few years ago did the same. I would like to have a copy of this movie as I saw it in the theater. (Or at least a copy in which the "intermissions" are their own separate chapters and can be skipped over.)
The intermission was not fqke. The uncut British release ran 135 minutes with one appropriate break. This was presented on laser initially during early 90s. The us premiere version was cut by 15 minutes and presented with no intermission. Never heard of a 2 intermission version. I still have the 135 minutes laser and look forward to the bluray upgrade.
Sorry joec I didn't quite hear you Anyway, great news, I'll buy this, also great news is that makes four Archive releases a month for this year. Keep it up Warner, the more releases, the more chance that something I want will be released, & I have a big wants list for the Archive.
I wonder if they finally got rid of the inserted fake intermissions that plague both Warner's VHS and DVD releases of this movie?
How do you know that Ken Russell didn't intend for there to be an intermission in the film?
=shrugs= I saw The Boy Friend in the theater a few times in 1987 when this restoration premiered. It played straight through with no intermission breaks. The 1990 VHS has two intermission sections, lasting a few minutes each, inserted into the body of the film. The Warner Archives DVD from a few years ago did the same. I would like to have a copy of this movie as I saw it in the theater. (Or at least a copy in which the "intermissions" are their own separate chapters and can be skipped over.)
The intermission was not fqke. The uncut British release ran 135 minutes with one appropriate break. This was presented on laser initially during early 90s. The us premiere version was cut by 15 minutes and presented with no intermission. Never heard of a 2 intermission version. I still have the 135 minutes laser and look forward to the bluray upgrade.
The 1987 restoration that I attended was the American premiere of the 135-minute uncut version. The first American release of The Boy Friend in 1971 was indeed shaved of 15 minutes plus, thus the need for this restored version 16 years later. It's possible that the original British showing contained an intermission, the restoration print I saw a couple of times in the theater did not.
Even if Russell intended for intermission breaks for cinema showings of this film, it's silly to shove two of them into home release versions. (This is a 2 hour 15 minute movie, we're not talking Lawrence of Arabia here!)
I just checked my DVD - the intermissions at least do have separate chapters that can be skipped by. Still an annoying thing though.
In the days of the cinema that I can remember fondly, not only were there intermissions, but they'd actually bother to swish the curtain in front of the screen open and shut as a matter of formality. TBF would have had an intermission in its day, so I can only surmise this release is attempting to be as cinematic as it can. Generally, there is music specially crafted to accompany The Intermission.
