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9 May 2011 - The BFI announces that its best-selling title Salí² or The 120 Days of Sodom, previously released in separate Blu-ray and DVD formats, will be released in a Dual Format Edition (DVD and Blu-ray discs in one box) on 23 May.
The new DFE release will be a three-disc set containing one Blu-ray and two DVD discs. It will have an RRP of £22.99, the same price as the original 2-disc DVD. The stand-alone Blu-ray edition was previously priced at £24.99.
All the special features from the original releases will be included. The separate DVD and Blu-ray editions are now deleted.
The BFI launched its Dual Format Edition initiative in May 2010 with the Quay Brothers' Institute Benjamenta and has rapidly increased the number of titles it releases this way.
The launch of Salí² represents the first of several titles that will be deleted in their stand-alone formats and re-issued over the coming months. Other titles include the first nine of the BFI Flipside series as well as The Bill Douglas Trilogy, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.
Sam Dunn, Head of BFI Video Publishing, comments:
'We have been very encouraged by the success of our Dual Format Edition titles over the last year. We led the field in the independent sector in bringing non-mainstream titles to Blu-ray and have subsequently been flattered to see our Dual Format Edition initiative followed by other boutique labels. This format represents great value to the consumer as well as providing flexibility between software and hardware.'