Bill Douglas Trilogy (Dual Format Edition)

A film by Bill Douglas

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

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 cinematic poetry: Although shot in bleak monochrome and featuring minimal dialogue, the warmth and unexpected humour mean the Trilogy brims with clear-eyed humanity, and affection for an ultimately triumphant young boy

Special Features

• Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image (2006, 63 minutes), a new documentary about Bill Douglas' s work (DVD only)
• Come Dancing (1970, 15 minutes), Bill Douglas s remarkable student short (DVD only)
• Archive interview with Bill Douglas (DVD only)
• Illustrated booklet containing newly commissioned essays, notes and credits

• UK / 1972-1978 / black and white / Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1

Disc 1: BD50 / 1080p / 24fps / PCM mono audio (48k/16-bit)
Disc 2: DVD9 / PAL / Dolby Digital mono audio (320kbps)
Disc 3: DVD9 / PAL / Dolby Digital mono audio (320kbps)

 

Review

'I believe this trilogy will come to be regarded not just as a milestone, but as one of the heroic achievements of the British cinema' --Philip French