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Cinema Expanded: The Films of Frederick Wiseman
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Blu-ray
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With a groundbreaking career spanning seven decades, Frederick Wiseman is one of the great American storytellers. His documentaries, shot vérité-style, are meticulously edited narratives chronicling life';s complexities through rich portraits of social and cultural institutions. Wiseman's themes are expansive: democracy, power, inequality and community, to name a few; but his focus is compellingly specific and humane. Whether revealing shortcomings in social support or celebrating culinary excellence, he has a unique eye - and ear - for detail.
Representing their first release in the UK, this 3-disc / 5-film collection features a selection of Wiseman’s work made between 1967 and 1975, including Titicut Follies, High School and Juvenile Court.
The Films:
Titicut Follies (1967, 84 m)
High School (1968, 75m)
Hospital (1970, 84m)
Juvenile Court (1973, 144m)
Welfare (1975, 167m)
Extras:
· Newly restored in 4K by Zipporah Films and presented in High Definition
· Newly commissioned video essay by Ian Mantgani on the films of Frederick Wiseman
· Frederick Wiseman: A Discussion (2025): filmmaker Andrea Luka Zimmerman and curator Matthew Barrington discuss Frederick Wiseman’s aesthetics and approach to filmmaking. Recorded at BFI Southbank, London.
· Limited edition including a perfect-bound book featuring essays by David Jenkins, Eric Marsh, Stephen Mamber, Philip Concannon and Shawn Glinis and Arlin Golden, hosts of the long-running Wiseman Podcast. Also includes a 1986 interview with William Brayne (cinematographer on Hospital and Juvenile Court) and a 1974 essay from Sight & Sound by Thomas Atkins
· Newly created English descriptive subtitles on all five films
‘He’s arguably the most brilliant, brave, and innovative person working in his field’ Terry Atkinson, Los Angeles Times
‘Frederick Wiseman is probably the most sophisticated intelligence to enter the documentary field in recent years’ Pauline Kael, The New Yorker
‘His work has offered an intimate, extracurricular history of this country by way of its institutions’ Kevin Jackson, The Independent
- BFI
- 554
- Frederick Wiseman
- English
- 1967
- English
Cinema Expanded: The Films of Frederick Wiseman
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Blu-ray
£32.99
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Release Date: 26 January 2026
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With a groundbreaking career spanning seven decades, Frederick Wiseman is one of the great American storytellers. His documentaries, shot vérité-style, are meticulously edited narratives chronicling life';s complexities through rich portraits of social and cultural institutions. Wiseman's themes are expansive: democracy, power, inequality and community, to name a few; but his focus is compellingly specific and humane. Whether revealing shortcomings in social support or celebrating culinary excellence, he has a unique eye - and ear - for detail.
Representing their first release in the UK, this 3-disc / 5-film collection features a selection of Wiseman’s work made between 1967 and 1975, including Titicut Follies, High School and Juvenile Court.
The Films:
Titicut Follies (1967, 84 m)
High School (1968, 75m)
Hospital (1970, 84m)
Juvenile Court (1973, 144m)
Welfare (1975, 167m)
Extras:
· Newly restored in 4K by Zipporah Films and presented in High Definition
· Newly commissioned video essay by Ian Mantgani on the films of Frederick Wiseman
· Frederick Wiseman: A Discussion (2025): filmmaker Andrea Luka Zimmerman and curator Matthew Barrington discuss Frederick Wiseman’s aesthetics and approach to filmmaking. Recorded at BFI Southbank, London.
· Limited edition including a perfect-bound book featuring essays by David Jenkins, Eric Marsh, Stephen Mamber, Philip Concannon and Shawn Glinis and Arlin Golden, hosts of the long-running Wiseman Podcast. Also includes a 1986 interview with William Brayne (cinematographer on Hospital and Juvenile Court) and a 1974 essay from Sight & Sound by Thomas Atkins
· Newly created English descriptive subtitles on all five films
‘He’s arguably the most brilliant, brave, and innovative person working in his field’ Terry Atkinson, Los Angeles Times
‘Frederick Wiseman is probably the most sophisticated intelligence to enter the documentary field in recent years’ Pauline Kael, The New Yorker
‘His work has offered an intimate, extracurricular history of this country by way of its institutions’ Kevin Jackson, The Independent
- BFI
- 554
- Frederick Wiseman
- English
- 1967
- English
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