Vic Pratt, The Children’s Film Foundation and Texas Instruments
It’s a catholic body of work that can seamlessly incorporate 1) a magic marble that gives 1950s children unlimited access to toys from Bermondsey market, and 2) Michael Elphick threatening to brutally murder two errant schoolboys and leave their bodies on a remote Essex island. But the Children’s Film Foundation was never afraid to diversify, and the BFI’s latest collection of films from the CFF archive is testament to this laudable spirit of electicism. The Children’s Film Foundation Bumper Box Vol 6 is fresh on our shelves, and has been lovingly compiled – as ever – by BFI producer Vic Pratt, part of the team also responsible for the institute’s long-running Flipside series of rarely-seen British films. …
