The Complete Humphrey Jennings - Volume 3

This Dual Format Edition completes the BFI's acclaimed Complete Humphrey Jennings collection, making available all the films directed by Britain's greatest filmmakers available on Blu-ray and DVD.The films of Humphrey Jennings have proved hugely influential over the last 60 years - his influence can be felt in the work of Lindsay Anderson (If...) and more recent filmmakers, such as Kevin MacDonald (Touching the Void, Marley). Jennings was also a major influence for Frank Cottrel Boyce and Danny Boyle, whose 2012 Olympics ceremony used Jennings' book, Pandæmonium, as its inspiration.Films Comprise:The Eighty Days (1944)A Diary for Timothy (1945)A Defeated People (1946)The Cumberland Story (1947)The Dim Little Island (1949)Family Portrait (1950)Special Features:V.1 (1944): a shorter cut of The Eighty Days, made for overseas distributionThe Good Life (1951): Jennings' final film